Melotron Explained

Melotron is a futurepop and synthpop band from Germany.^[1] In 1995 Andy Krueger, Edgar Slatnow and Kay Hildebrandt left their former band, The Vermin, to form Melotron.^[2] The band found success with their first single, "Dein Meister," in 1998. Their 2007 single "Das Herz" charted at no. 81 in the German mainstream charts.^[3]

Until 2007, Melotron was a band with mostly German-only lyrics (the chorus of the B-Side "2 Young 2 Die" on their inaugural single release, "Dein Meister", was sung in English amid German verses). However, on their album Propaganda, "Broken" is sung entirely in English.

Melotron has performed at a number of major electronic and industrial festivals, amongst these the Wave Gotik Treffen festival in 1999,^[4] 2003,^[5] 2004,^[6] 2005,^[7] and 2012, and the M'era Luna Festival in 2001, 2003, and 2005.^[8]

In the American television show Saturday Night Live, the recurring sketch "Deep House Dish" uses Melotron's song "Der Kosmonaut" as an opening.

Discography

Albums

• Mörderwerk (1999)
• Fortschritt (2000)
• Weltfrieden (2002)
• Sternenstaub (2003)
• Cliché (2005)
• Propaganda (2007)
• Werkschau (2014)
• Für Alle (2018)

Singles

• Dein Meister (1998)
• Der Blaue Planet (1999)
• Kindertraum V1 (1999)
• Kindertraum V2 (1999)
• DJ Traum (1999)
• Tanz mit dem Teufel (2000) – #88 DAC Top Singles of 2000^[9]
• E.P. Sode 3 (2000)
• Brüder (2001)
• Gib Mir Alles (2002)
• Folge Mir Ins Licht (2003)
• Kein Problem (2003)
• Wenn wir wollten (2005)
• Das Herz (2007)
• Liebe Ist Notwehr (2007)
• Stuck in the Mirror (2013)

There have also been re-releases for earlier works. Originally on Zoth Ommog, the band has also released albums on Synthetic Symphony, Bloodline and SPV, as well as Metropolis Records (in the United States).

External links

• Official website
• Official MySpace site
• SHOUT! Online interview with Melotron (2002)
• Melotron - Live at «B2» (Moscow, 09.10.05)
• Melotron - Live at «B2» (Moscow 25.09.08)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Metropolis Records // Artists . Metropolis-records.com . 2015-03-30.
2. Web site: Interviews | Chain D.L.K . Chain D.L.K. . 2015-03-30.
3. Web site: Offizielle Deutsche Charts - Offizielle Deutsche Charts .
4. Web site: ~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~ . Wave-gotik-treffen.de . 2015-03-30.
5. Web site: ~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~ . Wave-gotik-treffen.de . 2015-03-30.
6. Web site: ~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~ . Wave-gotik-treffen.de . 2015-03-30.
7. Web site: ~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~ . Wave-gotik-treffen.de . 2015-03-30.
8. Web site: M´era Luna Festival in Hildesheim | Bands, Tickets & alle Infos zum M´era Luna - Meraluna Festival . Fkpscorpio.com . 2015-03-23 . 2015-03-30.
9. Web site: DAC Top 100 Singles 2000 . Trendcharts oHG . AMC Alster Musik Consulting GmbH . 20 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20010423192450/http://www.public-propaganda.de/charts/2000/dac_sing2000.html . 23 April 2001 . 2001 . dead.