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Console (musician)

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Console
With The Notwist at Traumzeit-Festival 2014
With The Notwist at Traumzeit-Festival 2014
Background information
Origin8 September 1973, Schongau, Bayern, Germany
GenresElectronic
Years active1996 – present
LabelsVirgin Records
Disko B
Members
  • Martin Gretschmann
  • Miriam Osterrieder
  • Christoph Brandner
  • Axel Fischer
  • Michael Schwaiger
  • Anton Kaun

Console (also known as Acid Pauli) is an electronic music project founded by Martin Gretschmann, the former lead programmer for the German band The Notwist. The band incorporates elements of electronic music. The band consists of Miriam Osterrieder (vocals, keyboard), Christoph Brandner (drums), Axel Fischer (MS10, guitar), Michael Schwaiger (keyboard, pad), Anton Kaun (visuals), and Martin Gretschmann (computer).

Born in Bavaria, Martin Gretschmann started playing bass in various independent rock bands as early as the early 1990s[1] with Axel Fischer, Matthias Laub, and Christian Schröcker, and played numerous concerts (including supporting The Notwist tour). The first publication of three electronic pieces under the name Console took place in 1995 via the indie label Kollaps on the sampler The Day My Favorite Insect Died. From 1996 Gretschmann became a member of The Notwist.

In 1997 the debut album Pan Or Ama was released on the Weilheim label Payola. In 1999 Console followed with 14 Zero Zero, his most successful single to date. In 2001 he published his piece "Crabcraft" practically unchanged as "Heirloom" on Björk's request for her album Vespertine; "Crabcraft" itself samples Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's "Sacred Heart".[2] Since 1998 Console has also been working with the radio play author Andreas Ammer. Pieces such as On the Tracks and Spaceman '85 were created, with which the two also toured Germany.

Around the turn of the century, Gretschmann started performing as Acid Pauli, a label evocative of his style, which he described as "somewhere between ambient and techno":

It was a very good friend of mine who shouted 'Acciiiiidd Pauliiii' at a small illegal party in Munich, some 20 years ago, [...] I was playing with a laptop only. The software was Rebirth, which emulates the acid machines: Roland TB-303, TR909, and 808. Everything you did with this software sounded like acid house. The nickname Paul was given to me by some schoolmates.[1]

In 2005 Gretschmann opened at the Munich club Rote Sonne together with Peter Wacha, Dorothea Zenker, Richard Rieger, Bernd Bergmann, and Sven Künast.[3] For the film Es war einmal Indianerland (2017), Gretschmann composed the film music as Acid Pauli.

Discography

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Year Title Type
1996 Lady-Bug Single
1997 Pan or ama Album
1998 Rocket in the Pocket Single
1998 Rocket in the Pocket Album
1999 14 Zero, Zero Single
1999 Loopspool [a] Album
1999 Bugs&Beats&Beasts [a] Album
Jun 2000 Freiburg 3.0 [b] Single
Nov 2000 A+A=B Single
2000 The Official Olympic Bootleg [a] Album
2001 Live At Centre Pompidou Album
2002 Dirt On The Wire Single
2002 Suck And Run Single
2002 IS&DN [a] Album
Jan 2003 Reset the Preset Album
2003 On The Tracks [a] Album
2005 Spaceman 85 [a] Album
Aug 2006 Mono Album
2010 Herself Album
Oct 2012 Get Lost V Album
  1. ^ a b c d e f with Ammer (Andreas Ammer)
  2. ^ with Tocotronic
  • At The Midway patio, San Francisco, 2023
    At The Midway patio, San Francisco, 2023
  • Performing at Pineapple Live event, San Diego CA, 2021
    Performing at Pineapple Live event, San Diego CA, 2021
  • Performing with The Notwist, 2008
    Performing with The Notwist, 2008
  • At Public Works, San Francisco, 2017
    At Public Works, San Francisco, 2017

References

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  1. ^ a b Albert, Grant. "The Mystical Sounds of Acid Pauli Still Transfix Listeners Two Decades Later". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  2. ^ Rocket in the Pocket (Media notes). Payola Records. 1998. Payola A4.
  3. ^ Temsch, Jochen (9 June 2010). ""Es soll krachen"". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
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