Long since evolving from an insider tip to a cult band, Welle: Erdball broadcasts its masterpiece, “Film, Funk & Fernsehen,” across the airwaves… on all frequencies.
Welle: Erdball has lost none of its skills and has acquired many new facets.
With the charm of a debut album and built on the foundation of 30 (!!!) years of experience, this is a functioning time machine that whips listeners onto the dance floor with analog synthesizers, Commodore C=64, and hard New Wave EBM beats.
“For the last 40 years, I’ve wanted nothing more than to feel the pressure of a ‘Passion’ (Flirt), the floating Solina strings of ‘Shoot Your Shot’ (Devine), and the blasting bass sequences of ‘From Here to Eternity’ (Giorgio Moroder) again. And if no one else does it, we’ll just do it ourselves!” – Honey / welle:erdball
The name says it all: the power of the media. And it is almost all-encompassing, with themes that don’t stop at pandemics, gender issues, and global thermonuclear war, reflected in German lyrics as well as songs in English, Russian, and even Swedish. With such a wide range, the focus is also on a few cover versions, because when David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” with female two-part harmony and 6 voices from the Commodore C=64 sound from the speakers, you feel like you’re in the right place in stereo when something big happens.
Welle: Erdball’s concerts are legendary and always different, even within a single tour! An electronic fireworks display in which the audience can interact with the time machine to the era of analog synthesizers, Commodore 64, VW Beetles, Starfighter F-104G, Super 8,
The new album, which currently entered the German charts at a very high position, and the accompanying triptych concert tour by Welle: Erdball, “Film, Funk & Fernsehen,” are milestones in German electronic music that no one can ignore. It’s the original!
