New York, NY (Top40 Charts / Company) KOshowKO is the brainchild of Polish born, Melbourne based producer
Martin K, also known for his releases under the Philosophy Of Sound moniker on Discotexas.
He started KOshowKO 10 years ago and used it as a vehicle to collaborate with several artists and explore various shades of electronic music from dub to indie pop and dance. KOshowKO has released tunes on Emerald And Doreen, Clan Analogue and Martin's own label Las Machinas as well as performed live at White Night, Renaissance Festival, Opoeia Festival, Electundra, St Kilda Festival in Australia, he also played live in Germany and Poland.
KOshowKO track 'The Story' was a finalist of The International Songwriting Competition in the Dance category in 2009 and his music videos have been screened around the globe in a selection of film and music video festivals. He also had the opportunity to work with such artists as
Chicks On Speed, Severed Heads and B(if)tek. You can see the full discography, videos, interviews and more at www.koshowko.com
The story of 'It's Time Now' goes back quite a few years, all the way to 2003 when
Martin composed and produced the first demo of the track and sang the words 'crying hard' into a vocoder. Later that year he performed the instrumental version of this track for the first time live in Melbourne. (To hear this and more historical recordings head over to the 'rarities' playlist on soundcloud.com/koshowko). In 2004
Martin met the
Swiss vocalist Florence Etelka, who was travelling in Australia at the time and they recorded her haunting vocals in Martin's studio, a recording which you can now hear across all the tracks on this EP.
For the next couple of years
Martin got busy with releasing other KOshowKO material but in 2007 he teamed up with Whitebait with whom he co-produced a new version of 'It's Time Now' and the radio edit complemented by a music video was released in 2008 as one of the tracks on KOshowKO's EP 'Anarchy Monarchy'.
Fast forward to early 2014 and Emerald and Doreen records puts out a previously unreleased vintage Dance
Logic Remix of 'It's Time Now' on their very first compilation album 'Emerald Waves' alongside tracks by such artists as Skatebård, Ajello, Ali Renault and The Beat Broker.
The new 'It's Time Now' EP put together for Emerald And Doreen in 2014 includes the extended vocal and instrumental versions based on the radio edit as well as a selection of brand new remixes.
Martin K wears his Philosophy Of Sound hat and delivers a funky and catchy as hell take on the track. Artists that he has been admiring for a long time also deliver their remixes here in the form of a retro styled dance floor burner by Irregular
Disco Workers as well as a charming late night affair delivered by Marbeya Sound. The package also includes a dub remix by Boccaccio who takes the track in yet another exciting direction.
So come with us on this musical journey of several meticulously crafted tracks, as it is indeed the time now - maybe forever!
