Basic Channel – BCD

Wondering why have they not released it on vinyl. Strange...

Some of the finest electronic music made in the 90s is on this cd. But unfortunately the metal case cracks the CD, as the CD centre is pushed onto the metal case and the tolernace will ineviatbilty crack the cd. Nice idea and great music but flawed case. Store the CD seperately if you find one not cracked.

if there a holy spirit of techno somewhere it must dwell on this piece of wax. . a timeless classic, makes it to the desert island actually polar ice-land bin

strange how nobody makes any remarks on the sound quality of this CD, at least in relation, I don't say to the vinyls, but to the digital versions or to BCD2

Basic Channel? It is what the World is missing... the new/young beatmakers simply don't know the history. Yet they can still learn. Push the bass.

is the E2E4 reference to the great manuel gottsching album? does anyone know?
trance music of a different type.

life doesn't get much better than Radiance II (Edit)

I'll keep it simple. This is the only way for the hardcore and headstrong to chill out. The Basic Channel.

I don't think i'm going out on a limb here when I say that this is THE dub techno album to own... Well in any case, if you see it fit to only own 1 dub techno CD then I would beg you to make this your choice. I'm a fan of newer artists like Deepchord/Echospace, Murmur and Quantec but lets face it, this is where it all began. These tracks are from the early to mid 90's and it doesn't even show in the sound in my opinion. We have the hidden techno beat in e2e4 Basic Reshape and then there's the lovely static of Mutism. Well actually.. Every track is is pretty hypnotic and a classic by any means. If you're new to dub techno then I can do nothing more then suggest Basic Channel's "BCD" as your starting point for the genre.

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.