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Artist......: Pole
Album.......: Fading
Label.......: Mute
Genre.......: Electronic
Catnr.......: CDSTUMM457
Source......: CD
Rip.date....: 2020-11-20
Str.date....: 2020-11-11
Quality.....: 810 kbps avg / 44.1kHz / 2 channels
Url.........: http://pole-music.com
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1. Drifting 8:35
2. Tangente 5:07
3. Erinnerung 6:43
4. Traum 6:09
5. T÷lpel 4:26
6. R÷schen 6:12
7. NebelkrΣhe 7:54
8. Fading 5:31
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\ / ________ Runtime 50:37
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,: It's been five years since Stefan Betke dropped a full-length, :,
: but to be honest we haven't been too interested since 2000's :
:' "3", the third and final part of Betke's trilogy of albums that ':
,: still sound like little else. Those records helped light the :,
: touchpaper for a generation of young producers to experiment :
:' with dub sounds in a freeform electronic context, and while it ':
,: burned out quickly the traces can still be heard fizzing :,
: through. Betke reissued the trilogy earlier this year and has :
:' now followed it up with "Fading", recapturing the unsurpassed ':
,: essence of those early jams without repeating himself. :,
: :
:' Inspired by the idea of memory loss as he watched his mother ':
,: suffer from dementia, Betke wanted to connect ideas of the early :,
: Pole albums to his contemporary practice. And that's exactly how :
:' "Fading" sounds: the skeletal, decomposing dub sound that was ':
,: so idosyncratic in 1998 is still present, but Betke fleshes it :,
: out with a mature worldliness that brings in elements of exotica :
:' and the subtle whisper of distant, half-remembered pop. That's ':
,: not to say there are riffs (there really aren't, it's pure vibes :,
: from beginning to end) but yr transported to a world where oddly :
:' familiar elements are wrapped up tightly in tape hiss and white ':
,: noise. :,
: :
:' Like on those first few albums, Betke's rhythms feel elastic ':
,: and in constant flux. Drum machine sounds and sonic detritus :,
: become pretty much interchangeable, melting into each other to :
:' create a highly distinctive sound universe. There's an element ':
,: of nostalgia for sure - the glassy, polished (im)perfection of :,
: the early 2000s Mille Plateaux set is very well represented here :
:' - but Betke brings it into contemporary dimensions, updating ':
,: the frame without losing its soul. It's the sound of a dying :,
: supercomputer on a distant world, if that supercomputer had :
:' learned about Earth's pop culture solely by listening to ':
,: Jamaican soundsystem music of the 1970s and 80s. :,
: :
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