Tag Archives: Manu Koch

Event Review: Musicians Join Forces to Help Nepal

Date: July 19, 2015
Venue: Le Poisson Rouge (NY)

Review by Dawoud Kringle (videos by Sohrab Saadat Ladjevardi, permission by Le Poissont Rouge)

In April 25th, 2015, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8M hit Lamjung Nepal. It was the worst natural disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake. An avalanche on Mount Everest was triggered, killing at least 19 people, and another avalanche was triggered in the Langtang valley. The quake affected Bangladesh, India, and China, with approx. 8800 dead, 450,000 displaced, and damages estimated at over $5 billion (USD – 20% of Nepal’s GNP).

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CD Review: Manu Koch’s debut album

320392067-1Artist: Manu Koch
Title: Triple Life
Label: self released
Genre: genre border-crossing music

I had the pleasure of attending a live performance by Manu Koch not long ago (for which I wrote a review). The concert was amazing, and I was eagerly anticipating taking the time to listen to what he and his colleagues would come up with in the studio. The results were pleasantly unexpected.

The lovely jazz poetry of a Fender Rhodes floats out of a void. It slips like incense smoke into the framework of the bass and drums. Lush chord melodies speak softly like a lover. This dreamy dialogue surrenders to a funk beat with ornaments of clavichord, synth, and vocals. Thus begins New Year’s Labyrinth, the first track on Koch’s CD Triple Life.

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Concert Review: Swiss born, New York City-based keyboardist, pianist and composer Manu Koch and his new project Filtron M – a collective performing his music in a live setting

Date: February 5, 2013
Venue: Drom (NY)

Review by Dawoud Kringle

Synthesizers invoked a walk through idyllic forests. Verdant melodies floated above glacial harmonies. Then, a majestic piano ushered in shades of the mellower side of a Return to Forever-esque song. Thus began Manu Koch‘s set at Drom.