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Phylyps TrakBasic Channel

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released
1993
Label
Basic Channel
On
Dub Techno and The Waxonia Desk — The Hundred
Updated
2026-08-29
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Analysis

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

Key
G minor
estimated from the pitch content
Dynamic range
5 dB
moderate range, typical of a modern master
Length
9:57
measured from the YouTube master

The record, end to end

energy
drums
bass
vocals
other
  1. 0:00Aintro0
  2. 2:02Bpeakbar 49
  3. 2:49Bpeakbar 68
  4. 4:17Cpeakbar 103
  5. 5:00Bpeakbar 120
  6. 5:26Bpeakbar 130
  7. 6:59Bpeakbar 168
  8. 7:51Cpeakbar 188
  9. 8:29Cpeakbar 203
  10. 8:52Cbreakdownbar 212
  11. 9:27Dbreakdownbar 226
  12. 9:41Aoutrobar 232

Drops at 0:39 (bar 16), 2:01 (bar 49). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.

0:00 · A · intro

opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental · one of 2 stretches of the same music (A)

Lasts
2:02
Energy
69
Brightness
0
Density
100
  • drums
  • bass
  • vocals
  • other

Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.

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
intro
opens the record below its own average energy
peak
sits at the top of this record's range
breakdown
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
outro
the closing fall
Every moment against every other. Squares on the diagonal are sections; a bright patch off it is the record recognising itself — the second chorus meeting the first.

Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.

  1. Ranked No. 1 in 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.

  2. Picked by The Waxonia 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.