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Basic Channel
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Berlin, Germany (1993 – present)
Basic Channel is a minimal techno production team and record label, composed of Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, that originated in Berlin, Germany in 1993. The duo released a number of vinyl-only tracks under various aliases, each of which employed their signature brand of dissonant dub techno. The nine original releases were each primarily identified as Basic Channel productions by their catalogue numbers, as the Basic Channel logo on the label became more distorted and unreadable with each subsequent release. The Basic Channel record label released only a single CD, a self-titled compilation of edited versions of their extended vinyl tracks, which exemplified their seminal brand of dub informed Detroit techno. All Basic Channel CDs were released in recognisable aluminum packaging which notoriously cracked the CDs when they were removed.
The duo set up a studio in Berlin on Paul-Lincke-Ufer, in a building which was eventually to house Mark Ernestus’ distributing company and shop Hard Wax, and the label’s mastering studio Dubplates & Mastering, set up to ensure a desired dynamic quality for the vinyl.
The Basic Channel imprint ceased business in 1995 (apart from two releases almost a decade later that were originally issued on Carl Craig’s Planet E label), but were followed by a string of similar labels. Among the most important were Chain Reaction
The duo set up a studio in Berlin on Paul-Lincke-Ufer, in a building which was eventually to house Mark Ernestus’ distributing company and shop Hard Wax, and the label’s mastering studio Dubplates & Mastering, set up to ensure a desired dynamic quality for the vinyl.
The Basic Channel imprint ceased business in 1995 (apart from two releases almost a decade later that were originally issued on Carl Craig’s Planet E label), but were followed by a string of similar labels. Among the most important were Chain Reaction
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Smirnon wrote:
the best
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AntiCoff21 wrote:
I get wonderfull flashbacks from Berlin when I listening to this!!! ;)))
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Rizhais wrote:
technotechnotechno. :o
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likelylad11 wrote:
this is deep
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Asmodeus1988 wrote:
http://www.last.fm/group/Rhythm%2B%2526%2BSound
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globalsunset wrote:
mmmm mmm clean
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grizzlydurden wrote:
wow. how did i just now discover this?
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random_specimen wrote:
they manage to produce some good noise :)
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corganzero wrote:
Basic Channel > electronic music
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cannondwarf wrote:
Octagon and Phylyps Trak II/II are awesome
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reaktionpool wrote:
Cant get enough, if only they would release new music, in my dreams.
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rachcouture wrote:
Channel for life.
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beatfanatic wrote:
@andwedance.. that sounds pretty fucking good.
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boredofcanada wrote:
The vinyls on the Basic Channel label contain so many genius tracks not even included in BCD and BCD-2!
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Pixieguts wrote:
Inversion is fantastic!!
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discordia23 wrote:
Check out this nice remix by Moritz von Oswald:
Ole (Moritz Von Oswald Remix)
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Timmy707 wrote:
Just what i searched
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reaktionpool wrote:
Legends.
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nanapo wrote:
Whhooah, this is the best stuff I've heard in a long time, still in awe by this and can't stop listening. Wow
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discordia23 wrote:
At 00:08:45 in thepuzl's video you can hear the sound that inspired so much of their music. Thanks for posting that! :) So if I got this right, Mango Drive is a remix of that song?
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glynsync and black_summer added Basic Channel to their libraries. 13 hours ago
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anrymartin tagged Basic Channel with dub, electronic, techno and 2 other tags. yesterday morning
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qweiqwei uploaded eb439982 to Basic Channel’s images. Tuesday evening
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elliedi wrote about Basic Channel in Top Listens 2009 (not top albums of 2009). Saturday morning
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pfiffchen tagged Basic Channel with electronic, detroit, dub techno and one other tag. 10 days ago
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