Rocket Robert - Rocket Robert (2015)

Those who’ve dirtied their fingers searching high and low for analog synth nuggets can rejoice at the arrival of under-the-radar synthesizer maverick “Rocket” Robert Moore.

Less a reissue than an exhumation—what with a scant, hand-screened 142 copies produced in 1982 that circulated little outside the confines of Oregon state—Rocket Robert drifts in the backward-looking sounds of early synth innovators, while equally mining the kraut-tinged moments of punk-era instro synth explorers and the first breaths of synth-pop, rather than carrying similarities to the “New Wave” that was then talking hold of the masses.

Issued by Moore’s own Salem, Oregon-based Future Records in 1982, his eponymous debut is simultaneously light-hearted and shot-though with ominous oscillations and offers up a darkly-throbbing, other-worldly vibe that is sure to ensnare synth-heads, beat-diggers and those searching the margins of the private-press alike.

Tracklist:
1.01 - Rocket Robert - Space Base Blues (2:33)
1.02 - Rocket Robert - Star Flight (7:29)
1.03 - Rocket Robert - Walking in Space (3:02)
1.04 - Rocket Robert - Space Shuttle (2:54)
1.05 - Rocket Robert - Journey into the Unknown (2:06)
1.06 - Rocket Robert - I've Got My Helmet On (3:11)
1.07 - Rocket Robert - Terrestrial Beings (4:06)
1.08 - Rocket Robert - Docking in Space (1:44)
1.09 - Rocket Robert - Creations Beginning (1:57)
1.10 - Rocket Robert - Dance of the Droids (3:34)
1.11 - Rocket Robert - Deltoids in Space (3:26)
1.12 - Rocket Robert - Bottomless Pit of Space (3:02)
1.13 - Rocket Robert - Living in This Station (3:20)