Welle:Erdball

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Welle: Erdball (often abbreviated as W:E) is a group from Germany often credited[citation needed] 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!". Their logo is a Trabant logo turned around.

W:E 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, the members have a second project called 'Das Präparat', in which Honey and ALF work under the pseudonyms 'Prof Sternau' and 'Dr Georg Linde' respectively.

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[edit] Members

  • Honey - lyrics, vocals
  • A.L.F. - music, programming
  • Frl. Venus - percussions
  • Plastique - percussions

[edit] Former members

  • Zara - percussions (-2005)
  • Soraya.vc - percussions (-2004)
  • KayCat - percussions (-2002)
  • Xenia G-punkt - percussions

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Frontalaufprall (Head-on impact, 1994)
  • Alles ist möglich (Everything is possible, 1995)
  • Tanzpalast 2000 (Dancing palace 2000, 1996)
  • Der Sinn des Lebens (The meaning of life, 1998)
  • Die Wunderwelt der Technik (The wonderworld of technology, 2002)
  • Chaos Total (2006)

[edit] Singles and EPs

  • Nyntändo-Schock (Nyntändo-Shock, 1993)
  • W.O.L.F. (1995)
  • Deine Augen / Arbeit Adelt! (Your eyes / Work honors!, 1998)
  • Starfighter F-104G (2000)
  • VW-Käfer & 1000 Tage (VW Käfer and 1000 days, 2001)
  • Super 8 (2001)
  • Nur Tote frauen sind schön (Only dead women are beautiful, 2003)
  • Horizonterweiterungen (Expansion of the horizon, 2004)

[edit] As Das Präparat

  • Anatomie CD (2003)
  • Tanz Mit Deinem Gefuhl EP (2004)
  • Mein Schmerz Tragt Deinen Namen EP (2006)

[edit] External links