Pole

Pole has scrubbed up his sound considerably, fleshed out his beats with upfront drums, and opened himself to collaboration. The noise that previously filled the chasms of space-- all the sonic byproduct that used to all but define him as a producer-- are essentially gone.

All glitches and sediments have been scrubbed off; the beats are straightened out and made prominent; the odd bit of instrumentation that was once implied or misshapen beyond recognition now actually exists. The result is a spotless, dulled sterility that is prone to evoking Tortoise outtakes.