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Pole (Stefan Betke) took his name from a Waldorf 4-Pole filter which he accidentally dropped and broke in 1996. Betke's first four albums, titled "1", "2", "3", and "R" were all based around this filter, with songs usually taking the form of dub basslines and rhythms with percussion provided by the eponymous filter.
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.