90/90
Released: Jun 17, 2003
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Released: Jun 17, 2003
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The 90/90 release is the second teaser for Pole's self-titled full-length for Mute, and it only had any true sense of purpose prior to its release. "Slow Motion," the lead cut on the album, is here...
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45/45
Released: Mar 11, 2003
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Released: Mar 11, 2003
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On his four-track 45/45 release for Mute, Stefan Betke does away with the crackles, mite-like rustlings, submerged nuances, and German titles of his previous productions as Pole. Beats and...
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R
Released: Sep 18, 2001
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Released: Sep 18, 2001
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More of a remix album than a new LP, R finds Stefan Betke revisiting the song that put him on the map as Pole. Originally recorded in late 1996 and initially released by Din in 1998, the Raum 12"...
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Pole/Four Tet - SPLIT EP
Released: Jun 26, 2000
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Released: Jun 26, 2000
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A very odd meeting of the minds, this four-track EP finds Pole and Four Tet offering one original each and a remix of the other's track. While it would seem difficult to find common ground between...
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3
Released: Jun 20, 2000
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Released: Jun 20, 2000
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On Pole's third full-length collection, producer Stefan Betke's dub moves further toward ambient minimalism. The structure and rhythm on his previous album, 2, disintegrate on 3 into songs full of...
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2
Released: Feb 1, 1999
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Released: Feb 1, 1999
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Following Matador's compilation of Pole's earliest material released in the U.S. as 1, the New York label released a second album of the Berlin artist's material as 2. The six-song record fits...
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1
Released: Jul 27, 1998
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Released: Jul 27, 1998
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Stefan Betke's nine variations on damaged dub minimalism recall the best of Basic Channel techno while steering well clear of the monotony factor. As with Pole's first singles, these tracks...
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Raum Eins/Raum Zwei
Released: May 4, 1998
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Released: May 4, 1998
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Basically two versions of the same track, Betke's debut 12-inch is a strong, simple statement of the Pole aesthetic. Forging an uncanny alliance between gorgeous ambient, minimal techno, and...
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Komfort.Labor Presents ~scape
Released: 2001
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Released: 2001
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No matter which perspective listeners take when approaching Komfort.Labor Presents ~scape, the album proves successful: as a commemoration of the celebrated Komfort.Labor club nights in Berlin; as...
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