What the press have to say

 

 

"If you thought drum 'n' bass was about machines, meet Paul Kodish, the man who puts the groove behind Apollo 440"
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"I nearly got thumped by Goldie once, at one of his gigs at the Forum. I went up to him and said 'Why don't you have a drummer? You play Drum 'n'Bass and you don't have a drummer!' he said, 'what are you on about?' I said 'I can play that shit...' but he wasn't interested."

Mistakes seem to have been few and far between in Goldie's career, but not taking Paul Kodish up on his 'offer' could certainly be called a missed opportunity.
There still aren't many drummers around who can truly cut it in the Drum 'n' Bass arena, but five minutes with Paul and his Gretsch kit is enough to convince even the most rampant of junglophobes that this really is the future of stick-wielding arts

Rhythm
Paul Kodish is one of the most exciting trailblazing drummers currently operating

Despite their previous reliance on mixed up, prefab beats, techno-rock junglist Apollo 440 have always liked the idea of a drummer, as their '96 smash 'Krupa' surely proved.
Now they've abandoned the trusty sequencer in favour of the real thing.
Paul Kodish, to be precise...
How did Paul Kodish come into the picture to help out with Digital Nation?

Dan: We met him down at Apollo 440 Studio and he was just doing some mad shit that I have never seen before with a drum kit. It was drum and bass style and I kept thinking I had never seen this done before. We said, "My God this is fucking amazing" and were totally in awe of it. He was just kind of cool, you know? So we told him about what we were trying to do and he said, "oh, you guys are Bad Company. Man, I've got all your records." After that we just hit it off and it just happened.
It worked out really well and now he's a really good friend of ours. We are looking forward to getting into some serious projects with him this year. Bad Company UK

One of the most fascinating facets of Apollo 440's electrifying live shows is the fact that they use live drums. Cliff plays the Digital D drum kit, which he played on "Krupa". Second drummer Paul Kodish is a jazz fan, whose love of drum'n'bass allows him to mimic the complicated syncopation of breakbeats whilst playing live.

Noko, Apollo 440