POLE – 1

Label: Mute – POLE1LP
Format: 2 x Vinyl, 12", Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: Aug 28, 2020
Genre: Electronic
Style: Glitch, Dub, Experimental

First released in 1998 via Kiff SM, 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 materialise out of a haze of stuttering fuzz, bouncing thin shimmers of echoing synth off of ambiguous rhythms and taught, bulging bass. '1' is a defining debu album venturing boldly into minimal glitch, dubstep and dubtronica. One for the heads.

A1. Modul
A2. Fragen
A3. Kirschenessen
B1. Lachen
B2. Berlin
C1. Tanzen
C2. Fremd
C3. Paula
D. Fliegen