Hey, I'm Koda (Akhil Kodamanchili), a South Indian alternative artist and musician currently based in Berlin, Germany.
Over the past decade, my works play with dark, moody and paradoxical themes with seemingly optimistic undertones resonating across multiple disciplines, mediums and styles to create evocative and immersive experiences. Often, these creations revolve around identity, mental health and existentialism among other light hearted topics rendered with a passion for nuance whilst keeping sight of the grander causes of life.
I practice curiosity with a thirst for impactful expression and in this portfolio you will find my work as a music composer, producer, designer, photographer, film maker and creative educator to paint a holistic image of what I bring to the table.
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Media
My music and sound design for media sensibilities comes from a natural sensitivity to the symbiosis of different disciplines converging to tell a compelling story, whether it is a fictional, documentary or abstract plot, I strive to see the interplay of frequencies across the meta-spectrum. Considering my off-beat journey through my career, the sounds and motifs take on a distinct identity despite being characteristically derived from many polarities of culture & practice. Below you can explore my past work and a range of compositions and productions that were made to real and imaginary briefs of styles that I enjoy.
Role: Music Genre: Drama, Tragedy. Language: Hindi Scoring this heart wrenching film was approached with a self imposed limitation of working exclusively with an electric guitar. The key challenges of this project were around staying sensitive to moments where music needed to allow the starkness of the story portrayed to come through by virtue of minimalism.
Role: Music, Sound Design & Post Production Genre: Psychological Drama, Language: Kannada The sound design for this film posed some interesting opportunities to represent the same character in multiple angles through the auditory channel. It was also an interesting challenge to maintain a balance between sympathy and the abstraction of feelings beying represented in the film.
Role: Music & Sound Design, Genre: Various, Language: N/A This playlist features a spread of various works with corresponding descriptors.
Role: Music & Sound Design Language: N/A The sound design and music for this animated short demanded an arc that could match the sweetness of the visuals and the intensity of the climax.
Design & Digital Art
Born from a childhood full of doodling as a stimming mechanism, I have ventured extensively with digital art and design as a natural extension to my record making efforts. My album artworks offer a unique perspective as I leverage my immersion in the creation of the music and interactions with the artist to organically arrive at possible aesthetics to represent the work. I enjoy exploring emerging technologies and styles resulting in a rather wide spread of looks and feels, whilst still maintaining a strong identity.
More recently, I find myself exploring more traditional mediums as well, though I have always loved the idea of decorating objects with art.
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Video
Videos, since the technology's conception, have always been a powerful medium that society has used to communicate and entertain across every domain of culture and my involvement with this channel of expression truly began in my mid 20's when cameras, editing softwares and other hardware became more accessible to the independent creators.
I have a very adaptable approach to shooting and editing performances of both scripted and improvised scenes. As an extension of many projects as a music producer, I have made music videos & live videos and intend to eventually make some short films.
Foto
Photography was initially mostly an act of documenting my personal life during the early years, but I eventually found it becoming yet another piece to the creative puzzle. Especially as my community of creatives expanded over my career, who offer an endless stream of inspiration, I began to capture portraits and moments both planned but more often candid. I maintain an ability to find a muse in everything to bring out the most natural expressions from my subjects while exploiting my experimental urges to keep things fresh.
