Karl Bartos
Off the Record
The ex-Kraftwerk composer opens his notebook. 'Off the Record' reworks decades of unused sketches into pristine electro-pop: hooks honed to a gleam, machine-precise yet warmly melodic. Düsseldorf craftsmanship, quietly personal.
Communication
The former Kraftwerk man's sharpest solo statement, turning the man-machine aesthetic on media overload: crisp electro-pop hooks, cool precise synthesis, melodic and ironic. The Düsseldorf pop tradition intact.
The Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond (Book)
In The Sound of the Machine, former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos offers a wry, detailed memoir of life inside and beyond Kling Klang, tracing how post‑war childhood, pop dreams and classroom work converged in some of electronic music’s most enduring …
The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari
CD version. Narrative film music and sound design for Robert Wiene 's classic 1920 psychological thriller. Digitally restored in 4K by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation. Musician and writer Karl Bartos has long been admirer of Weimar-era cultur…