Welle:Erdball

Welle:Erdball
Welle:Erdball performing at the 2018 Nocturnal Culture Night in Germany
Background information
Also known as	Honigmond Feindsender 64.3
Origin	Stadthagen, Germany
Genres	Bitpop, synthpop, electronic
Years active	1990–present
Labels	SPV
Members	Hannes "Honey" Malecki MissMoonlight M.A. Peel c0zmo
Past members	Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen Fräulein Venus Lady Lila Fräulein Plastique Zara Soraya.vc KayCat Xenia G.
Website	www.welle-erdball.info

Welle:Erdball performing in Zurich in December 2008

Welle:Erdball (often abbreviated as W:E) is a German band whose sound is distinguished by their intensive use of the Commodore 64's SID sound chip.

The band name literally means "Wave:Earthball" or "Wave:Globe" and is inspired by a Weimar republican radio play titled "Hallo! Hier Welle Erdball!". The band's logo displays a rotated version of the Eastern German motor company VEB Sachsenring, the former producer the world-famous Trabant car.

Welle:Erdball have been part of the demoscene and produced several musicdisks as well as other formats over the years. They have also performed live at the Breakpoint 2006.

In addition to his work as Welle:Erdball, Honey was involved in the project called "Das Präparat" from 2003 to 2005. Honey (a.k.a. Dr. Georg Linde) and "Plastique" have launched a side project called "homo~futura".

Members

• Hannes "Honey" Malecki - lyrics, vocals (1990-)
• MissMoonlight - percussion, vocals (2019-)
• M.A. Peel - percussion, vocals (2019-)
• c0zmo - music, programming (2019-)

Former members

• Isa - Vocals, Tones (1993-1995)
• Xenia G-punkt – Vocals, Percussion (1995-1999)
• KayCat – Percussion (2000–2002)
• Soraya.vc – Vocals, Percussion (2000–2004)
• Zara – Percussion (2004–2005)
• Fräulein Plastique - Vocals, percussion (2005-2013)
• Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen - music, programming (1990-2019)
• Fräulein Venus - percussion, vocals (2003-2019)
• Lady Lila - percussion, vocals (2013-2019)

Gallery

• 
  Hannes "Honey" Malecki
  lyrics, vocals
• 
  Alf "A.L.F." Behnsen (1990-2019)
  music, programming
• 
  Frl. Venus (2003-2019)
  percussion, vocals
• 
  Lady Lila (2013-2019)
  percussion, vocals

Discography

Albums

• Der Sinn des Lebens (The meaning of life, 1992 as Honigmond)
• Es ist an der Zeit (It is about time, 1993)
• 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)
• Horizonterweiterungen (Expansion of the horizon, only Vinyl 12", 2004)
• Die Wunderwelt der Technik (The wonderworld of technology,CD 2002 / Vinyl 12", 2005)
• Chaos Total (CD 2006 / Picture-Vinyl 12", 2009)
• Cmdr. Laserstrahl (radio play, 2009)
• Operation: Zeitsturm (2010)
• Der Kalte Krieg (The Cold War, 2011)
• Tanzmusik für Roboter (Dance Music for Robots, 2014)
• Gaudeamus Igitur (2017)
• Film, Funk und Fernsehen (2022)

Singles and EPs

• Nyntändo-Schock (Nyntändo-Shock, 1993)
• W.O.L.F. (1995)
• Telephon W-38 (1996)
• 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)
• 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)
• Computerklang (Computer Sound) (2013)
• Ich rette dich (I will save you) (2014)
• 1000 Engel (1000 angels) (2015)

DVD

• Operation: Zeitsturm Movie-DVD (2010)
• Der Kalte Krieg Live-DVD (2011)

Solo- or Sideprojects

• The Screeching MiEW (1994, Honey and Xenia G.)

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 Mensch

• The Girl & The Robot (2009, Plastique and Deadbeat)

2010: The Beauty of Decay

2011: Silence ⋆ Borderline (EP)

• Die Funkhausgruppe (Welle:Erdball, Die Perlen, Sonnenbrandt and Hertzinfarkt)

2011: Mono-Poly

References

• Blazek, Matthias (2006). Das niedersächsische Bandkompendium 1963–2003 – Daten und Fakten von 100 Rockgruppen aus Niedersachsen (in German). Celle. p. 150. ISBN 978-3-00-018947-0.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

External links

• Official Welle:Erdball page
• Welle:Erdball on Discogs
• Welle:Erdball on AllMusic
• Welle:Erdball on C 64 Scene Database (CSDb)
• Welle:Erdball on Pouët.net