Creative Strategies – Watch Robot Koch Break Down His ‘Eclipse’ Track in Ableton Live

Originally a member of electronica-trio Jahcoozi, Robot Koch has firmly established his credentials with numerous releases on tastemaker labels including Project Mooncircle and Monkeytown Records.

His collaborative track ‘Here With Me’ has garnered a whopping 30 million streams to date, whilst other accolades include winning ‘Best Electronic Music Composer’ at the German Music Composers’ Awards in 2014, with his music has being used on shows and films including NBC’s ‘The Blacklist’ and blockbuster ‘San Andreas’.

Robot Koch has recently joined Point Blank Los Angeles school for a guest workshop (following the likes of Matthew Dear, Ritchie Hawtin, Shadow Child, Shawn Lee, Prince Fatty, etc.) treating students to a live deconstruction of ‘Eclipse’, a track from his 2015 album ‘Hypermoment’ released on Monkeytown Records.

Watch the breakdown of ‘Eclipse’ in Ableton Live:

In this guest masterclass session co-hosted by PBLA instructor Sweatson Klank (who is a labelmate on Project Mooncircle), Robot Koch gives some insight on his approach to collaboration – in this instance with French pianist Julien Marchal – before touching on his ‘destructive’ approach to his workflow, highlighting the benefits of committing midi to audio and demoing some live processing techniques.

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