I´m very happy to announce my upcoming album "Wald" with a first sonic preview. "Wald" will be a 50 minutes piece divided into 3 acts, with 3 tracks per act. More snippets of "wald" will follow during the next weeks on my soundcloud site.
The album is scheduled for mid September 2015.

In collaboration with video artist MFO I will present "Wald" live in North America very soon:

may 31st 2015 Mutek Festival (north american premiere)
http://www.mutek.org/en/montreal/2015/artists#!programmation=artist$pole-mfo/40

june 4th 2015 Seattle - Kremwerk
https://www.facebook.com/events/392052460978825/

june 7th 2015 Boston - Nonevent @ Middlesex
http://www.nonevent.org/upcoming/pole_with_mfo_at_the_middlesex_1/

supported by Goethe Institut & Auswärtiges Amt


wald

kautz - snippet

Here comes the 2nd sonic preview of my upcoming album "Wald". 
"Wald" will be a 50 minutes piece divided into 3 acts, with 3 tracks per act. More snippets of "wald" will follow during the next weeks on my soundcloud site.
The album is scheduled for mid September 2015.

In collaboration with video artist MFO I will present "Wald" live in North America very soon:

may 31st 2015 Mutek Festival (north american premiere)
www.mutek.org/en/montreal/2015/a…artist$pole-mfo/40

june 4th 2015 Seattle - Kremwerk
www.facebook.com/events/392052460978825/

june 7th 2015 Boston - Nonevent @ Middlesex
www.nonevent.org/upcoming/pole_wi…the_middlesex_1/

supported by Goethe Institut & Auswärtiges Amt


Kafer-snippet

With the 3rd sonic preview of my upcoming album "Wald" I´m happy to announce that the official release date is set for September 11th 2015. The album will available as double 12inch vinyl, as Digipak CD and as digital download.
Upcoming show of pole & MFO: September 24th - London at Village Underground w/ Robin Fox + Atom

"Wald" will be a 50 minutes piece divided into 3 acts, with 3 tracks per act. More snippets of "wald" will follow during the next weeks on my soundcloud site.


Wald

Fichte- snippet

Here comes the 4th preview of my upcoming album "Wald" which will be released September 11th 2015 on my label "pole". The album will available as double 12inch vinyl, as Digipak CD and as digital download.
Upcoming show of pole & MFO: September 24th - London at Village Underground w/ Robin Fox + Atom.
More shows will follow, soon.

"Wald" will be a 50 minutes piece divided into 3 acts, with 3 tracks per act. More snippets of "wald" will follow during the next weeks on my soundcloud site.


Myzel-snippet

pole "Waldgeschichten" - 12inch
After a long break, pole is returning in 2011.
This break was necessary for pole to find his musical direction and produce a series of new tracks, starting with this 12inch. Other music will be released later this year and in 2012.
With these three easy going and wonderful works, pole connects once more with his past. From his albums “1”, “2” and “3” via “pole” to “Steingarten”, pole rediscovers and reworks the characteristic warmth and deepness of his sound.
Bass and space are at the heart of both this new release and the specially established artist label “pole.”
The warm experimental atmosphere is grooving slow and easy, carried from the funk of an old rhythm machine and connected through pole´s typically endless echo chambers.
release date: oct 3rd 2011, on 12inch vinyl and digital


B1-Wurzel-Excerpt

pole "Waldgeschichten" - 12inch
After a long break, pole is returning in 2011.
This break was necessary for pole to find his musical direction and produce a series of new tracks, starting with this 12inch. Other music will be released later this year and in 2012.
With these three easy going and wonderful works, pole connects once more with his past. From his albums “1”, “2” and “3” via “pole” to “Steingarten”, pole rediscovers and reworks the characteristic warmth and deepness of his sound.
Bass and space are at the heart of both this new release and the specially established artist label “pole.”
The warm experimental atmosphere is grooving slow and easy, carried from the funk of an old rhythm machine and connected through pole´s typically endless echo chambers.
release date: oct 3rd 2011, on 12inch vinyl and digital 

B2-Wipfel Dub-Excerpt

A-Wipfel-Excerpt

I´m happy to announce the pre-order possibility of my 7inch LURCH VERSION incl. a remix by Peder Mannerfelt directly through my website. Please go to http://pole-music.com for further details.This is a limited edition, so make sure to get your copy early.

A Limited 7" release by POLE including a remix by PEDER MANNERFELT!
After his album „WALD“ pole releases a version of his track „Lurch“ which was available as bonus download track in Japan only. The flip side includes an exceptional stripped to the bones remix by Peder Mannerfelt (Roll The Dice, Subliminal Kid)
Limited to 300 copies!

http://pole-music.com
https://soundcloud.com/the-subliminal-kid
http://www.apelago.com/Peder-Mannerfelt


Lurch (Version) - Snippet

Lurch (Version - Peder Mannerfelt Remix)-Snippet

Approaching the end of the year, pole presents another spacey and heavy bass 12 inch. Two melancholic, quiet tracks full of crackles and endless space, made for this winter.
It seems that the warmth of these two tracks is glancing around a corner of a cold urban wall, just to say: “Soon, and it will be summer again.”
In contrast to the first 12 inch “Waldgeschichten,” with its use of full chords, this new production is marked by its use of spaces, which seems to expand until they collapse and enfold the listener. 
release date: dec 5th 2011 - distributed via Kompakt (vinyl & digital)

This is the second 12 inch by pole, one of a new series of releases called “Waldgechichten” which will end in a CD release in 2012.


B Pirol-Excerpt

Approaching the end of the year, pole presents another spacey and heavy bass 12 inch. Two melancholic, quiet tracks full of crackles and endless space, made for this winter.
It seems that the warmth of these two tracks is glancing around a corner of a cold urban wall, just to say: “Soon, and it will be summer again.”
In contrast to the first 12 inch “Waldgeschichten,” with its use of full chords, this new production is marked by its use of spaces, which seems to expand until they collapse and enfold the listener.
release date: dec 5th 2011 - distributed via Kompakt (vinyl & digital)

This is the second 12 inch by pole, one of a new series of releases called “Waldgechichten” which will end in a CD release in 2012. 

A-Aue-Excerpt

The third and final part of the "waldgeschichten" 12inch series highlights and expands upon pole´s distinctive sound, connecting to the first two parts of the trilogy in a charming way. Again a fundamental element is the very specific drum sound embedded in complex dubby structures, seamlessly unified with the warm and deep basslines.

If you have had the pleasure of listening to one of pole´s live concerts recently, then you will immediately recognize the "lurch" and "moos".

After the stripped down second part of the trilogy, with its wintery atmosphere, these tracks appear to be floating in melancholy. The field recordings and sounds fade away into echoes, grounded with massive bass.

This is a perfect conclusion to the series, offering a foretaste of the upcoming pole album.

B Moos-SNIPPET

The third and final part of the "waldgeschichten" 12inch series highlights and expands upon pole´s distinctive sound, connecting to the first two parts of the trilogy in a charming way. Again a fundamental element is the very specific drum sound embedded in complex dubby structures, seamlessly unified with the warm and deep basslines.

If you have had the pleasure of listening to one of pole´s live concerts recently, then you will immediately recognize the "lurch" and "moos".


 

After the stripped down second part of the trilogy, with its wintery atmosphere, these tracks appear to be floating in melancholy. The field recordings and sounds fade away into echoes, grounded with massive bass.

 

This is a perfect conclusion to the series, offering a foretaste of the upcoming pole album.

A Lurch-SNIPPET

pole´s live set recorded at the Oscillate @ Centrala, Birmingham, April 18th 2018. 
www.oscillate.club,  www.mixcloud.com/oscillate_sound_system/

Pole live at Oscillate april 28th 2018-

Pole, aka musician, producer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke, has announced the remastered reissue of his debut album releases, 1, 2 and 3, available on Mute as a box set on 24 April 2020. 
The box set will be distributed to record stores world wide and is already available for pre-order here:  http://mute.ffm.to/POLE123

Released on vinyl (for the first time in nearly 20 years) and CD (remastered since its 2008 reissue), the box set releases mark 20 years since the trilogy was completed and a return to the label for the groundbreaking artist. The vinyl edition includes a bonus 12", RAUM, originally released on DIN records in 1998.

The Trilogy will be available as digital files on bandcamp from april 30th 2020

www.pole-music.com
https://pole-stefanbetke.bandcamp.com/album/1-2-3
www.mute.com

Silberfissch

pole - silberfisch

taken from the album "2", originally released july 1999.
re-released on Mute as a box set (vinyl / cd) 24 April 2020.
https://mute.ffm.to/POLE123

Fahren

pole - Fahren

taken from the album "1", originally released july 1998.
re-released on Mute as a box set (vinyl / cd) 24 April 2020.
https://mute.ffm.to/POLE123

pole - Modul

Pole (aka Stefan Betke) announces details of his new album on Mute and shares the first track, ‘Röschen‘.
The album "Fading" is set for release on Mute on 6 November 2020 and is available for your pre-order here: https://mute.ffm.to/Fading

Fading

Röschen

pole - Röschen (edit)

Pole shares another track of his album "Fading" (Nov 6th 2020, Mute Records) - mute.ffm.to/Fading

Nebelkrähe

pole - nebelkrähe (edit)

booking contact: info@folkwisdom.net

In 2022 the Düsseldorf-native musician, producer, remixer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke looks back on a steady 25-year career in abstract electronic club music. In particular, the seven albums that he released during this period under the Pole moniker have lastingly shifted the coordinates of electronica.

See pole´s full bio here:
https://pole-music.com/bioinfo/

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