Welle: Erdball
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!". Their logo is a rotated logo of VEB Sachsenring, which built the Trabant.
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, Honey was involved in the project called 'Das Präparat' from 2003 to 2005.
Members
Former members
- Zara - percussions (-2005)
- Soraya.vc - percussions (-2004)
- KayCat - percussions (-2002)
- Xenia G-punkt - percussions
Discography
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). The edition was limited to 10,000 pieces and was sold out prior to its release.[1] The album peaked at rank 77 of the German Media Control Charts.[2]
- Operation: Zeitsturm (2010)
Singles and EPs
- Nyntändo-Schock (Nyntändo-Shock, 1993)
- W.O.L.F. (1995)
- Deine Augen / Arbeit Adelt! (Your eyes / Work ennobles!, 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)
- Die Wunderwelt der Technik - Vinyl (2005)
- Ich bin aus Plastik - Vinyl (2008)
- Ich bin aus Plastik - CD (With extra tracks than Vinyl) (2008)
- Die Singles 1993–2010 - 10 CD-Box (2010)
DVD
- Operation: Zeitsturm DVD (2010)
As Das Präparat (Honey only)
- Anatomie CD (2003)
- Tanz Mit Deinem Gefuhl EP (2004)
- Unschuldsblicke (2010)
References
- Blazek, Matthias (2006) (in German). Das niedersächsische Bandkompendium 1963-2003 – Daten und Fakten von 100 Rockgruppen aus Niedersachsen. Celle. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0.
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