# Basic Channel — Every Record We Rank

Basic Channel appears 5 times in our Dub Techno, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.

- **Ranked entries:** 5
- **Appears on:** Dub Techno, 1994, and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Years:** 1993–1994
- **Highest placing:** No. 1 in Dub Techno
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/artist/basic-channel/

## Appears on

### [Phylyps Trak](https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--phylyps-trak/)

*1993 · Basic Channel · No. 1 in [Dub Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub-techno/)*

A single chord, a filter and eleven minutes. Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus establish that a techno record can consist almost entirely of the space around its own decay.

Also on: [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Basic%20Channel%20Phylyps%20Trak) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4HlgmlMuw)

### [Quadrant Dub](https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--quadrant-dub/)

*1994 · Basic Channel · No. 2 in [Dub Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub-techno/)*

The purest statement of the method — the rhythm dissolves into delay returns and never quite reassembles. Thirty years on it still sounds like it was mastered underwater on purpose.

Also on: [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Basic%20Channel%20Quadrant%20Dub) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=APH42GVgUTM)

### [Quadrant Dub](https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--quadrant-dub/)

*1994 · Basic Channel · Picked by [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/)*

Two Berliners running techno through dub's mixing desk and inventing a genre almost as a side effect. Nothing about it sounds like a founding document, which is usually how founding documents sound at the time.

Also on: [Dub Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub-techno/), [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Basic%20Channel%20Quadrant%20Dub) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=APH42GVgUTM)

### [Phylyps Trak](https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--phylyps-trak/)

*1993 · Basic Channel · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

One chord, a filter and eleven minutes, and it establishes that a techno record can consist almost entirely of the space around its own decay.

Also on: [Dub Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub-techno/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Basic%20Channel%20Phylyps%20Trak) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=6a4HlgmlMuw)

### [Quadrant Dub](https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--quadrant-dub/)

*1994 · Basic Channel · Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-the-hundred/)*

The rhythm dissolves into delay returns and never quite reassembles. Thirty years on it still sounds mastered underwater, deliberately.

Also on: [Dub Techno](https://waxonia.com/genre/dub-techno/), [1994](https://waxonia.com/theme/nineteen-ninety-four/).

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Basic%20Channel%20Quadrant%20Dub) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=APH42GVgUTM)

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