Andrew Pekler's path from station to station, geographically speaking begins in Monterey, California. There he spent his high school years listening to Slayer and the Velvet Underground, learning the secrets of the electric guitar and playing in various bands. Next station, Heidelberg 1995, where Andrew, by now relocated to Europe, found himself working in a record store and exploring alternatives to his guitar-based teenage socialization. Soon he was involved in various musical projects; as guitarist and singer in garage rock/noise combo Mucus 2 and as multi-istrumentalist in pop/electronica band Bergheim 34 (Klang Elektronik).

In his free time at home, using a simple four-track tape machine, a keyboard and a mattress for a bass drum he worked on short instrumental sketches musically somewhere between Money Mark and Curd Duca. In 1998 Source Records released Sad Rockets'(the name Pekler gave this project)debut album "Plays" to international acclaim.

One year later saw the release of "Once Upon A Time Called Now" on Morbid, sub-label of Vienna´s Cheap Records and in November 2000 the album "Transition" on U.S. indie Matador. Sad Rockets' first live gigs in the Spring of 2001 took Andrew and friends around much of Europe before the tour's successful conclusion at the Sonar festival in Barcelona.

Andrew Pekler's subsequent relocation to Berlin brought with it new contacts. Among them, ˜scape records who requested a track for the "Staedtizism 2" compilation. The mutual interest eventually resulted in "Station to Station", Andrew Pekler´s first full-length album under his own name and his first for ˜scape.
The release of "Station to Station" was greeted with very favorable pressand was followed by concert tours of Europe, N.America, Japan and Australia through 2003. 2004 saw Andrew Pekler back in his studio in Berlin recording his second album "Nocturnes, False Dawns & Breakdowns", released by ˜scape in November of that year.

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