Basic Channel is a German

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and

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, composed of

Moritz von Oswald Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) is a German record producer and percussionist from Hamburg and based in Berlin. He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label Basic Channel. He has collaborated with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, and Nils P ...

and Mark Ernestus, that originated in

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in 1993. The duo have also worked under other names, including Rhythm & Sound and Maurizio, and have founded offshoot label imprints such as

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and Main Street. Their work in the 1990s is regarded as pioneering the minimal and

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subgenres.

History

Basic Channel was founded by

and Mark Ernestus in 1993 in

, Germany. At the time, von Oswald was working as an in-house producer for the Berlin label Tresor. The project grew around

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, the record store opened by Ernestus in 1989. In order to achieve preferred mastering quality, the duo founded their own mastering house Dubplates & Mastering. Between 1993 and 1994, the record label released the duo's nine 12-inch vinyl singles, which featured minimal information and cryptic lettering, leaving the nature of the project obscure. Their

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sound and incorporation of

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effects inspired by dub reggae helped to define the nascent

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'' credited these releases with "spawning a legion of imitators and earning the duo legend status among those in the know." Basic Channel has since released two compilation CDs which collect edits of their 12-inch releases: ''BCD'' (1995) and ''BCD-2'' (2008). Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus have founded numerous record labels such as

, Main Street Records, and Rhythm & Sound. The duo's collaborative works have also been released under the monikers Maurizio and Rhythm & Sound. As Rhythm & Sound, the duo have recorded more faithful takes on Jamaican dub in collaboration with vocalists such as Paul St. Hilaire,

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and the Love Joys.

Discography

Basic Channel

Albums * Basic Channel – ''BCD'' (1995, BCD, CD) * Basic Channel – ''BCD-2'' (2008, BCD-2, CD) Singles * Cyrus – "Enforcement" (1993, BC-01, 12") * Basic Channel – "Phylyps Trak" (1993, BC-02, 12") * Vainqueur – "Lyot RMX" (1993, BC-03, 12") * Quadrant – "Q1.1" (1993, BC-04, 12") * Cyrus – "Inversion" (1994, BC-05, 12") * Basic Channel – "Quadrant Dub" (1994, BC-06, 12") * Basic Channel – "Octagon" (1994, BC-07, 12") * Basic Channel – "Radiance" (1994, BC-08, 12") * Basic Channel – "Phylyps Trak II" (1994, BC-09, 12") * Basic Channel – "Remake (Basic Reshape)" (2004, BC-BR, 12") * Quadrant – "Infinition" (2004, BC-QD, 12") * Basic Channel – "Q-Loop" (2014, BC-CD, 12")

Burial Mix

Albums * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – ''Showcase'' (1998, BMD-1, CD) * Rhythm & Sound w/ the Artists – ''Rhythm & Sound w/ the Artists'' (2003, BMD-2, CD) * Rhythm & Sound – ''The Versions'' (2003, BMD-3, CD) * Rhythm & Sound w/ the Artists – ''Rhythm & Sound w/ the Artists'' (2004, BMLP-2, LP) * Rhythm & Sound – ''The Versions'' (2004, BMLP-3, LP) * Rhythm & Sound – ''See Mi Ya'' (2005, BMD-4, CD) * Rhythm & Sound – ''See Mi Ya'' (2005, BMLP-4, LP) * Rhythm & Sound – ''See Mi Ya'' (2005, BM-14-20, 7" box set) * Rhythm & Sound – ''See Mi Ya Remixes'' (2006, BMXD-1, CD) Singles * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Never Tell You" (1996, BM-01, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Spend Some Time" (1996, BM-02, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Ruff Way" (1997, BM-03, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "What a Mistry" (1997, BM-04, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Why" (1997, BM-05, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/

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– "King in My Empire" (2001, BM-06, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Jah Rule" (2001, BM-07, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Shalom – "We Been Troddin" (2001, BM-08, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ the Chosen Brothers – "Making History" (2002, BM-09, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Love Joy – "Best Friend" (2002, BM-10, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Jennifer Lara – "Queen in My Empire" (2003, BM-11, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ the Chosen Brothers – "Mash Down Babylon" (2003, BM-12, 10") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Jah Batta – "Music Hit You" (2003, BM-13, 10")

Rhythm & Sound

Albums * Rhythm & Sound – ''Rhythm & Sound'' (2001, RSD-1, CD) Singles * Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman – "Music A Fe Rule" (1997, RS-01, 12") * Chosen Brothers / Rhythm & Sound – "Mango Walk" / "Mango Drive" (1998, RS-02, 12") * Rhythm & Sound – "Roll Off" (1998, RS-03, 12") * Rhythm & Sound w/ Savage – "Smile" (1999, RS-04, 12") * Rhythm & Sound – "Carrier" (1999, RS-05, 12") * Rhythm & Sound – "Trace" / "Imprint" (2001, RS-06, 12") * Rhythm & Sound – "Aground" / "Aerial" (2002, RS-07, 12")

M-Series

Albums * Maurizio – ''M-Series'' (1997, MCD, CD) Singles * Maurizio – "Ploy" (1992, M-1, 12") * Vainquer – "Lyot" (1992, M-2, 12") * Maurizio – "Domina" (1993, M-3, 12") * Maurizio – "M-4" (1995, M-4, 12") * Maurizio – "M-4.5" (1995, M-4.5, 12") * Maurizio – "M-5" (1995, M-5, 12") * Maurizio – "M-6" (1996, M-6, 12") * Maurizio – "M-7" (1997, M-7, 12")

Main Street

Albums * Round One to Round Five – ''1993-99'' (1999, MSD-01, CD) Singles * Round One – "I'm Your Brother" (1994, MSR-02, 12") * Round Two – "New Day (1995, MSR-04, 12") * Round Three w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Acting Crazy" (1995, MSR-06, 12") * Round Four w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Find a Way" (1998, MSR-08, 12") * Round Five w/ Paul St. Hilaire – "Na Fe Throw It" (1999, MSR-10, 12")

Related releases

Albums * Scion – ''Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks'' (2002, Tresor, Tresor 200, CD)

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Basic Channel German electronic music groups German musical duos Record production duos German record labels Electronic music record labels