With a damaged Waldorf Pole-4 audio filter Stefan Betke set about to produce three beautiful dub-tech albums. Acid rain-corroded basslines and ghostly synth chords barely arose from the grime and crackle of the Waldorf. It was a fitting soundtrack for the feared life after the Y2K meltdown. Now, Betke reissues those first three albums. The tepid and barrenly minimalist steps of his ’98 debut gradually progress to the oceanic digital-dub of his breakthrough album 3. Sure, years later, copycats have left these skeletal masterpieces feeling like well-worn jeans, but the tracks found herein represent a time when artists redefined what dub and minimal could be.