Welle: Erdball

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  • Years Active: 1990s, 2000s

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Wikipedia:

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. Current Honey (as Dr. Geog Linde) and Plastique involved in the new side-project called 'homo~futura'.

Members

Hannes "Honey" Malecki lyrics, vocals

Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen music, programming

Frl. Venus percussions, vocals

Plastique percussions, vocals

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

Solo- or Sideprojects

The Screeching MiEW (1994, Honey and Xenia G.-Punkt)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)Das Präparat (2003 to 2005 Honey)2004: Tanz' mit Deinem Gefühl (MCD)homo~futura (2005, Honey [alias Dr. Georg Linde], Plastique, K. Gross und F. Enstein)2011: Der Neue MenschThe Girl & The Robot (2009, Plastique and Deadbeat)2010: The Beauty of Decay2011: Silence ⋆ Borderline (EP)Die Funkhausgruppe (Welle: Erdball, Die Perlen, Sonnenbrandt and Hertzinfarkt)2011: Mono-Poly