Welle: Erdball
 Welle: Erdball |
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Welle: Erdball performing at Arvika Festival in Sweden 2005.
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| Background information | |
| Also known as |
Honigmond |
| Origin | Stadthagen, Germany |
| Genres | Bitpop, synthpop, electronic |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | SPV |
| Website | www.welle-erdball.info |
| Members |
Hannes "Honey" Malecki |
| Past members |
Plastique |
Honigmond
Hannes "Honey" Malecki
Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen
Fräulein Venus
Plastique
Zara
Soraya.vc
KayCat
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".
Hannes "Honey" Malecki
lyrics, vocals
Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen
music, programming
Frl. Venus (2003-present)
percussion, vocals
Lady Lila (2013-present)
percussion, vocals
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