Born in the 70ies in Bavaria/Germany Martin Gretschmann started to play bass guitar in a punk/indieband in the late eighties, while at the same time he started to be interested in the evolution ofelectronic music and their instruments.Especially the introduction of affordable samplers in that period led him towards the production ofhis first own electronic tracks. His first tracks under the name "Console" were released in 1995 andwith the help of an Atari computer, a four-track tapemachine, a sampler and a little synthesizer hemade his first album "Pan or ama" which was released in 1996.At about the same time he joined "The Notwist" to take care of electronic sounds in the band. Eversince he has been a constant member of the band. "Console" also became a band, because playing liveas