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Pole takes his name from a Waldorf 4-Pole filter which he accidentally dropped and broke in 1996. Though the filter was perhaps no longer appropriate for DJ work in its damaged state, Betke found the strange hissing and popping noises the filter now made interesting, and began using the broken filter to create music, launching his musical career. Waldorf Music AG is a now insolvent german synthesizer company. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Betke's first four albums, titled "1", "2", "3", and "R" (an intentional trilogy of albums, followed by a collection of remixes of Pole's 1998 debut EP Raum), were all based around this filter, with songs usually taking the form of dub basslines and rhythms with percussion provided by the epynomous filter. In 2003 Betke departed from this style for the album Pole (a combination of tracks from two EPs, "45/45" and "90/90"), which utilized more traditionally electronic but still eclectic production. Raum the Old. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Pole has been distributed on several different labels, including Matador Records and Mute Records, and in 1999 Betke cofounded (with Barbara Preisinger) the label ~scape, also known for publishing Jan Jelinek. Matador Records is an influential record label, famous for a roster of highly-respected indie rock artists and bands. ... Mute Records is a record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single, T.V.O.D./Warm Leatherette, under the moniker The Normal. ... Jan Jelinek is a German electronic musician who also operates under the names of Farben, Gramm & The Exposures. ...

Discography

Albums

• 1 (1998)
• 2 (1999)
• 3 (2000)
• R (2001)
• Pole (2003)

External links

• Pole site at Matador Records
• Pole biography at ~scape Records
• Pole discography at All Media Guide
• Pole interview at The Milk Factory