Pole-music.com Website Review

The German pioneer of electronic music Conrad Schnitzler (1937-2011) amas*ed a vast archive of sounds for use in combination with each other in live performances. In 2011 the idea came up of con-structing new compositions, not remixes, from this material. The Con-Struct After his album „WALD“ pole releases a version of his track „Lurch“ which was available as bonus do*nload track in Japan only. If you would like to ORDER THE 7INCH directly from pole, please send a message including your full address (shipping address) and your paypal GERMANY: 2,50 €, INTERNATIONAL: 5,00 € – REGISTERED LETTER: PLUS 3,00€ PER LETTER Since the release date of the album “Wald” in September 2015 we have found quite a bit of interesting reviews and articles in „Betke’s complex work has never been so joyful, free and emotionally rounded….This is a record of great technical skill and imagination, and one that’s also nonetheless soulful and sincere. It’s a testament to Betke’s artistic integrity that he waited patiently for eight years, only releasing Wald because he had something fresh and distinctive to offer.“ Electronic Beats Magazine (print) autumn 2015  (by Deadbeat) „At a time when so many musicians are lazily mining the past in lieu of charting new creative tracts, WALD is truly a breath of fresh air.“ As usual, however, Betke knows exactly what he’s doing. Wald, like 2007’s excellent Steingarten and 2003?s underrated self-titled effort, is an evolution of the minimalist dub techno sound Betke first pioneered in the late 1990s…. Unlike those two records, Wald is truly the sound of Pole without filters. Textures bleed into one another to create something that is consistently both beautiful and mysterious. …Yet it is also wholly different from previous works, making it an extremely successful comeback from a true master of „Betke’s just put out Wald, his first full album since 2007’s Steingarten—and it’s perhaps his most intimate and contemplative