Karl Bartos - Communication (2003)

Posted By: popsakov

Date: Dec. 19, 2024

Karl Bartos is a German musician and composer. During 1975-90 Karl Bartos was a member of Kraftwerk. As Kraftwerk grew to be perfectionists, their release schedule became quite slow, a byproduct that frustrated member Karl Bartos enough to leave the group and launch a solo career. Communication released in 2003, is the first solo album of German electronic musician Karl Bartos. According to Karl Bartos, the album is a concept album about electronic media: »Communication« is about the way images shape our view of the world and how electronic media is going to change the contents of our culture."

After two albums under the Elektric Music banner, Karl Bartos released Communication under his own name. It's not surprising, as Communication is pretty much a one-man show – everything you hear was programmed, played, and performed by Bartos himself. In a lot of ways, it's like Bartos is stuck in the past: the link to his work in Kraftwerk is very evident, from the thwipping sound of the percussion to the keyboard sounds and melodic lines, and though the sound has been updated to sound more melodic and emotional, it seems to update the sound only so far as mid-'80s electro-pop, like Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark or Pet Shop Boys. Both of these are natural touchstones for Bartos, having worked with members of both groups through the '90s – Andy McClusky guested on Elektric Music's first album, and Bartos worked with Neil Tennant on the second Electronic album – but it still doesn't change the fact that, musically speaking, Communication is more about nostalgia than innovation. The over-reliance on computerized vocals certainly doesn't make the case for modernity – it was a Kraftwerk staple in the '70s, after all – but even worse, it underscores the fact that Bartos is actually a pretty good vocalist; "15 Minutes of Fame" and "Life" are two of the best cuts here. (Elsewhere on the record the lyrics can get pretty silly, especially when Bartos tries to meditate on how technology intersects with life, such as "Electronic Apeman" and "Cyberspace.") It would be easy to dismiss the album if it weren't so catchy: no matter how cheeseball and dated a lot of the material here sounds, it sticks in your head.

~ Sean Carruthers, All Music

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Track List:

01. The Camera [3:57]
02. I'm the Message [5:03]
03. 15 Minutes of Fame [4:12]
04. Reality [4:40]
05. Electronic Apeman [5:37]
06. Life [3:31]
07. Cyberspace [6:33]
08. Interview [4:44]
09. Ultraviolet [4:09]
10. Another Reality [3:26]

Personnel:
Karl Bartos - production, vocals, electronic instruments
Mathias Black - mixing, mastering

EAC Log

Exact Audio Copy V1.1 from 23. June 2015

Отчёт EAC об извлечении, выполненном 26. августа 2017, 10:44

Karl Bartos / Communication

Дисковод: ASUS DRW-20B1ST Adapter: 1 ID: 0

Режим чтения : Достоверность
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Отключение кэша аудио : Да
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Коррекция смещения при чтении : 6
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Заполнение пропущенных сэмплов тишиной : Да
Удаление блоков с тишиной в начале и конце : Нет
При вычислениях CRC использовались нулевые сэмплы : Да
Интерфейс : Встроенный Win32-интерфейс для Win NT/2000

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Выбранный битрейт : 1024 kBit/s
Качество : Высокий
Добавление ID3-тега : Нет
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Характеристики диапазона извлечения и сообщения об ошибках

Выбранный диапазон

Имя файла E:\Karl Bartos - Communication.wav

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Скорость извлечения 7.5 X
Качество диапазона 100.0 %
CRC копии EC5E1093
Копирование… OK

Ошибок не произошло

AccurateRip: сводка

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Конец отчёта

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CUETools Log

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