Editing Basic Channel (section)

{{short description|German music duo}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Basic Channel
| image           = Rhythm&sound2.jpg
| alt             =
| caption         = [[Moritz von Oswald]] (left) and Mark Ernestus (right) performing at [[MUTEK]] in 2007
| alias           = {{hlist|Rhythm & Sound|Maurizio|Cyrus|Quadrant|Round One to Round Five}}
| origin          = [[Berlin]], Germany
| genre           = {{hlist|[[Dub techno]]|[[minimal techno]]|[[ambient techno]]|[[Dub music|dub]] (as Rhythm & Sound)<ref name="vice" />}}
| years_active    = 1993–present
| label           = {{hlist|Basic Channel|[[Chain Reaction (record label)|Chain Reaction]]|Burial Mix|M-Series|Rhythm & Sound|Main Street}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|Paul St. Hilaire}}
| website         = {{URL|http://www.basicchannel.com}}
| current_members = * [[Moritz von Oswald]]
* Mark Ernestus
| past_members    = 
}}
'''Basic Channel''' is a German [[music group|music duo]] and [[record label]], composed of [[Moritz von Oswald]] and Mark Ernestus, that originated in [[Berlin]] in 1993.<ref name="residentadvisor3365"/> The duo have also worked under other names, including '''Rhythm & Sound''' and '''Maurizio''', and have founded offshoot label imprints such as [[Chain Reaction (record label)|Chain Reaction]] and Main Street. Their releases in the 1990s are regarded as pioneering examples of the [[minimal techno|minimal]] and [[dub techno]] subgenres.<ref name="bcd2"/>