Communication [Import]

Karl Bartos | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 15, 2003)
• Original Release Date: 2003
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Sony/Columbia
• ASIN: B0000APYO1
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #256,189 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Camera

2. I'm The Message

3. 15 Minutes Of Fame

4. Reality

5. Electronic Apeman

6. Life

7. Cyberspace

8. Interview

9. Ultraviolet

10. Another Reality

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Karl has still got it!, January 18, 2004

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Mr Robert Charter (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Communication (Audio CD)

Karl has, over the last 10 years, been able to express his individual musical talent through solo and coproduced albums, rather than have his skillful, clever and slightly cynical musica creations placed over the tall-standing umbrella of Kraftwerk.

Following up from his albums released under the band name of Elektric Music/Electric Music, Karl has graced us with an album full of groaning, throaty bassy synthesizer tracks, combined with funky pop songs and effects laden musical journeys. His (somewhat overused) vocoder thrusts out lyrics related to the premises of communication, with tracks such as Im The Message, Im The Camera and Ultraviolet sending a slightly disguised and quite funny message about modern society and its use of communication such as means as advertisments, photographs, ect.

I wont compare Karl's music to Kraftwerk as much as many people do, but you can certainly feel the underlying precision and simple but catchy tunes that tends to be very valuable to the structure of Kraftwerk's music.

If you enjoy electronica, or simply would like to hear what a great master of electronic music can produce, dont give Communication a miss!

And if you enjoy this album, make sure you take a look at Karl's earlier effort, Esperanto (under the title of Elektric Music) as these two albums are quite similar in style, although i feel that Communication has a better level of refinment and focus.

Dont deprive yourself and order a copy of Communication now!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Deserves more than 5 stars!!!!, November 6, 2003

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kittyfan "briarrose11" (Tinley Park, IL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Communications (Audio CD)

I have always been a Kraftwerk fan and this album is probably one my favorites ever! I like it because every track is dancable and catchy and sticks in your head. The vocals are mostly robotic, but on the ones where Karl sings, it reminds me of his other side project from several years back called Elektric Music. If you missed that one, I highly recommend it too! Kraftwerk fans will not be disappointed. I think this is the worth every penny of the import price! Who knows if it will ever be domestic, but I wouldn't wait if I were you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This man knows Kraftwerk cuisine, October 2, 2003

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Fantozzi (Dallas, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Communications (Audio CD)

Karl Bartos, best known for his role in german mensch machine Kraftwerk, issued this album, 'Communication' which can be called enough nice to draw attention of electro lovers. This opus demonstrates clearly that Karl was not that far from Kraftwerk studio processes as Ralf Hutter tried to show. But he's definitely ex-Kraftwerk, he understands the spirit of late 70s electronic music and delivered it to the 00s. Thus, as you can probably imagine, the album sounds a bit outdated but only a bit, on the other side it is a balsam for all Krfatwerk admirers. You should also buy Kraftwerk's 'Tour De France Soundtracks' just to make a comparison between real Kraftwerk and what sometimes was a part of it.