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Basic Channel - BCD album

  • Performer: Basic Channel
  • Genre: Electronic
  • Title: BCD
  • Released: 1995
  • Style: Dub Techno
  • Country: Germany
  • MP3 version size: 1903 mb
  • FLAC version size: 1432 mb
  • Other: DTS MMF ASF MP2 RA MP1 FLAC
  • Rating: 4.7
  • Votes: 169

Description

Feeling unwell last night, I took this record to bed with me. It was a welcome and familiar comfort, though I didn't think it was making me feel any better.

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Album · 1995 · 11 Songs.

Following 13 years after BCD, BCD-2 is only Basic Channel's second CD release, and again, it revisits previously released work. The tracks included- taken from catalog numbers BC-01, 02, 05, 07 and 09- are 14 and 15 years old now, but their reissue couldn't be more timely. Dub techno's currency is at its highest point in a decade. BCD-2 may surprise listeners who thought they knew the Basic Channel sound, however. Most of their notoriety is due to the music showcased on the original BCD, awash in steely, aquatic color and blown this way and that by colliding waves of delay, sometimes driven by a muted 4/4 kick but just as often propelled by a broad, feathery pulse with no distinct center. These fizzy, fuzzy, watercolor studies in the sublime remained the focus of the Chain Reaction label, helping to further cement their reputation as listing towards bliss.

liledman August 22nd 2011. haha i just got really into this. by all means it -should- be boring because it's so sparse and minimalist and quiet and barely anything happens but i love it. reminds me of playing old video games.

Basic Channel is a techno production duo and record label, composed of Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, that originated in Berlin in 1993. The duo became known in the mid-1990s for a series of vinyl-only releases under various aliases including Basic Channel, Maurizio, Phylyps, Quadrant, and Cyrus. The original nine releases under the Basic Channel name would draw on minimalism and the sparse production techniques of dub reggae, becoming influential and pioneering works of minimal and dub techno.

Basic Channel: BCD-2. Basic Channel: Basic Reshape. Remake (Basic Reshape). The Climax (Basic Reshape). Basic Channel: Phylyps Trak II. Phylyps Trak II/I. Basic Channel: Radiance. Radiance I. Radiance II. Radiance III. BC-08 (12") 1994. Basic Channel: Octagon. Basic Channel: Quadrant Dub. Quadrant Dub I. Quadrant Dub II. BC-06 (12") 1994. Basic Channel: Inversion.

Tracklist

1 Q Loop 5:28
2 Remake (Basic Reshape) 6:08
3 Mutism 5:57
4 Quadrant Dub I (Edit) 6:57
5 Radiance III (Edit) 9:21
6 Lyot Remix (Edit) 6:28
7 Presence (Edit) 8:17
8 Q1.1 1:03
9 Q1.2 4:58
10 Radiance I (Edit) 7:57
11 Radiance II 3:48

Companies, etc.

  • Published By – BCP
  • Published By – BMG Ufa
  • Manufactured By – BOD Berlin Optical Disc
  • Manufactured For – EFA
  • Distributed By – EFA – 11110-2

Notes

Published by BCP / BMG-UFA

Initial edition in a self-sealed cardboard sleeve.

This version features mirrored track titles on the front and a 'buy vinyl!' sticker on the reverse.

The cover sticker contains several errors:
Track 2 is listed as "e2e4 Basic Reshape".
Track 5 is listed as "Radiance II (Edit)", but is an edit of Radiance III.
Track 8 is listed as "Q1.1 (Edit)" but is the entire fourth of Q 1.1.
Track 10 is listed as "Radiance I", but is an edit.
Track 11 is listed as "Radiance III (Edit)" but is actually Radiance II unedited.

Track 1, 3 and 9 were previously unreleased.
Track 2 originally appeared on Paperclip People - Throw, credited there as a remix of a track by Paperclip People which used samples from Manuel Göttsching - E2-E4. (hence the "e2e4" reference).
Track 4 originally appeared on Basic Channel - Quadrant Dub. This track is a (uncredited as such) dub version of Round One - I'm Your Brother.
Tracks 5, 10 and 11 originally appeared on Basic Channel - Radiance.
Track 6 originally appeared on Basic Channel - Lyot Rmx. The track is a (uncredited as such) remix of Vainqueur - Lyot.
Track 7 originally appeared on Cyrus - Inversion, credited to Cyrus.
Track 8 originally appeared on Basic Channel - Q 1.1.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode (Text): 0 718751 111028
  • Barcode (String): 0718751111028
  • Matrix / Runout: BOD EFA 11110
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 5201

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
BCD Basic Channel BCD ‎(CD, Comp, RE, Dig) Basic Channel BCD Germany 2003
BCD Basic Channel BCD ‎(CD, Comp, RP, Met) Basic Channel BCD Germany 1997
BCD Basic Channel BCD ‎(CD, Comp, RE, Met) Basic Channel BCD Germany 1996
BCD Basic Channel BCD ‎(CD, Comp, Car) Basic Channel BCD Germany 1995
BCD Basic Channel BCD ‎(CD, Comp, RE, Met) Basic Channel BCD Germany 1997

Video

Comments

Jairani Jairani
life doesn't get much better than Radiance II (Edit)
Malakelv Malakelv
I'll keep it simple. This is the only way for the hardcore and headstrong to chill out. The Basic Channel.
Rleyistr Rleyistr
As a CD collector, I was happy to find this compilation of Basic Channel artists. Yeah, I have a turntable and I like vinyl, but I rarely sit down to listen to music that way, so I end up having to rip to CD before I can do stuff like listen in the car or at the gym. It's just inconvenient. Luckily, we can now get some of Basic Channel's awesome dub-techno on CD directly. The atmosphere is minimal and austere. There aren't a whole lot of gee-whiz sounds on here, but the few sounds these artists use are important and interesting. Anytime I listen to such sparse music, I must focus on the minor details in a way that's nearly impossible with the ADD music of, say Kid606. I like both styles, but they achieve drastically different effects. There's not much in the way of melody here - just pure groove drenched in reverb and echo. Most tracks start off with a basic idea, develop a bit, grow in intensity, and then fade back out to where they started. It's a simple formula and it risks becoming inundated with a lot of hack non-artists, but fortunately these are all winners. Fans of minimal techno will dig this. I'm not sure if I could recommend it to any but the most adventurous IDM fans - you wouldn't be turned off, but it may not hold much interest. The slowly evolving, atmospheric nature of these tracks make certain demands on the listener. You need to either concentrate fully, or they'll become background noise, easily ignored. While the appeal may be limited due to the nature of dub-techno as a style, this is probably as good as it gets. I recommend listening to some samples online. If you like what you hear, you can expect about four to six more minutes of it per track. I think it's worth spending a little time to find the buried secrets of this album.