Elektric Music is the pseudonym of Karl Bartos, a former member of the almighty Kraftwerk. Esperanto was released in 1993, several years after he left the group.
Several of the songs were co-written by Andy McClusky of the synth pop group Orchestral Maneouvers in the Dark (OMD). McClusky even provides lead vocals on the track Kissing the Machine.
This album is pretty cool in the sense that it draws influence from places and artists which had been influenced by Bartos' previous work a few decades earlier. It still has a real Kraftwerk feel throughout the album but also contains elements of rave music, industrial and synthpop groups such has Human League and, of course, OMD. The track TV shows a striking resemblance to the only Kraftwerk song Bartos takes full credit for writing (you'll find out what track that is later on).
Karl Bartos has since then dropped the Elektric Music name and now records just as Karl Bartos. Some people argue that his solo material beats Kraftwerks later werks (see what I did there?).
http://www.mediafire.com/file/ycn2iamzojy/elektric music - esperanto.rar
Top 3 Tracks: Show Buisness, Crosstalk, Esperanto
PS. you can expect an 8 part Kraftwerk retrospective from me sometime in the near future. I bet you can hardly contain yourself.
Let it all hang out,
-mungmike
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