◇ image via WikipediaKarl Bartos
Karl Bartos is a Electronic act. Their sound grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Ringo Starr, Edgard Varèse, Igor Stravinsky and Béla Bartók. Those roots explain a lot about how Karl Bartos arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Tubeway Army, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Art of Noise, De/Vision and Ultravox, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Johnny Marr, Bernard Sumner, Afrika Bambaataa and Atomic Kitten, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 18 connections around Karl Bartos, reaching back through Johann Sebastian Bach and forward to Johnny Marr. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Karl Bartos connections
Karl Bartos grew out of Johann Sebastian Bach, Ringo Starr, Edgard Varèse and Igor Stravinsky, shares an orbit with Tubeway Army, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Art of Noise and De/Vision, went on to shape Johnny Marr, Bernard Sumner, Afrika Bambaataa and Atomic Kitten. 18 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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