Basic Channel

𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙀𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙪𝙨 & 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙯 𝙫𝙤𝙣 𝙊𝙨𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙨’𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 ’𝟵𝟰 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙠 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙝 𝙤𝙣 𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙧𝙗𝙞𝙩 𝙣𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝟯𝟬 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧

‘Phylyps Trak II’, or ‘BC 09’ is the ultimate conclusion of Basic Channel’s foundational and eternally influential two year run in the mid-90s. It redresses the building blocks of their first 12” under the Basic Channel aegis (‘Phylyps Trak’, BC 02, 1993) with a more tempered, shark-eyed take on its warehouse-rattling momentum and face-freezing dub chord modulations on the A-side, before stripping it back to a skeletal 13 minute steppers’ trek that lays the groundwork for their subsequent, equally seminal work on Maurizio’s M-Series.

No mistake; this is god-tier gear. The 12-minute A-side of reticulated metallic rumble and chained FX features the pair’s hands on the desk, proper dub style, harnessing its energies in a more streamlined version of the original ‘Phylyps Trak’ primed for peak time DJ deployment, as heard in classic context on the Scion Arrange & Process Basic Channel CD. The sharply contrasting ‘Phylyps Trak II/II’ however is thee leanest, minimal techno stepper tool that patiently, hypnotically executes its function in unfolding dub chord envelopes and subtly accented percussion mutably primed for long mixes with house, garage, dub, whatever you like.

Never bettered.