Gottfried Koch

Singer/Songwriter - Producer - Videos - Photography - Projects

AMBIWORX Ambient, CHILLOUT & Lounge / THE ARTIST


THE ALBUMS Volumes 1-8

AMBIWORX is the A-STREET MEDIA-Brand for all activities in the range of Ambient, Chill-Out and Lounge. During the last years I have been producing several albums and with each new track my fun and fascination for this kind of music grows. Though being a great fan of electronic instruments and synthesized sounds, I mostly prefer to play a few characteristic natural instruments such as guitars, bass, saxophones and sometimes ukulele, mandolin or accordeon on each title. I believe by this I can express my feelings and ideas better and more directly. 
Recently I added videos to some of the tracks. I used combinations of reatime clips with AI-generated footage. I believe this works well with this kind of music.


AMBIWORX VOL.1 "FLORESQUE"
This album is named Floresque because of the very organic flow of ideas and inspiration I experienced creating it. There is a strong touch of nature in these tracks brought by my guitars - all of them trees in a former life...
The video uses reality clips from a portuguese garden combined with AI-generated floral elements.

01. Secret Garden 6:28 02. Sugarcane Breeze 7:22 03. Remember the Woods 6:50
04. Bamboo and Ebony 6:57 05. Fields of Clover 6:52 06. Mongrovia Jam 7:31
07. Swamp Ash Shuffle 7:41


AMBIWORX VOL.2 "JOURNEY"
Special places with a special spirit - it is locations like these where we have special feelings and perceptions - here thougts and imaginations have been rendered musically - an invitation to mind-travelling...

01. Starfish Serenade 10:34 02. Rainbows and Rhymes 10:18 03. Outback odysee 8:13
04. A Camelot Campaign 8:24 05. A Somerset Gathering 06. Inkania 7:55
07. Yellowstone Peaks 10:13


AMBIWORX VOL.3 "ASIANA"
To combine elements of instruments and voices from Asia with western rhythms and harmonics - this was the challenge for this album. The meditative character of these melody-lines fits perfectly to the tranquil style of the tracks...

01. Nagaoka 4:49 02. Semarang 8:27 03. Kagoshima 4:57 04. Jaipur 4:5605. Gushanzen 4:59
06. Gwngju 5:35 07. Darkhan 8:37


AMBIWORX VOL.4 "WHEELS"
I’ve always been fascinated by being on the road - feeling the friction of the tyres on the tarmac - the pulsating rhythms of the engine. And a somehow relieving thought: In the end every wheel will come to a standstill...
Again the video combines real takes (some from the German Autobahn) with AI.gnerated Elements. Imagine you are driving in the dark and unwillingly your thoughts drift away…

01. Louisiana Freightliner 6:58 02. Chevy Impala Habanera 5:22 03. DS mon Rêve 7:07 04. Modena Mode 6:30 05. Yello Cabbing 7:11 06. Drivin’ in the Night 5:41 07.Endless Outback 6:25 08. Himalaya Hiway 7:19 09. A1 to Cologne 6:20




AMBIWORX VOL. 5 “INSPIRATION AFRICA“
This album has been inspired by my work with musicians from this continent over the last years. Their musicality, rhythm and joy of playing have repeatedly amazed me. A longer journey to Senegal has left a deep impact in my sight on music and life. All this finds its reflections in the ten titles of this CD.
The Video was filmed in the Dakar-region of Senegal, West-Africa.

01. Senegal Serenade 5:37  02. Kumasi Lullaby 6:10  03. Road to Dakar 5:37  04. Soweto Carnival 5:43
05. Serengeti Flyover 6:31  06. Sahara Sunset 6:24  07. River Gambia 5:25  08. Burkina Blues 5:47
09. From Morocco to Mars 5:22  10.Ngikuthanda Lost in Love 6:08


AMBIWORX VOL.6 “TRANCE ATLANTIC”
Unlike many of us might think, the sea does not seperate countries, peoples and cultures. Instead it has always been a kind of bridge that has joined the world through trade and travelling, especially the Atlantic Ocean. This includes of course the sad era of colonialism and slavery. Apart from its history each port on the long coasts of the Atlantic has its own atmosphere, smell and music.
This inspired me to write pieces dedicated to a number of legendary ports featuring their what I think typical moods and sounds.

01. Stavanger 02. Nova Scotia  03. Aveiro  04. San Juan  05. Recife  06. Conakry  07. Galway Bay 
08. Savannah  09. Tarrafal  10. Endless Horizon


AMBIWORX VOL.7 ”LONDON TALES”
Inspiration from long walks through this ever fascinating city. Its history, its people, its music. London has always been a true melting-pot of ideas, cultures, inventions and innovations. Music is my way to express this attitude...
The Video combines a lot of impressions around Soho, King’s Cross and Camden Town. And like the city it forms all this into a great caleidoscope of pictures and movements..

01. Soho to Camden Town 02. An East Ham Temple Tune 03. Knees Up at Covent Garden 04. The Leyton Roar 05. Minding the Gap 06. Battersea Mountain 07. At the Blue Anchor 08. Dockland Solitude
09. Narrow Boats & Locks 10. Westminster Bells


On this album I use mainly electronic instruments and sounds. This is the main difference to the other Ambiworx-Albums. The challenge is to bring some emotion into these machines. Apart from that the tracks on this album are mostly of a relaxing mood - plus a bit of science-fiction…
Matching the music, the video is made with mainly AI-generated Footage. Let your fantasy imagine what shapes you will see and recognize.

Due to the more abstract character of the tracks i decided to give the only numbers:
01. Cube No.1  02. Cube No.2  03. Cube No.3  04. Cube No.4  05. Cube No.5  06. Cube No.6 
07. Cube No.7  08. Cube No.8  09. Cube No.9  10. Cube No.10 


Gottfried Koch Composer, Producer, Musician

THE ARTIST

Gottfried Koch comes from a family of musicians. As a teenager, he learned the cello, trombone, guitar and saxophone, and took lessons in singing. He studied music-education, history and English, as well as composition. For many years he has been working as a musician, studio-owner and international producer. He is CEO of the A-STREET MEDIA Company including CARMINA RECORDS and CARMINA PUBLISHING.
Recordings with the London Symphony Orchestra at the Abbey Road Studios, the Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, at studios in Germany, England, Austria, Portugal and Barbados are in his CV. Albums with a great range of artist and styles, Gothic, Metal, Havy, Blues, Rock, Jazz, Reggae, World-Music, Pop, Singer/Songwriter, Classic. He also released his own albums as a Singer/Songwriter, a concept-album “LIsphonia“ and the “Ambiworx”-albums, a series of by now eight compilations with Ambient, Chillout and Lounge.