This came out in 2000 — or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
German techno-pop knob-twiddler extraordinaire Console is better known as Martin Gretschmann, formerly of electro-punk outfit Notwist.
On his new solo CD Rocket In The Pocket, he offers up a new twist: Freewheeling futurist funk. Using the sparsest of synthesized melodies, augmented by randomly bleeping and buzzing keyboards, stream-of-consciousness arrangements, robot vocals and skeletal backbeats, Gretschmann makes like Dr. Frankenstein — or perhaps Dr. Funkenstein — stitching the whole monstrosity together with seamless technique and well-placed injections of loops and samples. Does the electro-pop beast live? And then some: On tracks like Pigeon Party and single 14 Zero Zero, it positively grooves, shucking and jiving with a head-nodding vibe and light-industrial sheen perfect for the chillout room at the robot factory. Techno may not be brain surgery, but in Gretschmann’s capable hands, it sure sounds like rocket science to me.
