# Basic Channel — Phylyps Trak

Basic Channel’s Phylyps Trak (1993) appears on 2 of our lists — Dub Techno and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred, highest at No. 1 in Dub Techno. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1993
- **Label:** Basic Channel
- **On:** Dub Techno and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Basic Channel](https://waxonia.com/artist/basic-channel/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/basic-channel--phylyps-trak/

## What 2 lists say

### 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.

### 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.

## Analysis

12 sections, the first drop of 2 at 0:39, 7% of the way in.

- **Key:** G minor
- **Dynamic range:** 5 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 9:57

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, other
- `2:02` B · **peak** (bar 49), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, other
- `2:49` B · **peak** (bar 68), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, other
- `4:17` C · **peak** (bar 103), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, other
- `5:00` B · **peak** (bar 120), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `5:26` B · **peak** (bar 130), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, other
- `6:59` B · **peak** (bar 168), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, other
- `7:51` C · **peak** (bar 188), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, other
- `8:29` C · **peak** (bar 203), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `8:52` C · **breakdown** (bar 212), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, bass, other
- `9:27` D · **breakdown** (bar 226), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, bass, other
- `9:41` A · **outro** (bar 232), instrumental — the closing fall

**Drops** at 0:39 (bar 16), 2:01 (bar 49). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

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

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