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Welle:Erdball (often abbreviated as W:E) is a group from Germany often credited of 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 the electronic pioneers Kraftwerk.

Welle:Erdball’s front figure Honey (Dr. G. Linde) is also well known for his involvement in the C64 movement. Welle:Erdball made the music for the Commodore 64 game Metal Dust released by protovision. Welle:Erdball held a concert at the Amiga & Retro computing 2002 fair.

Honey is also active in the goth/synth band Homo:Futura.

The name literally means “Wavelength:Earth”, and in fact comes from a German radio play called “Hallo! Hier ist Welle Erdball!”. Their logo is a Sachsenring 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 the early days Welle:Erdball went under the name Feindsender. Their music was then much more aggressive and punk-like. Some old Feindsender songs reappear on their later albums such as Rosa Zeiten and Telefonsex wich appears on the EP Nyntändoshock but were first on the album “es ist an der Zeit”.

Welle Erdball :
Honey – Lyrics, Synth, Lead Singer, Concept, Programming, Graphics.
A.L.F – Programming, Synth, Organisation.
C=64 – Tone, Voice, Motivation.
Frl. Venus – Vocals, Feminity, Finance.
Plastique – Vocals, Feminity, Design.

WEB SITE:
http://www.welle-e.de

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synthpop, electronic, german, c64, ebm
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thenktor wrote:
last month

Konzert in Würzburg war geil :-D

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cmdragon wrote:
last month

der C64 fehlt noch auf dem band cover!

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ZylbyaWolf wrote:
last month

hallo!! danke leute. ich habe schon meine lied von Welle erdbal, Danke schön!!!!!!. Thanks! a lot i have my song. Gracias.

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jessicagayer wrote:
last month

schön!

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ZylbyaWolf wrote:
last month

hallo! ich bien elena, ich möchte ein lied von Welle erdball, und ich konnte nicht finden, die name ist Arbeit adelt, wer kann mir hilfe. danke.

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Wioleta86 wrote:
last month

Yeah, heute ist es endlich wieder soweit :) Welle in Krefeld *.*

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Wii_phil wrote:
last month

@Sulkar:^^ ja stimmt gut so dann ischs wenigstens ned mehr so weit weg. Hoff ich bei Welle weis man ja nie so genau aber egal am 29 live in kaiserslautern

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qzaj66 wrote:
October 2008

Ich liebe Plastik! seen live yesterday, Dresden, Germany - great one :-)

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Empathy82 wrote:
October 2008

Ich bin aus Plastik!!!! YEAH ;)

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salamandar wrote:
October 2008

Ouai s'tu l'dis

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Cyber-Angel wrote:
September 2008

einfach toll der song

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Sulkar wrote:
September 2008

@Wii_phil: Das war der Arbeitstitel, die DVD kommt mit Bonus-CD als "Operation Zeitsturm" raus...

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simon_edwards wrote:
September 2008

If they played music like this in German class I would have paid a *hell* of a lot more attention, that's for sure...

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nigels wrote:
September 2008

I wish I'd paid a little more attention in German class. Nevermind....

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Wii_phil wrote:
September 2008

wann kommt endlich Tanzmusik für Roboter raus????

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mr_craftsman wrote:
August 2008

does anyone know from WHERE comes the dialogue that opens Arbeit Adelt! ? begins like "ist nur alles todt? ich weiss nicht...ich konnte nicht..." ? help PLZ. is it a movie?

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SIDhartaC64 wrote:
August 2008

One simply cannot beat that old computer sound. http://www.last.fm/music/N%C3%BCrnberg+Trial

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Empathy82 wrote:
August 2008

Man will endlich eine neue cd von euch!!! Ihr seid wunderbar!!!

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THEarmadillo wrote:
August 2008

dann freu ich mich jetzt umso mehr auf den film :D war auf dem amphifestival beide morgende zu müde um rechtzeitig da zu sein

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Melancholic wrote:
August 2008

Excellent (again!) at Summer Darkness!

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