:::Robot Koch>>She Won't Be There:::

Robot Koch has a new track on the Aisuru One Japan benefit compilation. Buy it and support.

:::Robot Koch Interview:::

I decided this was more than worthy of reposting. This is an interview that my friend and I did with Robot Koch for City Full Of Neon Lights. It was right after his show with Madlib at 1015 in San Francisco. Robert is an AMAZING person. Please support his music, tell your friends, read this interview. 

City Full Of Neon Lights: Welcome to San Francisco! For our readers who are not familiar, please introduce yourself and tell us what you do.

Robot Koch: Well, my name is Robot Koch, actually my name is Robert Koch, but Sacha from Jahcoozi (Sacha Perera) nicknamed me “Robot” because I tend to, you know work a lot, sleep a little…..very little, so that’s how that whole robot thing came about. What do I do? I am a music producer, I played drums in a band when I was 15, got into DJing electronic music when I was like, I dunno, 20? I’m 33 years now so I’ve been doing it for a second. I play all over the globe actually, I used to play a lot with Jahcoozi but I quit, well, I’m still their producer, but I don’t play live with them anymore because it just got too much for me, cause I have a lot of production things going on and just being on the road with them was intense also. And then I started my own thing and that sort of blew up as well, you know so I am just trying to balance it out, just concentrating on Robot Koch and like, all these studio jobs that I have.

CFONL: “Like all the side projects your working on?”

RK: “Right, cause I also do some like productions for some major labels.”

CFONL: Could you tell us about the side projects your doing?”

RK: Well it’s not really side projects, I’m like a music producer, I’m signed to Sony Publishing in Germany, and they give me like some jobs sometimes remixing bigger artists, European ones. I produce tracks for other people’s records also, that part of my job, how I live, but obviously Robot Koch runs well as an entity by now, you know? So I’m touring a lot, and, it’s cool, I like the duality of studio and live shows, you never get bored you know?

CFONL: Who are some artists that you have you have been feeling lately? Maybe some future collaboration in the works you could shed some light on?

RK: Actually what’s coming out in March on Project Mooncircle, the label I release on, is John Robinson, previously Little Science of the Science of life crew. He’s down with all the cats, he’s known in the scene but never really blew up that kind of……like MF Doom did or something.

CFONL: How did that collaboration come about?

RK: We met, we just played one show together, and then Gordon from our label was like “you guys should work on an EP”, and it blew up into an album size.

CFONL: So it will be an album not just an EP?

RK: Yeah it’s an album.

CFONL: When your working with other artists and doing their remixes, what are some of the obstacles you face if you are not working with them directly face to face in a collaborative project?

RK: Well both are really important you know, so the thing between me working as a solo artist and working with a band, even with Jahcoozi it’s like three people, three opinions, a lot of talking. What I love about my solo stuff, I just do (makes the music).

CFONL: You have the ability to do what you need with the sound.

RK: Totally. I do know when it’s finished also, you know. You don’t discuss when it’s finished you just feel it, and that’s cool you know, be at peace. With a band you’re always like “it’s not finished”, “yeah I think it is”, “we need to change this part.” But, having said that it’s obviously great working with people cause they feed the gene pool of ideas with their input, so it can also be bigger. That’s why I do both.

CFONL: It (working in a band) helps you think of things you wouldn’t have thought of before, you feed off each other.

RK: Exactly, people think differently you know, so that’s the good thing about it.

CFONL: There are a lot of people you work with we’ve never heard of before, how do you find these people to work with?

RK: I like to challenge people with that actually, new names, new sounds, like discover something. Like Grace, her full name is Graciella Maria, she’s a singer from Mexico, she’s my girlfriend actually, just some gossip for the blog you know!

All: Hahahahahahahaha!!

Read the rest of the interview after the jump.

:::Robot Robinson>>BUY THIS SHIT!!!:::

I am a little behind on posting this, but I honestly did not realize this had been released!! I already dropped a little knowledge about the Robot KochXJohn Robinson collaboration project entitled Robot Robinson, but now you can finally buy it!! This music is definitely worth your money, and if your a vinyl lover like me then then you NEED this in your collection! The artwork alone is worth the cost of the record. Tell all your friends.

Pre-order the vinyl from UGHH.COM [released date is April 12]

:::Robot Robinson>>>Smorgasbord Video:::

YES! This is too good. It seems as though Robot Koch can do anything; sultry-smooth love songs with his girl Grace, glitched-out bangers with the likes of Doshy & Boxcutter. His most recent collaboration, with John Robinson from Scienz of Life, is again a testament to his nearly undefinable, genre-defining, yet instantly recognizable sound. John Robinson comes with his laid-back, slick wordplay filled flow and lays it down effortlessly over Robot Koch's wandering, vocal-sampled, lazerbeat. Effortless, it's beautiful. It's what Hip-Hop in the Future will sound like, or at least in Robot Robinson's future.
Please tell all your friends.


+++BONUS BEATS+++

Robot Koch - Brujeira (Featuring Graciela Maria)
Robot Koch - Gorom Sen (Shlohmo Remix) [via XLR8R]
Robot Koch - Listen To Them Fade (Featuring Graciela Maria) [via XLR8R]


:::GET INFORMED:::

Robot Robinson on Project Mooncircle
John Robinson on Project Mooncircle
Robot Koch on Project Moonciricle
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