"In the early 1990s,producers Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus formed Basic Channel,a duo credited for defining dub techno. In addition to making the presence of minimalism commonplace in the techno scene,they also incorporated delay effects that were recurrent in dub music. They then formed the label Chain Reaction,while still releasing the same type of dub-infused techno that Basic Channel created,such as the track"Cyan I" by Monolake,the label also distributed techno with without dub elements,such as Continuous Mode's "Direct Out/Direct Drive ". Regardless,what Thump writer Josh Baines described as a "thawing of ice as a sonic aesthetic"that was present in Basic Channel's works before Chain Reaction still remained in all recordings issued under the label.Another label,Rhythm & Sound,was started by Oswald and Ernestus,and focused strictly on dub techno unlike Chain Reaction.The works of Rhythm & Sound featured representations of t...
