Following the highly acclaimed record Fading in 2021, Pole continues his release series for Mute in 2022 with a new album, Tempus. Pole is Düsseldorf-native musician, producer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke, and is known for his unique musical language oscillating between melody and avant-garde in electronic music, with audible influences from Dub and Jazz music. While the subject of Fading focussed on coping with dementia and the loss of memory over time, Tempus focuses on the connection between the past, the present and the future. Translating to tense in English, Tempus investigates whether music that was created in the past, can still be audible and influential for the present, and how much can this music shine into the future.

Tracklist 2LP:

A-Seite:
1. Cenote
2. Grauer Sand

B-Seite:
3. Alp
4. Stechmück

C-Seite:
5. Firmament
6. Tempus

D-Seite:
7. Allermannsharnisch

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A Limited 7" release by POLE including a remix by PEDER MANNERFELT! After his album "WALD" pole releases a version of his track "Lurch" which was available as bonus download track in Japan only. The flip side includes an exceptional stripped to the bones remix by Peder Mannerfelt (Roll The Dice, Subliminal Kid) Limited to 300 copies!

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"Wald " begins immediately, ends abruptly, and is divided into three acts over three tracks. It is the first studio album under Stefan Betke's Pole moniker for eight years. LP Vinyl will come with an etching on the D-Side and free Download code for CD version plus album mix.

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The final part of the "waldeschichten" series connecting to the first two parts of the trilogy in a charming way.

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Two melancholic, quiet tracks full of crackles and endless space, made for this winter.

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Pole rediscovers and reworks the characteristic warmth and deepness of his sound.

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VINYL TRACKLISTING
A1 Glimmerine
A2 A Slow Collision
A3 Gravity Test
B1 Tilth (Apparat X KÁRYYN)
B2 Hum Of Maybe
B3 An Echo Skips A Name
C1 Enough For Me
C2 Lunes
D1 Williamsburg
D2 Pieces, Falling (Apparat X Bi Disc)
D3 Recalibration

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- Ltd. LP: (Limited edition first pressing - Silver Mirror Board - Embossed on front / Debossed on back / Includes information sheet insert)

Tracklist LP:
A1. I
A2. II

B1. III
B2. IV
B3. V

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Tracklist 6LP Box:

LP1 'Looking For Saint-Tropez (Remastered)':

A1 Moskow Diskow
A2 Pakmoväst
A3 Café de la jungle
A4 Ça plane pour moi
A5 Some Day / Un jour

B1 Something To Say
B2 Rock Around The Clock
B3 Victime de la societe
B4 Twist À Saint-Tropez

LP2 'Neurovision (Remastered)':

A1 A/B
A2 Réalité
A3 Cliché
A4 En route vers de nouvelles aventures
A5 Tour de France
A6 We Are All Getting Old

B1 My Time
B2 Plus de distance (More Than Distance)
B3 Euro-Vision
B4 Dance To The Music
B5 Lakelele
B6 Soul Waves

LP3 'Sex (Remastered)':

A1 Brainwash
A2 Drama, Drama
A3 Haven’t We Met Somewhere Before
A4 Long Holiday
A5 The Man With The Answer

B1 Carbon Copy
B2 Exercise Is Good For You
B3 Dream-O-Mat
B4 Dummy
B5 Sigmund Freud’s Party

LP4 'Wonderful World (Remastered)':

A1 L’amour toujours
A2 So Sad
A3 Raised By Snakes
A4 It Could Happen To You
A5 Second Hand

B1 Tell Me It’s A Dream
B2 Vertigo
B3 The Voice
B4 Radio-Radio
B5 Wonderful World

LP5 'Looney Tunes (Remastered)':

A1 I Don’t Like Music
A2 Temporary Chicken
A3 Spike Jones
A4 Beautiful Li(f)e
A5 Dingo Bells

B1 I Want Your Brain
B2 Baby, When?
B3 Peanuts
B4 Happy End (I Wanna)
B5 Rendez-vous dans l’espace

LP6 'How Do You Dance? (Remastered)':

A1 On The Road Again
A2 How Do You Dance?
A3 This Is Your Song
A4 The Number One Song In Heaven

B1 J’aime la vie
B2 White Noise
B3 Move!
B4 Jailhouse Rock
B5 Do Worry

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Following the highly acclaimed record Fading in 2021, Pole continues his release series for Mute in 2022 with a new album, Tempus. Pole is Düsseldorf-native musician, producer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke, and is known for his unique musical language oscillating between melody and avant-garde in electronic music, with audible influences from Dub and Jazz music. While the subject of Fading focussed on coping with dementia and the loss of memory over time, Tempus focuses on the connection between the past, the present and the future. Translating to tense in English, Tempus investigates whether music that was created in the past, can still be audible and influential for the present, and how much can this music shine into the future.

Tracklist 2LP:

A-Seite:
1. Cenote
2. Grauer Sand

B-Seite:
3. Alp
4. Stechmück

C-Seite:
5. Firmament
6. Tempus

D-Seite:
7. Allermannsharnisch

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Tracklist LP:
A-Seite:
1. 24-24
2. In The Shadows
3. Talking Time
4. Animation

B-Seite:
5. Over And Over
6. Just Fascination
7. Why Kill Time (When You Can Kill Yourself)
8. Haiti
9. Crackdown

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Tracklist LP:
A-Seite:
1. Do Right
2. The Operative
3. Digital Rasta
4. Spies In The Wires
5. Theme From Earthshaker

B-Seite:
6. James Brown
7. Slammer
8. Blue Heat
9. Sensoria

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Tracklist LP:
A-Seite:
1. L21ST
2. I Want You
3. Hells Home
4. Kickback
5. The Arm Of The Lord

B-Seite:
6. Warm
7. Golden Halos
8. Motion Rotation
9. Whip Blow
10. The Web

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‘Chris Carter’s Chemistry Lessons Volume One.1: Coursework’ was created using a newly-formed piece called ‘Bongo Glow’ and reworkings of three tracks from the original album. ‘Bongo Glow’, a work in progress at the time, was finished using the same processes as ‘CCCLV1’ so that it could appear on the Japanese release of the album. The additional three reworkings were created without direct instruction as an experiment to see how they changed with input from external sources. Daniel Avery’s remix of ‘Usyring’ is a slow building majestic tome that comes full circle. The Radiophonic Workshop took ‘Blissters’ and created a more experimental reworking in their unique style. Chris Liebing gave ‘Tones Map’ a brooding anthemic feel, adding his Slow Burn remix technique.

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Track list:
Cover Me (Radio Edit)
Cover Me (Warpaint Steez Remix)
Cover Me (Erol Alkan Black Out Rework)
Cover Me (Ben Pearce Remix)
Cover Me (Josh T. Pearson Choose Hellth Remix)
So Much Love (Kalli Remix)
Cover Me (Texas Gentlemen Remix)
Cover Me (Ellen Allien U.F.O. RMX)


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Chain Reaction core-œuvre carefully revisited & luxuriously represented (w/ download code)

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Repress!

AS THE BLACK MOON RISES THE SIGNAL IS SEEN. ONCE AGAIN REPORTS OF THE UNSEEN ARE STARTING TO EMERGE THIS PRESENCE THAT TRAVELS THRU CAT 7 HIGHWAYS TO SCAN ROUTERS WORLDWIDE COUNTERING THE PROGRAMMERS EFFORTS TO COMMERCIALIZE A FEELING OUR FEELINGS... THIS PRESENCE KNOWN AS SCAN 7 CANNOT BE DEALT WITHIN THE PHYSICAL REALM. LISTEN TO THE FEELING AND JOIN THE FIGHT. THEY CANNOT HAVE THE SOUND OF THE UNDERGROUND! IT BELONGS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NEW TRIBE! DO NOT ALLOW YOURSELF TO BE PROGRAMMED
KIRK OUT: MAD MIKE

ALL TRACKS PRODUCED AND CONCEIVED BY "TRACKMASTER LOU" & "THE ELOHIM".
MIXED BY V. SHELTON AND MAD MIKE FOR UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE PRODUCTIONS.

ALL TRACKS RECORDED AND MIXED AT BLACK PLANET STUDIOS.
RECORDED ON A TASCAM 4 TRACK.

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taken from a live show the duo presented a few summers ago, this new Dialog EP includes a lengthy slow burner, live infused song and a remix by Deadbeat on the first side. On the second, remixes by Javier Salazar and Noah Sfar, all with that dubby, soaring tinge they have in common.

composed, produced and mixed by Dialog
remixes by Deadbeat, Javier Salazar and Noah Sfar

mastered by Vincent Villuis at Ultimae Studios

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Repress coming in May!

The sonic worlds of Devon Rexi and John T. Gast collide in a vital meeting between two singular mavericks!

Following two lauded EPs on cult label South of North, Amsterdam-based Devon Rexi prepare to release their much-anticipated debut album, recorded by and featuring elusive 5 Gate Temple devotee, musician and producer John T. Gast, whose acclaimed catalogue continues to flourish.

Devon Rexi is a trio made up of Nicola Reverda (Nicolini), Nushin Naini and Goya van der Heyden (La Rat). They’ve quickly carved out their own sonic world, traversing krautfunk, post-punk and psyched-up no wave, all laced with a dub-heavy experimental mentality. Breathstep captures the band’s bass-heavy incantations, ripe with melodic chaos and rhythmic improvisation, while devilish cackles and processed vocals flirt over a jukebox of dubbed snippets and sliced textures.

The introduction of John T. Gast as producer and collaborator pulls the Devon Rexi sound deeper into bubbling dub territory, while his own palette is stretched and pushed into new terrain. Though Gast has firmly cemented his singular sound over the last decade, this interconnected process marks new ground for all involved. The result is a supreme convergence of esteemed musicians and a wickedly fine debut collaborative record.

Breathstep finds its home on Bristol imprint Accidental Meetings, whose ever-evolving sound and wide-ranging discography continue to grow. The album was recorded over the last year across Amsterdam, Lisbon and London.

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After delivering a killer track on our Diffraction EP compilation and a series of highlighted projects on Hiver Discs, Iro Aka returns to Polychrome Audio with club-ready 4-tracker Dimensions. We are really proud to release the music of friends who create such quality electronic music. On the A side, Dimensions and Direction 0 original mixes bring a driving and bleepy techno sound shaped by the duo’s characteristic psychedelic design. The B side is a strictly remix affair: Human Space Machine turns Dimensions into deeper techno territory while French duo Atomic Moog presents a slow-burning downtempo take on Direction 0 for early or late into the night. We hope you enjoy this record as much as we do!

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Athens of the North is very proud to present a wonderful piece of lost Electronic music, Jeff Sova brings a softer less heard side of Detroit Techno, as soon a I heard the rare 12 a few years ago I knew i needed to find him and share his music. Jeff's foundation in music began with early piano and keyboard explorations. As a teenager, he immersed himself in the sounds of Tangerine Dream and Brian Eno, later connecting with the electronic dance sounds of Depeche Mode and New Order. While studying at the University of Michigan the metropolitan area of Detroit, Jeff discovered WCBN (the university's local college radio station) which introduced him to techno in its formative period. The station regularly featured tracks from pioneers such as Juan Atkins, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May and Richie Hawtin. Some local Detroit artists would occasionally visit for interviews, offering insights into a scene that fuelled Jeff's growing fascination with electronic music. Jeff was studying computer engineering at the time, so had a natural affinity for the technical details of music technology. Though electronic music captured his imagination and was his production choice, Jeff's musical sensibilities were shaped by much more than synthesisers and drum machines. His background in piano and guitar had also exposed him to a rich variety of music - reggae and jazz in particular. His diverse foundation would prove valuable in his developing music style and ability to structure his songs. When assembling his studio set-up in the mid-90s, Jeff took a different approach to many of his peers at the time when it came to equipment selection. Whilst the allure of the primitive Roland TB-303 bass line and TR-808 drum machine was strong (both staples in techno production at the time), he chose the rack-mounted Roland JV-1080 with its expansion cards as the cornerstone of his sound palette. This central module was complemented by the E-MU Orbit "Dance Planet", which provided more unconventional patches and drum kits that added to the different character of his music. This was all brought together by his trusty Yamaha KX8, preserving the authentic feel of the piano he grew up playing. Essential

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El Calefón's 1985 LP Salir Del Agujero is a rare bird. Self-produced and privately released in Zurich, the albumdocuments one of the very few South American groups that were resident in Europe at the time, and certainly the only such band working in Switzerland. Co-founded by two Argentinians in Europe – the multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and composer Coqui Recaand the guitarist Pablo Miguez–the group consisted of Argentinian and Brazilian musicians, most of whom were present initially Europe as tourists, but had stayed on, without official sanction, as immigrants.Their music gathered its primary influences from the varied sounds of their home countries, fusing these elements drawn from the manifold indigenous styles of Argentina and Brazil with the international sounds of rock,jazz, pop and pan-Latin music. Honed and polished by the steady gigging through which the group earned their living in Zurich, the music that appeared onSalir Del Agujero was sophisticated, original and filled with light. Resonating with a freshness undiminished in forty years, the album brims with possibility and hums with tropical warmth, bearing testament to the open-hearted musical freedoms of a mercurial musical era

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