Former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos announces first album in ten years
Former Kraftwerk percussionist Karl Bartos has announced his first album in ten years.
Bartos was a member of the German electronic group between 1975 and 1990, appearing on five of the band’s records.
He last released a solo record, Communication, back in 2003 – working on soundtrack projects since.
Now Bartos will put out Off The Record on 18 March 2013.
The LP’s tracklist is as below, with a snippet of one of the cuts available to stream beneath:
1. ‘Atomium’
2. ‘Nachtfahrt’
3. ‘International Velvet’
4. ‘Without A Trace Of Emotion’
5. ‘The Binary Code’
6. ‘Musica Ex Machina’
7. ‘The Tuning Of The World’
8.‘Instant Bayreuth’
9. ‘Vox Humana’
10. ‘Rhythmus’
11. ‘Silence’
12. ‘Hausmusik’
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