
Although you won't find his name in their catalog, Stefan Betke has been closely associated with the Berlin-based Basic Channel label and BC artists such as Maurizio, Monolake, and Vainqueur. Like those artists' bassy, dub-laden reductions of techno and house, Betke's work (appearing so far on the Kiff SM, Din, and Mute labels under the name Pole) has been all about doing more with less -- snaps, clicks, crackles, and smudgy bass atmospheres occupy the whole of Pole 12-inches such as "Tanzen" and "Raum Eins/Raum Zwei," as well as Betke's aptly titled series of CD releases issued by Kiff and distributed to American audiences by Matador.
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
Year: 2002
Tracks: 14
Year: 1998
Tracks: 13
Year: 1997
Tracks: 15
Year: 1995
Tracks: 15
Year: 1994
Tracks: 13
Year: 1994
Tracks: 11