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Karl Bartos
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German musician and composer; former member of Kraftwerk
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Person · Open Library
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- 2
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- Kraftwerk - Publikation
- Sound of the Machine
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Marktschellenberg, Bayern, Germany
Karl Bartos (born 31 May 1952) is a German musician and composer known for his contributions to the electronic band Kraftwerk. Karlheinz Bartos was born on 31 May 1952 in Marktschellenberg, Germany, named after his grandfathers Karl and Heinz. He was the drummer in a college band called The Jokers (later The Jolly Jokers in 1975) as Carlos Bartos, around 1965 to 1975. Between 1975 and 1990, he…
Known for
- Kraftwerk: Pop Art — Self (archive footage)2013
- Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany — Self (archive footage)2009
- Kraftwerk and the Electronic Revolution — Himself2008
- Pop i Fokus — Self2001
- Volle Kanne — Self1999
- Na sowas! — Self - Kraftwerk1982
- Midi Première — Self - Kraftwerk1975
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Karl Bartos was born on 31 May 1952 in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Between 1975 and 1991 Bartos, along with Wolfgang Flür, was an electronic percussionist in the electronic music quartet known as Kraftwerk. He was originally recruited to play on their US "Autobahn" tour, and his improvisations were an essential part of the earlier Kraftwerk recordings. He later left the group, when the founding members Ralf Hütter and Florian Schneider became increasingly perfectionist in their attitude towards reco
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Karl
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Marktschellenberg
- Occupation
- recording artist
- Educated at
- Robert Schumann Hochschule
- Employer
- Berlin University of the Arts
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- electronic music
- Instrument
- electronic keyboard
- Official website
- www.karlbartos.com
- Image
- Karl Bartos 2005.jpg
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- Karl Bartos
- date of birth
- 1952-05-31
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
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- GEMA
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