Melotron

For the musical instrument, see Mellotron.

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]

The German Band Melotron at e-tropolis 2013, Berlin

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).