by a fan
Karl Bartos was one of the originals in the world of electronic music...
after leaving kraftwerk he went on to do the esperanto album-- an album i've bought twice i like it so much.
hopefully all you klubkids will tune into some history and enjoy
Karl Bartos at a Glance
Karl Bartos (born 31 May 1952, Berchtesgaden, Germany) was, between 1975 and 1991, along with Wolfgang Flür, an electronic percussionist in the electronic-music group Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on its US "Autobahn" tour. In addition to his percussion playing, Bartos was credited with songwriting on the Man-Machine, Computer World, and Electric Café albums and sang one lead vocal on the latter.
He left the group in 1991, reportedly frustrated at the slow progress in the group's activities because of the increasingly perfectionist attitude of founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider.
In 1992 Bartos founded Elektric Music, performing in a style somewhat similar to Kraftwerk. This new project released Esperanto in 1993 and then Electric Music in 1998. In between the two albums, Bartos collaborated with Bernard Sumner and Johnny Marr on Electronic's 1996 album Raise the Pressure, and co-wrote material with Andy McCluskey which appeared on both Esperanto and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark's Universal album. In 1998, he also produced an album by defunct Swedish synthpop band the Mobile Homes, much in the style of his work with Electronic: guitar-pop with very slight synthetic references. It was received as a great disappointment to synthpop fans, but it sold more than any of their previous albums and was used in TV advertisements for an airline to moderate success.
In 2003 he released the synthpop album Communication, featuring such songs as "I'm the Message," "Camera," and "Ultraviolet."
Karl Bartos announced[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=28493_0_2_0_C Karl Bartos (ex-Kraftwerk) opens audio-visual exhibition 'Crosstalk'] in early 2008 that he had opened the first edition of the audio-visual exhibition Crosstalk for public viewing at the white cube section on the official Karl Bartos website. The program holds 21 films, remixes, cover versions, and mash-ups from Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, United Kingdom, the USA, and Japan.
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- KARL BARTOS.COM
- Karl Bartos - AudioVision official homepage. ... Difficilmente un altro nome nella musica pop é sinonimo di sound elettronico come quello di Karl Bartos. ...
- MySpace.com - KARL BARTOS - Hamburg / Berlin, DE - Electronica ...
- MySpace music profile for KARL BARTOS with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.
- Karl Bartos - Listen free at Last.fm
- Listen free to Karl Bartos (Interview, 15 Minutes of Fame & more). Karl Bartos was born on 31 May 1952 in Berchtesgaden, Germany.
- Karl Bartos solo & projects
- Written & produced by Mobile Homes & Karl Bartos. Tracks 5, 9 and 11 are electronic tracks more or less in Bartos-style, but the rest are softer acoustic ...
- Karl Bartos Interview (Apr 2006) « HigherFrequency
- Karl Bartos didn't seem particularly interested in talking about mix CDs, albums or the next big thing in dance music, but after thirty years in the ...
- Karl Bartos | dossier | Deutsche Welle | 26.04.2006
- Karl Bartos from German band Kraftwerk is an early pioneer of electronic music. DW-WORLD.DE: German and European news, analysis and multimedia from Deutsche ...
- Music-Map: Kraftwerk
- What else do fans of Kraftwerk listen to? ... What do people who like Kraftwerk listen to ? The closer two artists are, the greater the probability people ...
- Petition for the induction of Kraftwerk into the Rock&Roll Hall of ...
- Petition for the induction of Kraftwerk into the Rock&Roll Hall of Fame Petition, hosted at PetitionOnline.com.
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- Kraftwerk
- Kraftwerk. / artists (K). Real Name: Florian Schneider-Esleben, Ralf Hütter, Henning Schmitz, Fritz Hilpert ... http://kraftwerk.technopop.com.br ...
- Pitchfork: Neu!/Kraftwerk Drummer Klaus Dinger, R.I.P.
- Apr 2, 2008 ... Klaus Dinger, who played drums for Kraftwerk and went on to co-found Neu!, died March 21, although the news of his death was not made public ...
- BBC - Radio 1 - Documentaries - Kraftwerk
- The German pioneers are the sampled band in history, find out why modern pop music would not be the same without them. Presented by Alex Kapranos of Franz ...
- MySpace.com - KRAFTWERK - DE - www.myspace.com/kraftwerk
- MySpace music profile for KRAFTWERK with tour dates, songs, videos, pictures, blogs, band information, downloads and more.
- The Kraftwerk Influence
- Compilation of albums by other groups that sample or otherwise refer to Kraftwerk.
- Twingo's Page of Kraftwerk
- twingokraftwerk.com, largest list of kraftwerk concerts and bootlegs.
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- werkinwoman83 werkinwoman83 Oct 17, 2009 @ 10:11 pm
- after doing research in 2005, i was pleased to see that mr. bartos is still performing after he left kraftwerk. I agree with another poster that it would be nice if mr. bartos & mr. flur (wolfgang) would reconcile with ralph & florian and perform. by the way I saw on the internet recently that florian left kraftwerk & the reasons for his departure I am not sure of since I don't want to start any rumors. anyway, mr. bartos, mr. flur, mr. schneider (forgive the spelling please) & mr. hutter even if you gentlemen decide not to perform again in Jesus' Name PLEASE put aside your differences & find it in your hearts to forgive one another...life is too short.
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- deetrom deetrom Sep 24, 2008 @ 10:00 am
- I think, like many people, that Karl was an integral part of the Kraftwerk set-up and that it was very upsetting when he left. However, Although Karl is now involved in his own creative expression, it would be every Kraftwerk fans dream to seem both him and Wolfgang reconcile their differences with Ralf. Where Florian is these days nobody knows. It would be amazing to see them all on a stage again doing their thing. It would be great for everyone. The fans, ralf, Karl and Wolfgang. I'm just putting this vibe out into the ether. You just never know what will happen.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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- nytclubber nytclubber Aug 26, 2008 @ 7:15 pm
- nice lens. it's good to trace back the beginnings and the early musicians in elctronic music.
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