Welle: Erdball


Welle: Erdball

Welle: Erdball performing at Arvika Festival in Sweden 2005.
Background information
Also known as

Honigmond

Feindsender 64.3
Origin Stadthagen, Germany
Genres Bitpop, synthpop, electronic
Years active 1990–present
Labels SPV
Website www.welle-erdball.info
Members

Hannes "Honey" Malecki
Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen
Fräulein Venus

Lady Lila
Past members

Plastique
Zara
Soraya.vc
KayCat

Xenia G.
Welle: Erdball performing in Zurich in December 2008.

Welle: Erdball (often abbreviated as W:E) is a group from Germany often credited with being the pioneers of bitpop. The heavy use of the Commodore 64's SID sound chip makes their sound instantly recognizable. Their sound is reminiscent of electronic music pioneers Kraftwerk.

The name literally means "Wave: Earthglobe", and in fact comes from a German radio play called "Hallo! Hier Welle Erdball!" (Hello, this is wave earthglobe speaking!). Their logo is a rotated logo of the former East German motor company VEB Sachsenring, which built the popular Trabant car.

Welle: Erdball has been a part of the demoscene and produced several musicdisks and other productions over the years. They also gave a live performance at Breakpoint 2006.

In addition to their work as Welle: Erdball, Honey was involved in the project called "Das Präparat" from 2003 to 2005. Currently Honey (as Dr. Georg Linde) and Plastique are involved in the new side-project called "homo~futura".

Members


Former members

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

DVD

Solo- or Sideprojects

1994: Awakening of the Animals (Cassette album, 2003 Re-release of song Speak for the Future on the W:E EP Nur tote Frauen sind schön)
2004: Tanz' mit Deinem Gefühl (MCD)
2011: Der Neue Mensch
2010: The Beauty of Decay
2011: Silence ⋆ Borderline (EP)
2011: Mono-Poly

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