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by Pole

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Overall Rating: 2.5035 3 is ranked overall as 2.5035 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 2.8691 3 has an avg. critic score of 2.8691 out of 4 stars

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[Producer Stefan] Betke's minimalist approach subtracts many of electronic music's institutionalized motifs such as percussion, synth melodies, and thumping 4/4 rhythms. Without this extra baggage, pulsing dub bass lines drive the songs while distorted remnants of synth notes, and Betke's infamous crackles bring life to the low-end. ...more

All Music Guide

On Pole's third full-length collection, producerStefan Betke's dub moves further toward ambient minimalism. ...more

PopMatters

We all know music can become white noise; a radio or CD on an extremely low volume is just enough to take the creepy sterile silence out of the air. But can white noise become music? Pole's Stefan Betke has stripped down his German techno beats and taken off their edge sanded them down to blurry remnants of techno. ...more

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Urb

Once again, Pole has accomplished a tremendous feat: lending a tightly wound groove to the mose unearthly sounds ...read the complete review at Urb

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New Musical Express

This minefield of scratches, clicks and whirrs is then embellished by glimpses of melody so sparing they could be the defiant last frequencies of a dying star. ...read the complete review at New Musical Express

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Revolution

Pole's Stefan Betke may have taken his signature static sound about as far as it can go....read the complete review at Revolution

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The A.V. Club

Pioneering avant-garde turntable terrorist Christian Marclay once created an installation where records were strewn across the floor of an exhibition hall to be stepped on by visitors. Completing the conceptual process, Marclay then repackaged and sold...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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