Moritz von Oswald

Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label Basic Channel.

Early life Moritz von Oswald was born in 1962 in Hamburg, Germany. He is a member of the House of Bismarck and a great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck. He studied orchestral percussion at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg. He worked as an in-house producer for the Berlin record label Tresor.

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

He has formed the Moritz von Oswald Trio along with Max Loderbauer and Vladislav Delay. It was followed by Live in New York (2010), Horizontal Structures (2011), and Fetch (2012). Subsequently, Vladislav Delay was replaced by Tony Allen. The trio released Sounding Lines in 2015.

He is also one half of the duo Borderland along with Juan Atkins. The duo released Borderland in 2013

Discography

Studio albums 3MB Featuring Magic Juan Atkins (1992) 3MB Featuring Eddie Flashin Fowlkes (1992) Technosoul (1993) Recomposed (2008) Vertical Ascent (2009) Horizontal Structures (2011) Fetch (2012) Borderland (2013) 1/1 (2013) Sounding Lines (2015) Transport (2016) Moritz von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna (2017)

Live albums Live in New York (2010)