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Pole’s technique still relies heavily on the minimal, but Steingarten is garnished with a sonic density lacking on his first three full-lengths.
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It all makes for a captivating listen or a dreamy forty minutes, whatever your preference - though a possible failing can be found in only occasional glimpses of the human soul.
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Steingarten is a nearly perfect album.
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For what it is, it’s just about perfect.
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An ambient record that doesn't bore or get bogged down in its insistence on fading into the background.
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Q MagazineElectronic music is seldom this engaging or characterful. [Apr 2007, p.121]
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Steingarten is a unique take on ambient/glitch inspired music however it’s lack of musical progression brings it down.
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Betke hasn’t merely licked his wounds and retreated into familiar territory, but fused some lessons learned from his own back catalog to create a shiny new beast, at once identifiable as his work and yet something tangibly different.
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UncutSteingarten combines clipped, Kompakt-style 4/4 funk with a massy dub sensibility reminiscent of Adrian Sherwood's Tackhead productions. [Apr 2007, p.114]
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UrbInstead of hip-hop, Betke now appears inspired by the hypnotic riddims of Krautrock and the New York art-dance scene of the 1970s. [May 2007, p.97]
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