I've just learned that Robot Koch has been making ambient music under the radar as Foam and Sand for the past year. Belgian label Dauw released two tapes dedicated to this project. The first one, "Full Circle", consists of 16 original compositions from F&S, inspired by his daily habit of meditation. Soundtrack to lazy mornings and mellow evenings, those tracks range from warm ambient soundscapes to more fuzzy, tape experiments, all effortlessly combined into a beautiful release. Album number two, "Full Circle Reworks", includes nine remixes from Koch's contemporaries, including some an amazing beat-backed early-Lanterns On The Lake-kinda track Tom Ashbrook and a Angelo Badalamenti inspired noir-ambient from Hainbach. I'm on day one of listening to this release, but I can already tell I'll be coming back to both of those releases.
Both albums can be bought on cassette tapes here, and streamed below.