gotta say dubby minimal is sounding kind of boring to me these days
― Chris S, Wednesday, 4 April 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
4 Hero
― Jessie Fer Ark (Mobbed Up Ping Pong Psychos), Wednesday, 4 April 2012 20:06 (twelve years ago) link
I just wanted to say, I'm not denying Basic Channel were influential from the turn of the millennium onwards, when the German minimal techno scene became popular, it's just that I don't remember them being very infuential before that. In my recollection, the minimal scene in the 90s was less about dubby, "deep" tracks and more about harsh, dry tunes, like Emmanuel Top or Richie Hawtin or Panasonic, or German Schranz, or what was known as "monotrack" here in Finland. But of course it might've been different elsewhere in the world.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:59 (twelve years ago) link
no pre-95 it was exactly as you describe but it's tricky because one bleeds into the other when you look at people like hawtin and dan bell
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 07:10 (twelve years ago) link
or baby ford or force inc etc etc
― the late great, Thursday, 5 April 2012 07:11 (twelve years ago) link
tuomas reads very well in eeyore voice
― preternatural concepts concerning variances in sound and texture (contenderizer), Thursday, 5 April 2012 07:27 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but that was the exact reason I asked whether the Basic Channel tracks were influential when they originally came out, since that was in the early 90s.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 5 April 2012 07:35 (twelve years ago) link
My introduction to Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, Maurizio etc. was with their feature in The Wire which I think was Aug '96. It was at that point I saw them as superior in terms of sound design to a lot of German and European techno that preceded that time. They release the iconic metal boxed CDs around that time also I think. I remember people who I admired like Carl Craig were bigging them up in interviews. This was obviously a few years after they had released the first 12"s.
― mmmm, Thursday, 5 April 2012 12:39 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 8 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
the very first promo pile that arrived @ ireallylovemusic hq happened to be the back catalogue of eat static.while the odd track was fun for 10 minutes, have to admit i never got to the end of an album.same goes for the secret knowledge album to be honest .. /
my vote may be boring, but it has to be the orb.
― mark e, Sunday, 8 April 2012 00:13 (twelve years ago) link
Lamb without any hesitation.
― EZ Snappin, Sunday, 8 April 2012 03:12 (twelve years ago) link
basic channel v. lfo v. mouse on mars for me
mouse on mars fell off pretty hard, but god, i love their glam/instrumentals period so much.
basic channel 'radiance' also extremely beautiful.
all the lfo lps are quite good too. even have a lot of love for 'sheath'.
tough call.
― original bgm, Sunday, 8 April 2012 05:42 (twelve years ago) link
Where's 2 Bad Mice?
― gawagai, Sunday, 8 April 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
Whether to vote Burger/Ink for one perfect album or Mouse on Mars for at least five near-perfect ones...
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
Alter EgoBasic ChannelBurger/InkMasters At WorkMouse On MarsShut Up & Dance
I think I'll go for Shut Up & Dance... never fails to get me going...
― mmmm, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:19 (twelve years ago) link
Burger/Ink are restyled as Mohn with a new album out very soon..!!
― mmmm, Sunday, 8 April 2012 20:20 (twelve years ago) link
4hero, for Parallel Universe alone.
― ablaeser, Sunday, 8 April 2012 23:16 (twelve years ago) link
Finally got around to voting, decided on MAW just shading Basic Channel and Drexciya.
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 8 April 2012 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 9 April 2012 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
photo finish.
― Boo-Yaa Too Rough International Boo-Yaa Empire (Merdeyeux), Monday, 9 April 2012 00:07 (twelve years ago) link
LOLLLL
― the late great, Monday, 9 April 2012 02:22 (twelve years ago) link
basic channel records were massive on the underground when they came out, those 12"s had a huge mystique iirc in terms of sound design and even the pressings themselves. dave clarke would routinely award them five dancing men in his Mixmag Update reviews.
― second only to popcorn (or something), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:01 (twelve years ago) link
i would have voted for MAW tho, tbh.
"The slammer" ices the rest of this boring egghead shit
― neutral sequence for flute (blank), Monday, 9 April 2012 04:15 (twelve years ago) link
I thought of including them, but apparently they had three members, despite the name.
Interesting that Moloko got only one vote, I thought they might win. I guess people don't listen tho them that much anymore, especially since Roisin Murphy has had such a strong solo career?
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 April 2012 09:03 (twelve years ago) link
i like Moloko fine but vote for them over BC or Drexciya??? fucking mentalism
― red is hungry green is jawless (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 April 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
Non, non, non, non-non-non, knob!Non non, non-non-non, knob!Du-o...
― beachville, Monday, 9 April 2012 13:52 (twelve years ago) link
Best 90 electronic music duo: THE FINAL BATTLE
― Tuomas, Monday, 9 April 2012 17:51 (twelve years ago) link