Zombie Nation · Leichenschmaus, 1999
Kernkraft 400
6 sourced items across 4 sectionsVerified3Reported3
What the sources do and do not say
One Sound On Sound interview (Sam Inglis, January 2001) with Florian Senfter, read in full. The vocal is Senfter pitched down, but no microphone or preamp is stated for the original recording; the stereo delay and drum changes belong to the Italian remix and are excluded. The separate studio gear box is a current gear list with no stated function, so it was not used.
Bass
2 items
Florian Senfter
Instrument
The real chain
Elektron SidStation
Verified
Produced the bass sound from the same patch as the melody, passed through a filter.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Plogue chipsynth C64
instrument
An emulation of the same SID chip that sits inside the SidStation, so the raw tone is the same; it does not copy the SidStation's own controls.
Input chain
The real chain
Akai MPC2000
Verified
Its filter was applied to the deep bass, filtered down without resonance.
- Settings
- filtered down without any resonance
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Akai Professional MPC Beats
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Akai's free MPC software. It gives the MPC way of working, not the sound of this hardware.
Drums
1 item
Florian Senfter
Instrument
The real chain
Unidentified Drum machine (model not stated)
Reported
Original drums are dry 1980s-style drum machine beats taken from his sample library; the specific machine is not named.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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No plugin suggested. The source does not name the model, so no specific plugin can be suggested.
Synth melody
2 items
Florian Senfter
Instrument
The real chain
Elektron SidStation
Reported
Source of the grinding, distorted main melody.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Plogue chipsynth C64
instrument
An emulation of the same SID chip that sits inside the SidStation, so the raw tone is the same; it does not copy the SidStation's own controls.
Input chain
The real chain
Akai MPC2000
Verified
Its built-in filter was run with an envelope over the melody when it comes back down after the chorus, adding some distortion.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Akai Professional MPC Beats
instrument · free
Akai's free MPC software. It gives the MPC way of working, not the sound of this hardware.
Sampling and sequencing
1 item
Florian Senfter
Instrument
The real chain
Akai MPC2000
Reported
Held samples of every sound on the original version and played them back from its own built-in sequencer.
Source: Sound On Sound, accessed 15 Nov 2026
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Akai Professional MPC Beats
instrument · free
Akai's free MPC software. It gives the MPC way of working, not the sound of this hardware.
Sources
- Florian Senfter (Zombie Nation): Recording 'Kernkraft 400', Sound On Sound, 2001-01. Accessed 15 Nov 2026.
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