Pole is musician, producer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke. Taking his name from a defective analogue Waldorf 4-Pole filter, the broken machine’s distinctive crackles gave Pole the starting point for his equally simple and subtle sound layers.

Pole’s music has a unique way of oscillating between melody and avant-garde, between pop and experimental. Pole’s classic 1 2 3 trilogy still resonates in contemporary electronic music, the unmistakeable crackles infiltrated both mainstream Pop and Dubstep. 2022 saw Betke return to the label after a long absence, and his incredible album Tempus from that year exists in a unique space – the production is rich and enveloping, exuding dense yet crisp atmospherics with a striking balance between complexity and compactness throughout. While 2023’s Fading merges a perfect blend of considered craft with an unpredictable accident – much like the trilogy that started all this off.