Maurizio – Domina (Carl Craig’s Mind Mix) [Full Length HQ Audio]

Maurizio – Domina (Carl Craig’s Mind Mix) Taken from the EP, Domina (Maurizio M-3 1993) | SILVERDALE | CLASSIC | Moritz von Oswald, Mark Ernestus (Maurizio, Basic Channel)… Moritz von Oswald, half of both Basic Channel and Maurizio, went on to become one of the most influential producers of Techno music in the 1990’s. In the 1980’s he was percussionist for Palais Schaumburg, but would segue into electronic music by the late 80s and early 90s. He did this first in 2MB and 3MB (with Thomas Fehlmann), and later he co-founded the Basic Channel label with Mark Ernestus, whose various releases came to epitomize Minimal Techno. As part of the Berlin/Detroit axis, Basic Channel characterized Minimal Techno along with other artists like Rob Hood, Jeff Mills, Mike Banks, and UR. Living in Berlin, von Oswald was also part of a music scene that pivoted around the Tresor Club and record label, as well as Hard Wax, the record store founded by Ernestus. Basic Channel and Maurizio records are characterized by a 4×4 beats with Dub-inflected syncopated synth pads slowly modulated over time, most 12″s containing tracks that take up the entire side of each record. Their work was highly influential for Richie Hawtin, Thomas Brinkmann, Robert Henke (aka Monolake), Wolfgang Voigt, and later through artists whose records were released on the label Chain Reaction Records, part of the Basic Channel family. His current work with Mark Ernestus as Rhythm & Sound fuses his interests in Dub Reggae …