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With plenty of musical history and an unfettered passion for contemporary club tracks Stefan Betke aka Pole is probably best known for his minimal dub sounds between the clicks and cuts of modern electronica.
While the origins of Pole hail back to the summer of 1996, when he accidentally dropped his near legendary “Waldorf 4-Pole” filter (which, in its newly damaged state, began to generate seductively unpredictable crackles), Betke’s musical playing field covers a much broader spectrum.
An active remixer, label owner, musician, DJ, mastering engineer, promoter, studio owner and producer, all of Betke’s outlets are governed by his urge to distil the substance of sounds and ideas, irrespective of any scenes. For Betke it’s the content which counts, rarely the environment it was generated in. This is mirrored by both the titles of his previous albums, which were kept deliberately simple (blue/1997, red/1999, yellow 2000) to avoid any distraction from their actual content, and his very personal selection of other projects.
Besides ~scape, the label he founded in 1999 together with Barbara Preisinger, he runs a music publishing company (~scape publishing), produces acts like Barbara Morgenstern and remixes tracks from Egoexpress to Depeche Mode.
Like many other producers and musicians the Berlin-based artist also fills clubs, radio shows and festival stages with his DJ sets, but Betke is no DJ in the traditional sense.
While the origins of Pole hail back to the summer of 1996, when he accidentally dropped his near legendary “Waldorf 4-Pole” filter (which, in its newly damaged state, began to generate seductively unpredictable crackles), Betke’s musical playing field covers a much broader spectrum.
An active remixer, label owner, musician, DJ, mastering engineer, promoter, studio owner and producer, all of Betke’s outlets are governed by his urge to distil the substance of sounds and ideas, irrespective of any scenes. For Betke it’s the content which counts, rarely the environment it was generated in. This is mirrored by both the titles of his previous albums, which were kept deliberately simple (blue/1997, red/1999, yellow 2000) to avoid any distraction from their actual content, and his very personal selection of other projects.
Besides ~scape, the label he founded in 1999 together with Barbara Preisinger, he runs a music publishing company (~scape publishing), produces acts like Barbara Morgenstern and remixes tracks from Egoexpress to Depeche Mode.
Like many other producers and musicians the Berlin-based artist also fills clubs, radio shows and festival stages with his DJ sets, but Betke is no DJ in the traditional sense.
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richweb wrote:
Psychedelic Dub / Chillout from RichWeb
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bugsonglass wrote:
123 never gets old
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silverpsycho13 wrote:
glad to see that Basic Channel and Rhythm + Sound are in the related artists section. Last.fm users are on point this time! How refreshing.
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shbadr wrote:
really enjoying his house-n-home live set on the bunker: http://unknownclubberz.org/2009/07/07/the-bunker-podcast-58-pole/
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Bln-Fm wrote:
Win 2x2 Guestlist for Pole @ Watergate in Berlin http://www.bln.fm/2009/08/scape-meets-echocord/
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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
mmm....*♫♪ ♫♪ ♥♥♥
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FiremanJoe wrote:
Need. Moar. Pole.
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meekat wrote:
met him in person yesterday :)
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blindfoley wrote:
Curtis Mayfield is alive!!!
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me_cotterill wrote:
Mheh, heh, heh heh. "Pole"
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concretica wrote:
!!! 0||0 !!! ~Pole~
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turdo wrote:
aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh...great return to the past
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DesertVibe wrote:
Alles gute
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CaraJLaing wrote:
Hello :] You have appeareed in my Similar Artists section so I thought I'd drop by and have a listen!
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Mnemi wrote:
most of them are retarded; the only track, which actually affects on me, somehow, is Heim.
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LEkONe wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/Stasi+Utes
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zero-inch wrote:
Some Background Info on Pole: http://www.lastfm.de/user/zero-inch/journal/2009/01/22/2f6yig_pleasure_from_the_bass%3A_nature%2C_minimalism_and_a_decade_of_pole
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transelectron wrote:
If you like Pole check out http://www.transelectronic.net. Livesets, track downloads and news about electronic/alt-tronic/minimal/dub releases focused on electronic artists.
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SSNVberghem wrote:
very good
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swelt wrote:
Hey Stephan, wie nett - last.fm gibt mir Dich weil wir soviele gemeinsame Tracks moegen! ;) Viele liebe Gruesse aus der alten Heimat und die schönereWelt! Sven
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interimlover wrote about Pole in Top albums of 2009. Saturday evening
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