Chain Reaction was a German record label founded in 1995 by
Basic Channel
Basic Channel is a German music duo and record label, composed of Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, that originated in Berlin in 1993. The duo have also worked under other names, including Rhythm & Sound and Maurizio, and have founded offshoot ...
members
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. The label's output consisted of the extended friends and family of the Basic Channel duo, which centered on the
Hard Wax
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Hard Wax is a record shop located in the Kreuzberg borough of Berlin, Germany. It was founded in December 1989 by Mark Ernestus at the ground floor of a Reichenberger Straße’s building. It is specialized in techno ...
record store in Berlin.
The label's sound focused on a similar
minimal and
dub techno
Dub techno is a subgenre of techno that combines the style with elements of dub music, including its sparse, delay-heavy production and prominent bass.
Characteristics and history
In the early 1990s, producers Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestu ...
style as that of Basic Channel, rooted in atmospherics and
minimalism
In visual arts, music and other media, minimalism is an art movement that began in post–World War II in Western art, most strongly with American visual arts in the 1960s and early 1970s. Prominent artists associated with minimalism include Don ...
, but some have found Chain Reaction's output to be "more avant-experimental".
Notable artists that have released records on the label include
Monolake
Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 tog ...
,
Porter Ricks
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc ...
,
Vainqueur and
Fluxion
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.
The last record on the label was released in 2003.
Discography
CR (12")
CR 01 - Scion - "Emerge" (1995)
CR 02 - Various Artists - "1-7" (1995)
CR 03 -
Porter Ricks
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc ...
- "Port Of Transition / Port Of Call" (1996)
CR 04 -
Monolake
Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 tog ...
- "Cyan" (1996)
CR 05 - Substance - "Relish" (1996)
CR 06 - Vainqueur - "Reduce" (1996)
CR 07 - Vainqueur - "Elevation" (1996)
CR 08 -
Monolake
Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 tog ...
- "Magenta" (1996)
CR 09 -
Porter Ricks
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc ...
- "Port Of Nuba / Nautical Nuba" (1996)
CR 10 - Pelon - "No Stunts" (1996)
CR 11 - Helical Scan - "Index" (1996)
CR 12 - Resilent - "1.1 / 1.2 / 2" (1996)
CR 13 - Vainqueur - "Solanus" (1996)
CR 14 -
Porter Ricks
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc ...
- "Nautical Dub (Tidal Mix) / Port Gentil" (1996)
CR 15 -
Monolake
Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 tog ...
- "Lantau / Macao" (1997)
CR 16 - Erosion - "1 / 2 / 3" (1997)
CR 17 - Continuous Mode - "Direct Out / Direct Drive" (1997)
CR 18 - Substance - "Scent / Relish Sessions" (1997)
CR 19 - Vainqueur - "Elevation II" (1997)
CR 20 - Ridis - "Triangle / Foto / Is # 10" (1997)
CR 21 -
Fluxion
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- "Lark / Atlos" (1998)
CR 22 - Hallucinator - "People" (1998)
CR 23 - Matrix - "Isolated Dot" (1999)
CR 24 -
Fluxion
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- "Largo" (1999)
CR 25 - Hallucinator - "Red Angel" (1999)
CR 26 -
Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay is the most frequently used pseudonym of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco, and Ripatti, working in styles such as minimal techno, glitch, and house. ...
- "Huone" (1999)
CR 27 - Matrix - "Isthmus #Fast" (1999)
CR 28 - Hallucinator - "Black Angel" (1999)
CR 29 -
Fluxion
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- "Prospect" (1999)
CR 30 -
Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay is the most frequently used pseudonym of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco, and Ripatti, working in styles such as minimal techno, glitch, and house. ...
- "Ranta" (2000)
CR 31 - Matrix - "See Off" (2000)
CR 32 -
Fluxion
A fluxion is the instantaneous rate of change, or gradient, of a fluent (a time-varying quantity, or function) at a given point. Fluxions were introduced by Isaac Newton to describe his form of a time derivative (a derivative with respect to ti ...
- "Bipolar Defect" (2000)
CR 33 - Hallucinator - "Frontier" (2000)
CR 34 - Shinichi Atobe - Ship Scope" (2001)
CR 35 - Hallucinator - "Morpheus" (2003)
CRD (CD)
CRD-01 -
Porter Ricks
Porter may refer to:
Companies
* Porter Airlines, Canadian regional airline based in Toronto
* Porter Chemical Company, a defunct U.S. toy manufacturer of chemistry sets
* Porter Motor Company, defunct U.S. car manufacturer
* H.K. Porter, Inc ...
- "
Biokinetics" (1996)
CRD-02 - Vainqueur - "Elevations" (1997)
CRD-03 - Various Artists - "Decay Product" (1997)
CRD-04 -
Monolake
Monolake is a German electronic music project, initially consisting of members Gerhard Behles and Robert Henke, Monolake is now perpetuated by Henke while Behles focuses on running music software company Ableton, which they founded in 1999 tog ...
- "Hongkong" (1997)
CRD-05 - Substance - "Session Elements" (1998)
CRD-06 - V/A - "...Compiled" (1998)
CRD-07 -
Fluxion
A fluxion is the instantaneous rate of change, or gradient, of a fluent (a time-varying quantity, or function) at a given point. Fluxions were introduced by Isaac Newton to describe his form of a time derivative (a derivative with respect to ti ...
- "Vibrant Forms" (1999)
CRD-08 - Hallucinator - "Landlocked" (1999)
CRD-09 -
Vladislav Delay
Vladislav Delay is the most frequently used pseudonym of Sasu Ripatti (born 1976), a Finnish electronic musician. He has also recorded as Luomo, Sistol, Uusitalo, Conoco, and Ripatti, working in styles such as minimal techno, glitch, and house. ...
- "Multila" (2000)
CRD-10 - Matrix - "Various Films" (2000)
CRD-11 -
Fluxion
A fluxion is the instantaneous rate of change, or gradient, of a fluent (a time-varying quantity, or function) at a given point. Fluxions were introduced by Isaac Newton to describe his form of a time derivative (a derivative with respect to ti ...
- "Vibrant Forms II" (2000)
References
External links
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German record labels
Electronic music record labels