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100
This compilation now serves as the definitive article for those looking to experience Basic Channel, whether for the first time or the 500th.
12y
91
BCD-2 is an essential and long-overdue overview of one of the most important projects in all of techno, usefully muddying the waters around a group that made "muddy" one of their signature tropes. It all begins here.
12y
88
This is more of a taut blood rush than anything on BCD. Indeed, BCD-2 is Basic Channel, harder, faster, and stronger—and no better, to be sure, but different.
11y
While Bcd-1 was the darker-ambient son, Bcd-2 is Basic Channel's more dub-techno creation, and it's a bop.
This is actually an unexpected switch from the more quiet production of the first project, Bcd-2 is the compilation that comprehends the last EPs from the Cyrus project.
The switch mostly consists in a more abrasive sound and increased bpms in almost every tracks. The effect is a total change of focus from the first compilation, Bcd-2 presents itself with a more danceable ... read more
BCD-2 is pretty much a test of patience with Minimal Techno that is pretty much rarely has any progression, but there is something great about it and how even with 10 minutes or longer tracks go pretty smooth and don't feel like it's too much.
I like the atmosphere that is building with every track sounding like a cold night or music for robbing a bank.
Grips you tightly with its dense, relentless and thick ass beats, and doesn’t let you go until you’re hooked into its 80 minute mania. Techno at its finest.
Standout: Enforcement
Favs: Octagon, Inversion, Octaedre, Phylyps Trak
Least fav: none
Enchilada
Uno de mis grandes hot takes. Apreciando el impacto del álbum y sabiendo que es un referente del dub techno BCD-2 se me hace un recopilatorio excesivamente largo, con pocas variaciones "en" las piezas y "entre" las piezas y que siento que se disfruta en contextos particulares: volumen alto, medio high y todo sudoroso por estar bailando en un subterráneo de una zona de dudosa seguridad.
La chingona: Octagon
La de hueva: El resto del álbum, ... read more
After two reviews declaring a couple of albums I would deem to be flawless, I figured I'd properly re-review the project I've been most enamoured with this year. BCD-2 is the culmination of every single good thing about early to mid-90s Basic Channel, and the six tracks compiled in this project are all remarkably good at hypnosis. It's ultimately fairly tranquilising stuff because there's really heavy layering in these tracks, whether that's on the frantic and buzzing ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Enforcement 13:13 | 88 |
| 2 | Phylyps Trak 9:57 | 93 |
| 3 | Inversion 17:45 | 84 |
| 4 | Octagon 12:58 | 84 |
| 5 | Octaedre 13:09 | 82 |
| 6 | Phylyps Trak II/II 12:51 | 81 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 19 minutes
