I arrived in Germany with a pathetically limited knowledge of local music (producers, trends, labels), and this is one guy I regret not finding out about sooner.
Koze is from Hamburg, and is part of a band called International Pony- they make bouncy synthy pop music, kinda reminiscent of Chromeo:
International Pony - Gothic Girl
The solo production work by Koze is really exceptional though. Have a listen through his Myspace player (with remixes of Alter Ego and Matthew Dear) and it becomes clear the guy makes heavy electronic music, but doesn’t fit into the plip-plop minimal image of so many of his peers. Odd harmonies, pitched vocal samples, and rough noises lurch forward in a Carl Craig cadence.
This is a remix of a track he did with Sid Le Rock, on the Cereal/Killers label. You can buy it- along with most of Koze’s other productions- at Beatport.
17. March 2008 at 19:35
Koze’s been one of my favs for awhile now. ‘All the Time’ and the Matthew Dear remix have both been in sets o’ mine.