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Esperanto
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Track Listing
- TV
- Show Business
- Kissing the Machine
- Lifestyle
- Crosstalk
- Information
- Esperanto
- Overdrive
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #133355 in Music
- Released on: 2007-06-04
- Number of discs: 1
- Formats: Limited Edition, Import
Customer Reviews
Kraftwerk, OMD, the nineties and great synthpop
Bartos of Kraftwerk fame created this "band" to explore some of the same electronic ideas mined by Kraftwerk in the 1970's. Joining him on two songs are Andy McCluskey, a big Kraftwerk fan, and co-founder of '80's great Orchestral Manœuvres in the Dark. "Esperanto," named after an artificial language, sounds a lot like Kraftwerk doing modern day electronica. In fact, this almost a concept album in the subject matter of its songs: reality, communication, fame and technology. The title track features vocoder-like voices, modulated and singing in Esperanto! "Information," and "Crosstalk" and "Overdrive" are in the same vein: hard-hitting, almost industrial, Kraftwerk-sounding danceable instrumentals. The first of two standouts is "Kissing the Machine," which features McCluskey on vocals singing over a sweet, robotic melody. "TV," the best track, is the best reason to buy this cd: synth hooks and samples of broadcasts, the new generation of keyboard-players and know-twiddlers could stand to listen to this track a few hundred times and learn from their elders.
It's Kraftwerk with OMD mixed in!! What a surprise!
This is a fine, unsung, unknown album. Karl Bartos was a member of Kraftwerk and he left that band to do this on his own. It is a fine album in its own right - sort of Kraftwerk lite!! But he went one better - he recruited Andy McCluskey - a founder of Orchestral Maneouvres in the Dark (OMD) and probably Kraftwerk's number one fan - to do some singing. The result is magic! If you are a fan of Kraftwerk or OMD you MUST buy this one!!
Shazam!
This is a fantastic album, and aside from the fact that some of the synth sounds (especially drums) are annoying (IE the toms in overdrive) are incredibley annoying, the placid harmonic vocals, and simple yet layered rythmes are fantastic.
To anyone that loves Kraftwerks more modern Tone, but also things reminiscent of the PetShop Boys, feel free to purchase away!
