Editing Basic Channel (section)

==History==
Basic Channel was founded by [[Moritz von Oswald]] and Mark Ernestus in 1993 in [[Berlin]], Germany.<ref name="residentadvisor3365">{{cite web|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3365|title=Label of the month: Basic Channel|work=[[Resident Advisor]]|first=Matt|last=McDermott|date=31 December 2018|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110211826/https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/3365|archive-date=10 January 2019}}</ref> At the time, von Oswald was working as an in-house producer for the Berlin label [[Tresor (club)|Tresor]].<ref name="thequietus"/> The project grew around [[Hard Wax]], the [[record store]] opened by Ernestus in 1989.<ref name="xlr8r">{{cite web|url=https://xlr8r.com/features/record-store-week-hard-wax/|title=Record Store Week: Hard Wax|work=[[XLR8R]]|first=Dunn|last=Johnson|date=21 July 2014|access-date=6 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101160409/https://xlr8r.com/features/record-store-week-hard-wax/|archive-date=1 November 2019}}</ref> In order to achieve preferred [[audio mastering|mastering]] quality, the duo founded their own mastering house Dubplates & Mastering.<ref name="xlr8r"/> 

Between 1993 and 1994, the record label released the duo's nine 12-inch vinyl singles,<ref name="thequietus">{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/24494-basic-channel-review-anniversary|title=Lock The Studio, Turn Out The Lights: Basic Channel 25 Years On|work=[[The Quietus]]|first=Rory|last=Gibb|date=14 May 2018|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> which featured minimal information and cryptic lettering, leaving the nature of the project obscure.<ref name="bcd2"/> Their [[minimal music|minimalist]] sound and incorporation of [[Delay (audio effect)|delay]] effects inspired by [[dub reggae]] helped to define the nascent [[dub techno]] scene.<ref name="stylusmagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_first_listen/basic-channel.htm|title=On First Listen: Basic Channel|work=[[Stylus Magazine]]|first=Nate|last=De Young|date=2 June 2005|access-date=8 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321075627/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/on_first_listen/basic-channel.htm|archive-date=21 March 2008}}</ref><ref name="whathifi">{{cite web|url=https://www.whathifi.com/features/25-best-tracks-testing-bass|title=25 of the best tracks for testing bass|work=[[What Hi-Fi?]]|first=Joe|last=Cox|date=12 October 2018|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710163316/https://www.whathifi.com/features/25-best-tracks-testing-bass|archive-date=10 July 2018}}</ref><ref name = "THUMP">Baines, Josh (October 15, 2015). [https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-bullshitters-guide-to-dub-techno/ "A Bullshitter's Guide to Dub Techno"]. THUMP. [[Vice Media]]. Retrieved 21 October 2016.</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Strange and Frightening World of... Basic Channel|url=http://thequietus.com/articles/02764-the-strange-and-frightening-world-of-basic-channel|publisher=The Quietus|accessdate=9 August 2012}}</ref> ''[[The Quietus]]'' credited these releases with "spawning a legion of imitators and earning the duo legend status among those in the know."<ref name="thequietus"/> Basic Channel has since released two compilation CDs which collect edits of their 12-inch releases: ''BCD'' (1995) and ''BCD-2'' (2008).<ref name="bcd2">{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12081-bcd-2/|title=Basic Channel: BCD-2|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|first=Philip|last=Sherburne|date=13 August 2008|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615101154/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12081-bcd-2|archive-date=15 June 2017}}</ref>

Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus have founded numerous record labels such as [[Chain Reaction (record label)|Chain Reaction]], Main Street Records, and Rhythm & Sound.<ref name="spin">{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2012/09/basic-channel/|title=Basic Channel|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|first=Philip|last=Sherburne|date=6 September 2012|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202034906/https://www.spin.com/2012/09/basic-channel/|archive-date=2 February 2020}}</ref> The duo's collaborative works have also been released under the monikers Maurizio<ref name="vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-bullshitters-guide-to-dub-techno/|title=A Bullshitter's Guide to Dub Techno|work=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|first=Josh|last=Baines|date=15 October 2015|access-date=8 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190530140216/https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pg8gg9/a-bullshitters-guide-to-dub-techno|archive-date=30 May 2019}}</ref> and Rhythm & Sound.<ref name="theguardian">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/23/mortiz-von-oswald-german-techno-fela-kuti|title=Techno pioneer Moritz von Oswald's latest mixes Afrobeat and 'emptiness'|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=23 June 2015|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602113810/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/23/mortiz-von-oswald-german-techno-fela-kuti|archive-date=2 June 2017}}</ref> As Rhythm & Sound, the duo have recorded more faithful takes on Jamaican dub in collaboration with vocalists such as Paul St. Hilaire, [[Cornell Campbell]] and the Love Joys.<ref name = "THUMP"/>