“HOLLLLLLYYY SHIIIIIII 🔥🔥🔥”
— bbno$
“Absolutely incredible fam. Love your work”
— Walk Off The Earth
“This is amazing!!”
— Jaret Reddick – Bowling For Soup
“Insane”
— Papa Roach
“🤘”
— Slash – Guns N’ Roses
“Incredible! Brilliant!”
— Justin Hawkins – The Darkness
“This guy is wild”
— Shavo Osasjian – System of a Down
“Amazing”
— Ryan Sinn – The Distillers
“I Love you”
— Amanda Palmer – The Dresden Dolls
“PocketsUke isn’t your avarage Content creator”
— Rose Minutalgio – ELLE
“An online sensation”
— The Scottish Sunday
“Prepare to have your mind blown.”
— Huffington Post
“Remarkable for its ingenuity”
— Joe DiVita – NOISECREEP
“Combining the most neglected instruments into one ultimate super-instrument”
— Classic FM
“Did we mention that it’s epic? Cuz it is.”
— Ukulele Magazine
“By far the most badass”
— Wired
“We like him he's sweet”
— Pauly Shore
“There is a reason that instrument doesn't exist. lol”
— Simon Cowell – Britains got Talent
Hi, my name is Pockets and I am a musician based in the UK. With 500k+ followers across social media and 55+ million combined video views I like to think I have been pretty good at collecting “internet points”.
I’ve appeared on Britain’s Got Talent, Rude Tube, Canadian Television (Doritos Ad) as well as countless print media such as Elle, Total Guitar, The Scotsman and more.
With more recent success on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube playing an instrument I invented myself called a “Kazookeylele”. It is my hope that I continue making people laugh, smile and enjoy the sounds I make by releasing more videos and music (both original and cover songs) across all platforms.
In 2008, a video of me playing Europe’s “The Final Countdown” on the Kazookeylele went properly viral. It reached millions of people, which was considerably more than I expected when I made it. That led to television appearances, which blows my mind.
I released the Tada EP in 2009 and eventually put out Pockets and the Narwhal in 2018, followed by a run of live shows. More recently, I joined TikTok in 2021 and somehow ended up with hundreds of thousands of followers and tens of millions of views. It's been a pretty weird ride, and I've enjoyed almost all of it.
Released on the 26th of August 2021 as a digital only covers album after gaining massive popularity on TikTok. The album contains nine fully recorded and produced versions of some of their most popular TikTok cover songs. Including bass, drums, backing vocals and of course kazookeylele. No song is safe!
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Released on the 21st of July 2018 as a limited physical run (only 100 copies.) All of which sold out almost immediately.
“Extremely well crafted and melodic” - Black Diamond FM
6 Years in the making, Pockets and the Narwhal takes you on a 13 track journey of love, loss and under the sea creatures.
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Released originally in July of 2009 "Tada" is one of the earliest Pockets' EP's. Released shortly after the first Kazookeylele video went viral, this 8 track EP had an incredibly small “hand printed” physical release in paper sleeves. They were only available at shows and while busking.
This EP is available on all streaming platforms.
Listen hereWorking title: FFG
The album is finished, with new material that brings a more serious, guitar-heavy sound alongside the music PocketsUke is already known for.
For bookings, live performances, press enquiries, collaborations, or anything else you'd like to discuss, drop me an email.
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