Karl Bartos

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Berchtesgaden, Germany (1992 – present)

Karl Bartos was born on 31 May 1952 in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Between 1975 and 1991 Bartos, along with Wolfgang Flür, was an electronic percussionist in the electronic music quartet known as Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on their US “Autobahn” tour, and his improvisations were an essential part of the earlier Kraftwerk recordings. He later left the group, when the founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider became increasingly perfectionist in their attitude towards recording and releasing their music.

In 1992 Bartos founded Elektric Music, performing a style somewhat similar to Kraftwerk. This new project would release Esperanto in 1994 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 2003 he released the techno album Communication under his own name.
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  • incultojurgis

    And it's actually him

    yesterday evening
  • incultojurgis

    He has twitter: @KarlBartos

    7 days ago
  • Raagoonshinnaah

    Genius

    January 2012
  • iuytreza

    New album : When ?

    December 2011
  • gravizappa63

    Communication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    August 2011
  • foxtronink

    love it!

    July 2011
  • muggehoeren

    ;)

    February 2011
  • DoglessEndeavor

    He's not quite doing it for me, although I have a huge appreciation for his role in Kraftwerk. If only we could have Hütter, Schneider, Bartos and Flur again...

    January 2011
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