When John McGough and Matt Wanstall collaborated with Rob Roar (Max Linen, Phonetic Recordings) in 2000 to remix Coco and Stonebridge’s “The Beach” they had no idea that the pair of them would end up making music together years later as Koru. The Balearic backdrop to the track set the tone for future collaborations - after playing sunset sessions at Ibiza’s legendary Café del Mar the pair came up with “The Meeting” (which featured on Café Del Mar’s 25th Anniversary compilation in 2004). A string of tracks for Café Del Mar followed – “Otis”(2005), “Submariner”(2006), “I Believe” (2007), “Closer”(2008), “Hear Me”(2009) and “Can You Feel It Now” (2010). Koru’s sax-centred lounge sounds evolved over time and became a little more vocal orientated. When Liz Sykes guested on “Hear Me” the pair knew that they had found a vocalist who complimented their sound perfectly with her dreamy, airy delivery and she features on many of the Koru tracks on the K1, K2 and K3 EPs. John sadly passed away after a long battle with leukemia in July 2018 but his influence, feel and ideas are still a key part of the Koru DNA and evident in the more recent material that Matt has produced. After a long pause, 2020 will see a flurry of new Koru releases. First of these is “Infinity”, a late summer delight of a track featuring vocals from Cat Rea and Tara Ovington.