Moritz von Oswald, better known as half of the Basic Channel duo, as well as solo artist Maurizio, went on to become one of the most influential producers of techno music in the 1990s. In the 1980s he was percussionist for Palais Schaumburg, but would segue into electronic music by the late 80's and early 90's. First as 2MB and 3MB (with Thomas Fehlmann), he co-founded with Mark Ernestus the Basic Channel label, whose various releases came to epitomize minimal techno.

As part of the Berlin/Detroit axis, minimal techno was characterized by other artists like Rob Hood, Jeff Mills, Mike Banks, and UR. Living in Berlin, he was also part of a music scene that pivoted around the Tresor Club and record label, as well as Hard Wax, a record store he also found. Von Oswald's epic M series of records are characterized by a 4×4 beat with dub-inflected syncopated synth pads, slowly modulated over time. Like the Basic Channel records, each 12″ had tracks that took up the entire side of each record.

His work was highly influential on that of Richie Hawtin, Thomas Brinkmann, Robert Henke (aka Monolake), Wolfgang Voigt, and later through artists whose records were released on the equally influential Chain Reaction Records, part of the Basic Channel family. His current work with Mark Ernestus as Rhythm & Sound fuses his interests in dub reggae and techno even further, where Jamaican vocalists sing or speak over stripped down techno beats and bass.

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