Berlin Dubcafe returns to Gretchen this April with another top lineup including live and hybrid sets from Scape label head Pole aka Stefan Betke as well as Sai, Cate Hops and Skratch.
In 2020 the Düsseldorf-native musician, producer, remixer and mastering engineer Stefan Betke looks back on a steady 22-year career in abstract electronic club music. In particular, the seven albums that he released during this period under the Pole moniker have lastingly shifted the coordinates of electronica.
Beginning with his dark blue debut album “1” from 1998, Pole laid a foundation of bass, dub and a defective pole filter as the point from which to explore and implement new sonic architectures. Up until the turn of the millennium, these expeditions grew into a trilogy of albums entitled “1”, “2” and “3”, appearing in the colors blue, red and yellow. The three albums are now considered milestones of electronic music and celebrate their 20th year of existence in 2020!
Sai makes Dub, Techno, Dark Drones and other experimental stuff – mixed in a certain kind of emotional expressing way…packed in a mix series called “Moments of Light n Darkness” (MLD). Open space for guest mixes. Related to “MLD goes live” a Dub&Techno infused Festival near Brandenburg an der Havel, 80 km from Berlin (Germany).
Founder and curator of Sound System Culture Berlin music activist, bass lover and member of the Meetup Berlin Crew her passion is to explore the Radical Roots of Rave the mixing is oftenly as raw as it can get…from roots reggae and dub selections to 140 bpm bass music combined with early 90s acid sounds.
