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1 by Pole
108,925 plays (21,014 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Modul | 4:37 | 8,681 | ||
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Fragen | 6:48 | 8,344 | ||
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Kirschenessen | 5:18 | 10,303 | ||
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Lachen | 7:31 | 7,996 | ||
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Berlin | 4:38 | 7,966 | ||
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Tanzen | 5:51 | 9,768 | ||
| 7 |
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Fremd | 5:28 | 6,579 | ||
| 8 |
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Paula | 6:12 | 6,545 | ||
| 9 | Fliegen | 4:45 | 7,875 |
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About this album
Originally released as three consecutive albums in their own right, it makes sense to treat these releases as a coherent trilogy. A deliberate statement reinforced by the numbering and stringent monochrome cover art.
Minimalism as a form of art. A statement not unlike Yves Klein’s blue canvasses. Confronted with one of Klein’s seminal images, a viewer might take it for a mere joke or provocation, but will soon enough one find himself drawn in and devoured by the maelstrom-like expanse of intense colour. Stefan Betke aka Pole’s music can have a similar effect.
Here, reductionism and minimalism do not equal austerity, but a sensuous, almost baroque experience – oscillations produced by crackles and bass envelop the body and leave it vibrating.
It all started with the analogue Waldorf 4 Pole filter that gave Betke his memorable moniker. Inspired by the defective equipment’s distinctive crackles, Pole took them as a starting point for his equally simple and subtle sound layers.Here, rhythmic textures and warmly pulsing bass lines join in play and, at least from ‘Pole 2’, experience a slow shift towards Minimal Dub. Pole’s music has a unique way of oscillating between euphony and avant-guarde, between pop and experiment. While many of his electronic avant-garde peers swore off all danceable elements during the latter half of the 1990s, Pole decided to walk the edge, championing both radical reductionism and groovy, almost psychedelic dream states. Tracks like ‘Kirschenessen’ or ‘Hafen’ give ample proof that his music does not exhaust itself in mere functionalism, but encourages new and poetic associations.
Minimalism as a form of art. A statement not unlike Yves Klein’s blue canvasses. Confronted with one of Klein’s seminal images, a viewer might take it for a mere joke or provocation, but will soon enough one find himself drawn in and devoured by the maelstrom-like expanse of intense colour. Stefan Betke aka Pole’s music can have a similar effect.
Here, reductionism and minimalism do not equal austerity, but a sensuous, almost baroque experience – oscillations produced by crackles and bass envelop the body and leave it vibrating.
It all started with the analogue Waldorf 4 Pole filter that gave Betke his memorable moniker. Inspired by the defective equipment’s distinctive crackles, Pole took them as a starting point for his equally simple and subtle sound layers.Here, rhythmic textures and warmly pulsing bass lines join in play and, at least from ‘Pole 2’, experience a slow shift towards Minimal Dub. Pole’s music has a unique way of oscillating between euphony and avant-guarde, between pop and experiment. While many of his electronic avant-garde peers swore off all danceable elements during the latter half of the 1990s, Pole decided to walk the edge, championing both radical reductionism and groovy, almost psychedelic dream states. Tracks like ‘Kirschenessen’ or ‘Hafen’ give ample proof that his music does not exhaust itself in mere functionalism, but encourages new and poetic associations.
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Shouts
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mariacool wrote:
fucking awesome!!! MILESTONE.
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annmariboy wrote:
god! 10 years ago in Edenburgh u were looped on my minidisc! and still briliant!
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moscovite181 wrote:
very much
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GlennBr wrote:
yes, perfect...
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atoga wrote:
perfect
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ferniczer wrote:
I can't help the feeling that this music has been made by machines. But i like it
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Recent Activity
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dubvision99, Makoski, jesienny and 5 other people loved Pole – Paula. 15 days ago
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dubvision99, Makoski, esproctaf and 3 other people loved Pole – Fremd. 15 days ago
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dubvision99 added Pole – Tanzen to his Loved Tracks. 15 days ago
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dubvision99 added Pole – Kirschenessen to his Loved Tracks. 15 days ago
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dubvision99 added Pole – Modul to his Loved Tracks. 15 days ago
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ArtBrutus3 added Pole – Fragen to his Loved Tracks. last month
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carianoff, Ber-Marmari, jesienny and 4 other people loved Pole – Berlin. December 2011
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TortVladi, niewidoczny, kmc12 and 8 other people loved Pole – Tanzen. December 2011
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NecrosisNeurosi, activate, nikala_1 and 2 other people loved Pole – Kirschenessen. November 2011
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