Melotron

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The German Band Melotron at e-tropolis 2013, Berlin 13-03-23 e-tropolis Melotron 05.jpg
The German Band Melotron at e-tropolis 2013, Berlin

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]

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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

Singles

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).

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