Tempus - Pole - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Tempus (meaning “the tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time”) considers the connection between the past, present and future, and is, explains Stefan Betke aka POLE , “…a natural development to the last album. One which goes further and is even more complex.” It’s a natural topic for Betke to explore, not only because of the connection to 2020’s Fading – an album about coping with dementia and the loss of memory over time - but because all of Pole’s work has an interconnectedness that spans past, present, and future. While each Pole album - his catalogue glides across ambient, dub, jazz, glitch, and electronica - is distinctly singular, the albums are part of an ongoing evolution that link as much to history as they do to the future. Tempus (meaning “the tense of a verb group is its form, which usually shows whether you are referring to past, present, or future time”) considers the connection between the past, present and future, and is, explains Stefan Betke aka POLE , “…a natural development to the last album. One which goes further and is even more complex.” It’s a natural topic for Betke to explore, not only because of the connection to 2020’s Fading – an album about coping with dementia and the loss of memory over time - but because all of Pole’s work has an interconnectedness that spans past, present, and future. While each Pole album - his catalogue glides across ambient, dub, jazz, glitch, and electronica - is distinctly singular, the albums are part of an ongoing evolution that link as much to history as they do to the future. Despite the neatly executed concept and nuanced themes that run through the record, Betke is still willing to embrace mistakes and accidents. In the same way his discography – from his era defining trilogy 1 (1998), 2 (1999) and 3 (2000) reissued by Mute in 2020 - connects, the albums also share the accidental feel that gave birth to the project as a whole - Pole being named after a broken Waldorf 4-Pole filter that gave him such a distinct sound. On the new album, you hear a strange, eerie, almost unsettling wailing sound that rings out above the bass-heavy beats. “That is the sound of my dying Minimoog,” Betke says. He incorporated the sound of a failing piece of electronic equipment into the heart of the song, thus giving it an entirely new tonal dimension.

Tracklist

1. Cenote
2. Grauer Sand
3. Alp
4. Stechm|Ck
5. Firmament
6. Tempus
7. Allermannsharnisch

Label: Mute | Origin: Holland