Pole

Germany

Formed: 1967

Years Active: 90, 2000

Genres: Electronic

Styles: Experimental Electro, Electronica, Techno, Experimental Dub, Experimental Techno, Glitch, IDM, Ambient Dub, Techno-Dub, Microsound

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Although you won't find his name in their catalog, Stefan Betke has been closely associated with the Berlin-based Basic Channel label and BC artists such as Maurizio, Monolake, and Vainqueur. Like those artists' bassy, dub-laden reductions of techno and house, Betke's work (appearing so far on the Kiff SM, Din, and Mute labels under the name Pole) has been all about doing more with less -- snaps, clicks, crackles, and smudgy bass atmospheres occupy the whole of Pole 12-inches such as "Tanzen" and "Raum Eins/Raum Zwei," as well as Betke's aptly ...

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