Moritz von Oswald explained

Moritz von Oswald
Background:non_performing_personnel
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
Years Active:1980s–present
Label:Basic Channel, Chain Reaction, Tresor

Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) is a German record producer and percussionist from Hamburg and based in Berlin.[1] He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label Basic Channel. He has collaborated with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, and Nils Petter Molvær. He also leads the Moritz von Oswald Trio, which has featured musicians such as Vladislav Delay, Tony Allen, and Laurel Halo. The Stranger called him "one of the master architects of dub techno".[2]

Early life

Moritz von Oswald was born in 1962[3] in Hamburg, Germany.[4] He is a member of the House of Bismarck[5] and a great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck. His parents were Countess Mari Ann von Bismarck-Schönhausen and the Hamburg merchant Egbert von Oswald.[6] He studied orchestral percussion at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg.[6]

Career

In the 1980s, Moritz von Oswald was the percussionist for the German new wave band Palais Schaumburg. After that, he moved to Berlin and began creating electronic music.[7] He worked as an in-house producer for the Berlin record label Tresor. In the early 1990s, he released collaborative projects with fellow Palais Schaumburg member Thomas Fehlmann under the monikers 2MB and 3MB.[8]

He co-founded the record label Basic Channel with Mark Ernestus in 1993.[9] The duo's works have been released under numerous monikers such as Basic Channel and Rhythm & Sound.[10]

He has formed the Moritz von Oswald Trio along with Max Loderbauer and Vladislav Delay.[8] In 2009, the trio released Vertical Ascent.[11] It was followed by Live in New York (2010),[12] Horizontal Structures (2011),[13] and Fetch (2012).[14] Subsequently, Vladislav Delay was replaced by Tony Allen.[15] The trio released Sounding Lines in 2015.[16]

He is also one half of the duo Borderland along with Juan Atkins.[17] The duo released Borderland in 2013 and Transport in 2016.[18]

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Techno pioneer Moritz von Oswald's latest mixes Afrobeat and 'emptiness'. The Guardian. Ben. Beaumont-Thomas. 23 June 2015. 19 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Research: Moritz Von Oswald, Strategy, Raica, Kid Hops. The Stranger. Dave. Segal. 2018. 6 January 2020.
  3. Web site: Why the Chemical Brothers and the elder statesmen of dance are showing no signs of slowing down. The National. Andy. Battaglia. 6 August 2015. 19 January 2020.
  4. Web site: Was stört Sie an Interviews, Herr von Oswald? (page 3 of 3). Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 8 August 2011. 13 April 2015.
  5. Web site: SPIN World Report: Mbongwana Star's Congolese Street Music, Fabiano Do Nascimento's Afro-Brazilian Folk Shredding. Spin. Jason. Gubbels. 14 August 2015. 19 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Die himmelblaue Eminenz des Techno. Die Welt. Michael. Pilz. 15 December 2013. 13 April 2015.
  7. Web site: Techno Elders, Aging Gracefully in a Youth-Oriented Genre. The New York Times. Piotr. Orlov. 8 June 2016. 19 January 2020.
  8. Web site: The Strange And Frightening World Of ... Basic Channel. The Quietus. Angus. Finlayson. 21 September 2009. 19 January 2020.
  9. Web site: Lock The Studio, Turn Out The Lights: Basic Channel 25 Years On. The Quietus. Rory. Gibb. 14 May 2018. 6 January 2020.
  10. Web site: Label of the month: Basic Channel. Resident Advisor. Matt. McDermott. 31 December 2018. 6 January 2020.
  11. Web site: Moritz von Oswald Trio - Vertical Ascent. Resident Advisor. William. Rauscher. 26 June 2009. 19 January 2020.
  12. Web site: Moritz von Oswald Trio - Live in New York. Resident Advisor. Jordan. Rothlein. 2 August 2010. 19 January 2020.
  13. Web site: Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Horizontal Structures. Pitchfork. Aaron. Leitko. 18 March 2011. 19 January 2020.
  14. Web site: Moritz Von Oswald Trio - Fetch. Resident Advisor. Justin. Farrar. 11 October 2012. 19 January 2020.
  15. Web site: Moritz Von Oswald Trio return with Sounding Lines. Resident Advisor. Aaron. Coultate. 13 May 2015. 19 January 2020.
  16. Web site: Moritz Von Oswald Trio: Sounding Lines. Pitchfork. Miles. Raymer. 11 June 2015. 19 January 2020.
  17. Web site: 25 Years On, Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald Are Still Exploring the Borderland of Techno. Vice. Jesse. Weiss. 21 April 2016. 19 January 2020.
  18. Web site: Juan Atkins and Moritz von Oswald return as Borderland with Transport LP. Fact. Scott. Wilson. 25 February 2016. 19 January 2020.

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