From Florian Anwander Sent Fri, Jan 11th 2019, 15:36
From Florian Anwander Sent Fri, Jan 11th 2019, 15:36
Hello yes, I have read it with great pleasure. I'd say about 70% of the book are not about Kraftwerk, but about his own life. Especially the story how he became a musician with a university degree in classical music, beginning as a low educated telephone technician, is very impressive. The stories about Kraftwerk are a nice mix of contemporary history of the 70s and 80s and some insights in the social structure of the band. He describes quite well, how the band got lost in gear-mania and missed making music for years. This is his main criticism on Schneider and Hütter. But to my opinion Bartos is quite fair against them. From the technical point of view there is not much new for us. Florian Am 11.01.2019 um 16:11 schrieb mark c: > Hi, > > Have any German language AH'ers read Karl Bartos' book? I'm not sure > there will be an English translation and was wondering if we are > missing out on anything. > > https://www.amazon.de/Klang-Maschine-Autobiografie-Karl-Bartos/dp/3847906178/