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Pole Folder
Zero Gold
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop

Track Listings (10) - Disc #1
1. Abrasion feat. Shelley Harland
2. Waterfalls Of Love feat. Sandra Ferretti
3. Salvation On Slavery Sins
4. Scared To Lose feat. Sandra Ferretti
5. Inner Turmoil
6. London
7. Fall In Violet. feat. Shelley Harland
8. Morning Crow
9. Faith In Me. feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw
10. Before It All Changes

CD Details

All Artists: Pole Folder
Title: Zero Gold
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bedrock Records
Release Date: 5/10/2005
Album Type: Import
Genres: Dance & Electronic, Pop
Styles: House, Dance Pop, Easy Listening
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 881824040027

Synopsis

Album Description

Pole Folder debuted on Bedrock Records in 2001 with a track conceived around space echoes and a strange collaboration of sounds called ?Apollo Vibes?. The massive underground response to this song, used by John Digweed to open his ?Global Underground ? Los Angeles? album was the beginning of Pole Folder?s career and his close collaboration with Bedrock. A worthy follow up to ?Apollo Vibes? came with the fantastic AA, ?Enter the Rhythm? / ?Waxxx? and "Dust" in particular confirmed to the electronic scene that this was a new musician to watch with interest. It took Pole Folder almost 2 years to produce "Zero Gold", a timeframe necessary to develop the complete idea of the concept and his musical translation of the ideas into an album. Drawing on inspiration from artists like Pink Floyd, Pole Folder has fought to find a common idea behind the tracks and reflect this in the development of one track into the next. Rather than following established conventions of structuring the album or even worse, giving it no thought, the development of each individual track and each track into the next is governed by a strict desire to by driven by artistic motives and not the fears that lead to the easy options. From ?Abrasion? to ?Before it all changes? Pole Folder shares his analysis of the fears and doubts which afflict the human condition and that despite the palpable presence of melancholy made evident through the lyrics, and the atmospheric tone, a delicate optimism rises from the album. "Zero Gold" is not simply a dance album. It is a carefully crafted work, grounded in timeless musical concepts, stellar production and genuinely felt artistic presence. It acknowledges its influences without parodying them and is ultimately an expression of the artist?s endeavor played out through the use of modern technologies and musical techniques.

CD Reviews

PURE GOLD

J. Lomax | Westchester, NY United States | 12/14/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I don't think I gave this a full review yet. I'm a big fan of artist albums as opposed to DJ mixes, since they portray the 'creative' side of an entity (DJ, group, DJ/producer, etc...) in their entirety. Take Way Out West's Intensify and later, Don't Look Now...Nuclear Ramjet's Music for Spaceports, or Bonobo's Animal Magic, or Sasha's Airdrawndagger, or Tilt's Explorer (all must-have masterpieces, btw).

John Digweed's Bedrock label has been bringing us quality electronica for a while now, and has released some ace compliations featuring unmixed creations by affiliated artists, but never has it released an artist album with all the tracks created by one artist/group. Enter Benoit Franquet, also known as the Pole Folder - best known before this release for his and CP's Apollo Vibes...a track that opened Digweed's epic GU: LA set.

I always figured he was dark from the few tracks (originals and remixes of others) he's done, but I never suspected he'd be this this dark. Add to that a decent drop in BPM (compared to his normal stuff) for some of the songs, and it's even darker. Lucky for us, he cared enough to call upon gifted sirens such as Kirsty Hawkshaw to lend their vocals.

I'm rambling, so let me get to the point. This album is PURE GOLD. 25 karat...yeah, I said 25. Don't expect it to be the dance-anthem laden outing of the year, because you'll be sorely disappointed. I hate the coin 'IDM' as much as any other e-music head, but if we have to use it, this definitely applies. Intelligent dance music...even though a lot of it isn't exactly danceable.

I'm not very good at describing people (I'd be stuck if someone robbed me or something...and I needed to give a description). Similarly, I'm not very good at describing songs. Instead, see what I mean for yourself when you hear "Salvation on Slavery Sins"

This has now become my favorite song on the album. I was planning on opening up my next recorded mix with it, but Hernan Cattaneo beat me to it. Hey, but I feel good a prominent DJ such as he would think alike there :wink:

Check it out, and become addicted. Buy it...

This is THE album of 2005, overall"