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{{short description|German music duo}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{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"/>

==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"/>

==Discography==
[[Image:Basic channel.jpeg|thumb|right|BC-02, BC-07, and BC-08. Note the progressive distortion of the Basic Channel logo]]

===Basic Channel===
'''Albums'''
* Basic Channel – ''BCD'' (1995, BCD, CD)
* Basic Channel – ''BCD-2'' (2008, BCD-2, CD)<ref name="basicchannel">{{cite web|url=http://basicchannel.com/label/Basic+Channel|title=Basic Channel|website=Basic Channel|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502050411/http://basicchannel.com/label/Basic+Channel|archive-date=2 May 2013}}</ref>

'''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")<ref name="basicchannel"/>

=== 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)<ref name="burialmix">{{cite web|url=http://basicchannel.com/label/Burial+Mix|title=Burial Mix|website=Basic Channel|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718043154/http://basicchannel.com/label/Burial+Mix|archive-date=18 July 2013}}</ref>

'''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/ [[Cornel Campbell]] – "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")<ref name="burialmix"/>

===Rhythm & Sound===
{{infobox record label
| name = Rhythm & Sound
| image = Rhyth&sound.png
| caption = 
| parent = 
| founded = 1997
| founder = {{plainlist|
* [[Moritz von Oswald]]
* Mark Ernestus
}}
| defunct = 2002
| status = Inactive
| genre = [[Dub music|Dub reggae]],<ref name="vice" /> [[dub techno]]
| country = Germany
| location = [[Berlin]]
| website = 
}}
'''Albums'''
* Rhythm & Sound – ''Rhythm & Sound'' (2001, RSD-1, CD)<ref name="rhythmsound">{{cite web|url=http://basicchannel.com/label/Rhythm+Sound|title=Rhythm & Sound|website=Basic Channel|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130518185424/http://basicchannel.com/label/Rhythm+Sound|archive-date=18 May 2013}}</ref>

'''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")<ref name="rhythmsound"/>

===M-Series===
'''Albums'''
* Maurizio – ''M-Series'' (1997, MCD, CD)<ref name="mseries">{{cite web|url=http://basicchannel.com/label/M-Series|title=M-Series|website=Basic Channel|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302231852/http://basicchannel.com/label/M-Series|archive-date=2 March 2013}}</ref>

'''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")<ref name="mseries"/>

===Main Street===
'''Albums'''
* Round One to Round Five – ''1993-99'' (1999, MSD-01, CD)<ref name="mainstreet">{{cite web|url=http://basicchannel.com/label/Main+Street|title=Main Street|website=Basic Channel|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213065248/http://basicchannel.com/label/Main+Street|archive-date=13 December 2013}}</ref>

'''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")<ref name="mainstreet"/>

===Related releases===
'''Albums'''
* Scion – ''Arrange and Process Basic Channel Tracks'' (2002, Tresor, Tresor 200, CD)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2012/08/16/dub-be-good-to-me-the-curious-art-of-the-remix-album/3/|title=Dub be good to me: the strange and challenging art of the remix album (page 3 of 5)|work=[[Fact (UK magazine)|Fact]]|date=16 August 2012|access-date=25 February 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403190417/https://www.factmag.com/2012/08/16/dub-be-good-to-me-the-curious-art-of-the-remix-album/3/|archive-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/132/|title=Underground Resistors (page 1 of 2)|work=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]|first=Biba|last=Kopf|date=July 1996|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618132154/http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/132|archive-date=18 June 2009}}
* {{cite web|url=http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/132/?pageno=2|title=Underground Resistors (page 2 of 2)|work=[[The Wire (magazine)|The Wire]]|first=Biba|last=Kopf|date=July 1996|access-date=9 January 2020|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620004008/http://www.thewire.co.uk/articles/132/?pageno=2|archive-date=20 June 2009}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Rhythm & Sound}}
* {{Official website|http://www.basicchannel.com}}
* {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000142383|label=Basic Channel}}
* {{Discogs artist|Basic Channel|Basic Channel (artist)}}
* {{Discogs label|Basic Channel|Basic Channel (record label)}}

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