Karl Bartos - Communication - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Electro Pioneers, living legends and globally revered masters of electronic sound, Kraftwerk celebrate the 35th anniversary of their landmark 1974 hit 'Autobahn' by releasing digitally remastered versions of eight astounding albums. 8 x individual CDs presented in special slipcases featuring newly expanded artwork, including many previously unseen images all of which have been reproduced to the highest technical standards. Album Tracks 1. The Robots 2. Spacelab 3. Metropolis 4. The Model 5. Neon Lights 6. The Man Machine

2024 . Musician and writer Karl Bartos has long been admirer of Weimar-era culture. During his time in Kraftwerk, he helped create the stunning track 'Metropolis', directly inspired by a band viewing of the classic 1927 Fritz Lang film of the same name. The original orchestral music composed for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Giuseppe Becce had long been lost and in 2005, after watching the film, Bartos imagined what it would be like to create an entirely new one in the 21st Century in his home studios in Hamburg. Now with crystal clear images, digitally restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation, the film is visually the best quality it has ever been, and now, with Bartos' soundtrack, there is impressive sound to go with the haunting vision. Album Tracks 1. Prologue 2. Scary Memories 3. Atonal Floating 4. Full of Life 5. In the Town Hall 6. At the Funfair 7. Mysterious Crime 8. At the Funfair 2 9. Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 10. Jane's Theme 11. March Grotesque 2 12. Jane's Theme 2 13. Shadows 14. Tragic Message 15. Suspicion 16. Tragic Message 2 17. Plan 18. Dark Figure 19. Caligari's Theme 20. Arrest of the Suspect 21. Caligari's Theme 2 22. Worried Jane 23. Interrogation 24. Jane's Fear 25. Francis's Observation 26. Cesare's Attack and Escape 27. Safe and Sound 28. Francis at a Loss 29. Caligari's Deception 30. Lunatic Asylum 31. In Search of the Truth 32. Out in the Field 33. Director Rants and Rages 34. Scary Memories 2 35. Who's Mad Here? 36. Francis Rants and Rages 37. Epilogue

Limited CD box (2000 copies worldwide). Inclues the album on CD, the Caligari movie on DVD, and 48-page booklet. Narrative film music and sound design for Robert Wiene's classic 1920 psychological thriller. Digitally restored in 4K by the Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Foundation. Musician and writer Karl Bartos has long been admirer of Weimar-era culture. During his time in Kraftwerk, he helped create the stunning track Metropolis, directly inspired by a band viewing of the classic 1927 Fritz Lang film of the same name. The original orchestral music composed for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari by Giuseppe Becce had long been lost and in 2005, after watching the film, Bartos imagined what it would be like to create an entirely new one in the 21st Century in his home studios in Hamburg. Now with crystal clear images, digitally restored by the Friedrich-Wilhelm Murnau-Foundation, the film is visually the best quality it has ever been, and now, with Bartos' soundtrack, there is impressive sound to go with the haunting vision. For the task, Bartos ransacked his own library of musical compositions, recreating pieces he had written as a young classical musician in his pre-Kraftwerk days whilst creating new sounds, melodies and textures. From outside of the classical tradition there is the folklorist bricolage of the fairground barrel organ tempered playfully by some psychedelic backwards musique concrete along with some melodies which would not have been out of place on a Kraftwerk album from the classic era. All the time the listener is on a journey, sounds move in and out, music weaves and entwines, the soundscape is immersive and intoxicatingly rich. Album Tracks 1. Prologue 2. Scary Memories 3. Atonal Floating 4. Full of Life 5. In the Town Hall 6. At the Funfair 7. A Mysterious Crime 8. At the Funfair 2 9. The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 10. Jane's Theme 11.