Pole (aka Stefan Betke) today shares
“Rost,” a brand new track and the first to be shared from
Tanzboden, a 2-track 12-inch vinyl due out
August 13 on vinyl and digital platforms.
Listen to “Rost”
here.
Pre-order
Tanzboden here.
The new track originates from a series of loops created during the recording sessions for his first new album for Mute in over 15 years,
Fading, which was released in November 2020.
Fading was about loss of memory and how memory disappears over the years as we grow older. These loops were discovered when Betke had returned to the original recordings. He explains,
“I began working in my Berlin studio, doing research and listening to the single recording sessions of Fading
to remember what I did exactly and to find out what I think about the recording months after finishing it.” Betke continues,
“Tanzboden is an old fashioned word for a dancefloor constructed during the harvest time, mostly outdoors, and Rost is the German word for rust which is an interesting connection to Tanzboden. If the dancefloor is not really used for a long time anymore it starts to rust, and as the screws and metal plates which are holding the wooden parts together disappear slowly over the years, so does the Tanzboden itself.” The two tracks both link back to
Fading and at the same time mark the beginning of new recordings.
“Listening to them with a new album in mind, I liked them even better!” 
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