NATIVE SKETCHES
13 // Robot Koch
There are only three main elements here: drums, synth and brass. I used Polyplex for the drums and Rounds for the main synth. There is some symphonic brass layered with the synth to make it more epic, washed out with reverb on Space Master from Reaktor. I like the fact that it sounds pretty big and deep although there are only 3 tracks involved.
The whole song was pretty much done in 2 single takes, one for the drums, all played on the keyboard, and one for the synth. There were only minor touch ups on the drums (where I played a little loosely) and a few arrangement corrections – mainly shortening parts.
Biography
Robot Koch is a one-of-a-kind producer/composer from Berlin, now based in LA. His unique sound of organic electronic music has been called “wonderful and strange – pop music from the future” (John Peel) and has been used on various TV shows and films including NBC’s the Blacklist and Fox’s Rake.