Manu Koch | |
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| Birth name | Manuel Silvan Koch |
| Born | June 12, 1972 Baar, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, producer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano, keyboards, synthesizer |
| Years active | Mid-1990s–present |
| Labels | True Groove Records |
| Website | www |
Manu Koch (born June 12, 1972, in Baar, Switzerland) is a Swiss pianist, keyboardist and composer.
Koch studied classical piano from age 6 and started tenor saxophone at age 18 while also taking courses at the Jazz School Lucerne. In 1993 he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston where he graduated four years later and relocated to New York in May 2000 where he still lives today. Besides touring around the world with various projects since the late 1990s he has spent extended amounts of time in India, Brazil and China (Hong Kong).
His sideman work includes collaborations with Angélique Kidjo (US Oyaya! touring band from 2004-2006), Santana’s musical director and former Miles Davis bassist Benny Rietveld (various projects since 2005), Teodora Enache, Prasanna, Kofo The Wonderman (band member since 2007), KJ Denhert, Malika Zarra, Fantcha, the Mendes Brothers (João and Ramiro Mendes), the New York Gypsy All-Stars (touring the US, Brazil, Europe and Asia from 2011-2016), and participating on 15 album productions by blues/soul artist Tomás Doncker for True Groove Records since 2012. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Koch’s own project Filtron M is a platform of a multi-national network of musicians and a compositional display of his extensive influences. The core idea of Filtron M goes back to the formation of his first group with Anat Cohen, Guilherme Monteiro, Gustavo Amarante and Harvey Wirht during his Boston years in the late 1990s. After Koch’s official debut album Triple Life (2011) he released the EP Mandatory Underground (2014) which introduces the initial members of Filtron M with Panagiotis Andreou and Patrick Andy on bass, Mauricio Zottarelli and Harvey Wirht on drums, and Sebastian Nickoll and Brahim Fribgane on percussion. [1] The album Astoria Roots Live (2017) features additional guests with performances at Iridium in New York and at Moods in Zürich. [6] Other musicians that have appeared with Filtron M in performances, videos or on recordings include Samuel Torres, Camila Meza, Gino Sitson and Kaïssa.
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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| 2011 | Triple Life | Self-released Manu Koch | with Malika Zarra (voice), Panagiotis Andreou, Manu Koch (bass,voice), Balla Tounkara (kora), Mister Rourke (turntables), Brahim Fribgane (oud, percussion), Apostolos Sideris (bass), Matt Dickey (guitar), Harvey Wirht (drums), Yuval Lion (drums), George Mel (drums, percussion), Sebastian Nickoll (percussion), Engin Gunaydin (percussion), Jovol Bell (drums), Ghatam Karthick (percussion, konnakol), students of SAM (konnakol) |
| 2014 | Mandatory Underground | True Groove Records | with Patrick Andy (bass), Panagiotis Andreou (bass), Harvey Wirht (drums), Mauricio Zottarelli (drums), Brahim Fribgane (percussion), Sebastian Nickoll (percussion) |
| 2017 | Astoria Roots Live | True Groove Records | with Camila Meza (voice, guitar), Yaite Ramos (voice, flute), David Barnes (harmonica), Tamer Pinarbasi (kanun), Panagiotis Andreou (bass, voice), Mauricio Zottarelli (drums), Samuel Torres (congas), Sebastian Nickoll (congas) |
| 2021 | Transit Net | with Tammy Scheffer (voice), Gino Sitson (voice), Christiane Karam (voice), Obed Jean-Louis (voice), Elsa Nilsson (flute), Juancho Herrera, (guitar) Yusuke Yamamoto (electric vibes), Damon Banks (bass), Derek Nievergelt (bass), Patrick Andy (bass), Jennifer Vincent (bass), Bam Rodriguez (bass), Mauricio Zottarelli (drums), Harvey Wirht (drums), Yuval Lion (drums), Karina Colis (drums), Franco Pinna (drums), Marcel Moldovan (drums), Nikki Glaspie (drums), Gilmar Gomes (percussion), Mister Rourke (turntables) |
| Year recorded | Title | Label | Personnel/Notes |
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| 2010 | KJ Denhert: Album N° 9 | Motéma Music | |
| 2012 | Tomás Doncker: The Power of Trinity | True Groove Records | Deluxe Edition |
| 2013 | Kevin Jenkins: Step Inside | True Groove Records | |
| 2015 | True Groove All-Stars: Fully Re-Covered | True Groove Records | ft. James Chance |
| 2015 | Kofo The Wonderman: "Message 102 Fire in the World" | Network Records | |
| 2016 | Marla Mase: Miracles – Lost & Found | True Groove Records | |
| 2016 | Teodora Enache: Transfiguration | Madman Junkyard | |
| 2017 | Kevin Jenkins: She: a Tribute to Joni Mitchell | True Groove Records | |
| 2017 | Tomás Doncker: The Mess We Made | True Groove Records | Deluxe Edition |
| 2019 | State Of Time: Boeuf in the Basement | Orfena Music | |
| 2020 | Nikolett Pankovits: River | Ninwood Music | ft. The River Voices |
| 2020 | Russ Nolan: Sin Fronteras |
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The following is a list of events and releases that happened in 2020 in music in the United States.
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