Chain Reaction (record label)
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Chain Reaction was a German record label founded in 1995 by Basic Channel
members Moritz Von Oswald
and Mark Ernestus. The label's output consisted of the extended friends and family of the Basic Channel duo, which centered around the Hard Wax record store in Berlin.
The label's sound focused on a similar dub techno style as that of Basic Channel, rooted in atmospherics and minimalism
, but some have found Chain Reaction's output to be more "avant experimental."http://www.answers.com/topic/basic-channel[1]
The last record on the label was released in 2003.
Basic Channel
Basic Channel is a production team and record label, composed of Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, that originated in Berlin, Germany in 1993. The duo released a number of vinyl-only tracks under various aliases, each of which employed their signature brand of dissonant dub techno...
members Moritz Von Oswald
Moritz Von Oswald
Moritz von Oswald , half of both Basic Channel and Maurizio, went on to become one of the most influential producers of techno music in the 1990s. In the 1980s he was percussionist for Palais Schaumburg and The Associates, but would segue into electronic music by the late 80s and early 90s...
and Mark Ernestus. The label's output consisted of the extended friends and family of the Basic Channel duo, which centered around the Hard Wax record store in Berlin.
The label's sound focused on a similar dub techno style as that of Basic Channel, rooted in atmospherics and minimalism
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
, but some have found Chain Reaction's output to be more "avant experimental."http://www.answers.com/topic/basic-channel[1]
The last record on the label was released in 2003.