Esperanto (album)
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| Esperanto | ||
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| Studio album by Karl Bartos | ||
| Released | 1993 | |
| Genre | Techno pop | |
| Length | 43:43 | |
| Label | ElectricMusic/SPV (D) East West Records (UK) Atlantic Records (USA) |
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Esperanto released in 1993, was the first album by Karl Bartos as "Elektric Music" (initially in collaboration with Lothar Manteuffel, formerly of the group Rheingold). Elektric Music was the recording project begun after Bartos ended his involvement with the band Kraftwerk in 1991. The songs "Show Business" and "Kissing The Machine" were written and performed with Andy McCluskey of OMD; "Crosstalk" and "Overdrive" were co-written with Kraftwerk associate Emil Schult, who also art-directed the cover graphics for the early Elektric Music releases.
About half the songs are similar to Kraftwerk, and the others more to contemporary techno. Many Kraftwerk fans were dissatisfied by the techno elements, while others claimed the album was an unexpected masterpiece. Later Kraftwerk releases would however feature similar elements.
[edit] Track listing
- "TV" (Bartos, Manteuffel) – 5:44
- "Show Business" (Bartos, Manteuffel, McCluskey) – 3:20
- "Kissing The Machine" (Bartos, McCluskey) – 5:05
- "Lifestyle" (Bartos) – 4:46
- "Crosstalk" (Bartos, Manteuffel, Schult) – 5:52
- "Information" (Bartos) – 8:35
- "Esperanto" (Bartos) – 4:41
- "Overdrive" (Bartos, Schult) – 5:23
