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A feast of great music and chat, with electro-pioneer Karl Bartos

Electro-pioneer and former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos joins Mark to share his 'First, Last and Everything' and chat about his new autobiography 鈥楾he Sound of the Machine鈥.

Mark Radcliffe presents a feast of great music and chat for weekend breakfast

Today, electro-pioneer and former Kraftwerk member Karl Bartos joins Mark to share his 'First, Last and Everything' - that鈥檚 the first record he owned, the most recent one he has enjoyed and the record that means 鈥榚verything鈥 to him. He also talks about his new autobiography 鈥楾he Sound of the Machine: My Life in Kraftwerk and Beyond鈥.

Between 1975 and 1990, Karl was, along with Wolfgang Fl眉r, an electronic percussionist in the electronic-music band Kraftwerk. He left the band in 1990 and went on to form Elektric Music and collaborate with Bernard Sumner, Johnny Marr and Andy McClusky of OMD.

Also on the show... long-running feature 鈥楾he Chain鈥 which gives listeners the chance to pick a track that links in some way to the last. The list now contains over 8000 songs.

With a selection of music old and new to get the weekend started.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 9 Jul 2022 08:00

Music Played

  • Electronic

    Get The Message

    • Factory.
  • First Aid Kit

    Angel

    • Columbia.
  • Nas & Lauryn Hill

    If I Ruled The World

    • Columbia.
  • Curtis Mayfield

    Superfly

    • Castle Communications.
  • Chris Bathgate

    Bruises

    • The Significance of Peaches.
    • Quite Scientific.
  • Arcade Fire

    Keep The Car Running

    • Mercury.
  • Yazoo

    Situation

    • Columbia.
  • Gabe Gurnsey

    Push

    • Phantasy.
  • Jeremy Warmsley

    Sing From The Heart

    • American Daydream.
  • The Beach Boys

    You Still Believe In Me

    • Capitol.
  • Katy J Pearson

    Alligator

    • Heavenly.
  • Ang茅lique Kidjo

    Free and Equal (Glastonbury 2022)

  • Riton

    Rinse & Repeat (feat. 碍补丑鈥怢辞)

    • Ministry Of Sound.
  • KH

    Looking At Your Pager

    • Three Six Zero Recordings.
  • Alabama Shakes

    Don't Wanna Fight

    • Rough Trade Records.
  • Afro Celt Sound System & Peter Gabriel

    When You're Falling

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.
  • Suede

    She Still Leads Me On

    • BMG.
  • Kraftwerk

    Tour De France

    • CD SINGLE.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Karl Bartos

    Atomium (English Version)

    • Atomium.
    • Bureau.
    • 001.
  • The Beatles

    A Hard Day's Night

    • The Beatles - 1.
    • Apple.
    • 1.
  • Ebony Steel Band

    Computer Love

    • Pan Machine.
    • OM Swagger.
  • The Beatles

    Here, There and Everywhere

    • PARLOPHONE.
  • Pixies

    There's A Moon On

    • BMG.

Broadcast

  • Sat 9 Jul 2022 08:00