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Karl Bartos

Mark Radcliffe and Stuart Maconie are joined by electro pioneer Karl Bartos.

Mark and Stuart's guest today is electro-pioneer Karl Bartos. Between 1975 and 1990, he was, along with Wolfgang Flür, an electronic percussionist in the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on Kraftwerk's US "Autobahn" tour. In addition to his percussion playing, Bartos was credited with songwriting on the Man-Machine, Computer World, and Electric Café albums and sang one lead vocal on the latter. He Bartos left Kraftwerk in August 1990,and founded founded Elektric Music in 1992. This new project released the Kraftwerk-style Esperanto in 1993, and then the more guitar-based 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 of OMD. He's here to talk about his forthcoming album. He's also writing his autobiography which is due out later this year or early 2017, so maybe he'll tell us some tales from that...!

As well as this, you, the gentle listener, could gain office fame by getting the links between the tracks in Teatime Themetime or try your chances on The Chain, where you yes YOU might even get your voice on the actual 6 Music DABwaves!

3 hours

Last on

Wed 23 Mar 2016 13:00

Music Played

  • XTC

    Are You Receiving Me

    • VIRGIN.
  • Courtney Barnett

    Elevator Operator

    • Marathon Artists.
  • The Crystals

    He's A Rebel

    • PSI.
  • Pantera

    Walk

    • Rhino.
  • ±Ê´Ç±ô¾±Ã§²¹

    Wedding

    • Memphis Industries.
  • Orange Juice

    I Can't Help Myself

    • Polydor.
  • Mystery Jets

    Bubblegum

    • Caroline International Ltd.
  • Hinds

    Bamboo

    • Lucky Number Music.
  • Sandie Shaw

    Long Walk 91Èȱ¬

  • Oasis

    Wonderwall

    • Creation Records.
  • Underworld

    I Exhale

    • Caroline International.
  • Fugees

    Fu-Gee-La

    • Columbia.
  • Tami Lynn

    I'm Gonna Run Away From You

    • At The Club (Various Artists).
    • Kent.
    • 5.
  • Suede

    What I'm Trying To Tell You

    • Warners.
  • Midlake

    Roscoe

  • Karl Bartos

    Life

  • Karl Bartos

    Electronic Ape Man

  • Primal Scream

    Where The Light Gets In

    • First International/Ignition.
  • Led Zeppelin

    Heartbreaker

  • David Bowie

    I Can't Give Everything Away

    • RCA.
  • James

    Feet Of Clay

  • The Newbeats

    Run Baby Run

    • Acuff-Rose Opryland Music: 50th Anniv.
    • Acuff-Rose Opryland.
  • Kurt Vile

    Lost My Head There

    • Matador Records.
  • Lykke Li

    I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix)

    • Power Hits 2013.
    • WEA.
  • Cassius

    Action (feat. Mike D & Cat Power)

    • Polydor/Interscope.
  • Alice Cooper

    School's Out

  • Ice Cube

    It Was A Good Day

  • Isaac Hayes

    Theme From Shaft

  • Beth Orton

    Moon

    • Anti.
  • Dobie Gray

    The In Crowd

    • Originals 2 (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

Broadcast

  • Wed 23 Mar 2016 13:00