The Sri Lankan born artist gained the title ‘The Pop King of Asia” through releases in the 1980s. In Australia he was particularly known with band Dark Tan for Disco Lady, seen here on Countdown.
Koch's more underground releases have returned to the spotlight in recent years, with a Robert Racic remix of Never Felt This Way Before reaching eye-watering resale prices and his work as Alston & The Fremantle Doctor getting a re-issue on Berlin's Sound Metaphors label in 2024.
Sensual Motion, flew similarly under the radar, with only a music video of the Radio Version available online.
The Sensual Re-Mix is quintessential early 1990s house. The drum programming sounds like it could have come out of New Jersey, euphoric key melodies play above a bubbling bassline.
I particularly love Koch's deep baritone and the beautiful cheesy-ness his lyrics bring. When he says "baby..." I always find myself smiling.
A beautiful house music deep cut that could have come from a big label, but ended up on a obscure Australian CD in a cardboard sleeve.
Here are more photos of the CD:
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