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Product details

  • Audio CD (23 Feb 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single, EP, Import
  • Label: Matador
  • ASIN: B00000I3U4
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 306,356 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fahren
2. Stadt
3. Streit
4. Huckepack
5. Hafen
6. Weit

Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
Berlin-based Stefan Betke's second album is an astonishing example of synthetic dub music. Created using an array of ancient and creaky gear (including something called a Waldorf 4 Pole-filter, which gives the artist both his name and distinctive sound), this sumptuous feast of minimalism bears more resemblance to the work of the greatest Jamaican sound engineers like Lee Perry and King Tubby than his contemporaries in the German electronic scene. Betke claims to have stumbled on his style entirely by accident, but tracks like "Fahren" and the terrific "Streit" resonate timelessly. Clicks and scratchy noises throughout give a convincingly warm feel, as if the machines involved are working under stress. This is a beautiful record, certain to be ecognised as a classic. --Steve Jelbert

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4.0 out of 5 stars Bi - polar disorder, 19 Feb 2004
By C. J. Statham - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 2 (Audio CD)
If sublime and surreal are two words that describe how you like your music, then this will fit nicely into your collection.
That said, Pole is very proficient at twisting the well-known conventions of dub and electronica to give an alomst erotic take on his sound. Musically, this is very interesting and prevails as the the type of music that fits nicely onto your minidisc for those train journeys or bus rides through the city.
This album won't get you going in the morning... But it will send your mind on a little sedate wander into electroland.
Not Poles' best album. But far superior to anything else in same league. Well worth the dollar if this is your bag.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Things that make your head go mmmmmmmm, 20 Sep 2000
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This review is from: 2 (Audio CD)
German techno dub is a head scratching combination to say the least. How do you reconcile the spacey chaos of Jamaican dub a la King Tubby or Scientist, with the sleek, precise machine beats of the German electronic tradition?Stefan Betke manages it on this compelling CD by pouring what appears to be Tangerine Dreams Oscillators, Adrian Sherwood's echo chamber and Lee Perry's bass generator into a fluffy speaker wobbling symphony of clicks, bleeps and squeeks. The result is somewhere between old fashioned ambient music (remember that?) Nordic Jazz, musique concrete and a film soundtrack to that moment when you first wake up and you're not quite sure if you're in your body or not. Go on give it a try, it'll make your ears smile.
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