Exil-System

Weltklang is an electronic music project that was formed in the East-German town of Schwerin, German Democratic Republic, in 1980. Current members are Thomas Voburka and René Steuns.

The mastermind behind Weltklang is Thomas Voburka. Weltklang is particularly noted for the innovatively sparse and yet classic Minimal Wave track “VEB Heimat”, which was originally released in 1980. Inspired by the fast rise of Neue Deutsche Welle and by the Punk subculture's DIY attitude, Voburka's main principle was to remove all dispensable ornamentation and polish from his music and to use the simplest and most minimalist structures. On "VEB Heimat" for instance he made sole use of a simple Roland SH09 Synthesizer. Not hugely successful at first, the unique and futuristic sounding track managed to equal an international cult status over the following years. Today Voburka's Weltklang project is seen as one of the true classics in electronic music and for many DJs and Musicians “VEB Heimat” has grown to an all time favourite.

On the occasion of Weltklang's 25th anniversary, in 2004 Voburka decided to reform the project, together with London based programmer, producer and engineer René Steuns. Since then Weltklang have produced various remixes for other artists and did a lot of new tracks which they released as special vinyl editions. Not only for their original material but also for their remixes Weltklang remain true to their minimalist and deconstructive DIY approach.

Voburka, the original voice on “49 Second Romance” by P1/E, also founded the Berlin based electronic music label Exil-System in 1979.