Basic Channel is a German electronic music duo formed by Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, known for pioneering dub techno in the early 1990s.

Formed by Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus; founders of the Basic Channel label; released influential EPs in 1993–1994 under several monikers (including Maurizio, Cyrus and Quadrant); credited with shaping dub techno.

The available review celebrates Basic Channel as pioneering figures in dub techno, focusing on the BCD-2 compilation which collects extended EP tracks from 1993–1994. The reviewer highlights the duo's minimalist, obsessive production and the record's split between emotional minimalism and mechanized, spectral grooves. Tracks singled out include "Enforcement," "Phylyps Trak," and "Inversion."

For:Fans of dub techno and techno, electronic music historians, DJs and producers interested in 1990s minimalist production.

 "Enforcement," a floating monolith emitting radioactive surges, looms for nearly fifteen minutes immobile, amidst suffocating beats, nervous breakdowns, and sounds sharp as blades, in "Phylyps Trak" the geometric and mathematical noise becomes the undisputed master, every sound is perfect, crafted with a sense of detail that borders on the obsessive, something already in itself new in the techno scene of those years, generally much rawer, dirtier, and angular at the sound level.

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