Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) is a German record producer and percussionist from

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and based in

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. He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label

Basic Channel Basic Channel is a German music duo and record label, composed of Moritz von Oswald and Mark Ernestus, that originated in Berlin in 1993. The duo have also worked under other names, including Rhythm & Sound and Maurizio, and have founded offsho ...

. He has collaborated with

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, and

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. He also leads the Moritz von Oswald Trio, which has featured musicians such as

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, Tony Allen, and

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. '' The Stranger'' called him "one of the master architects of

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Early life

Moritz von Oswald was born in 1962 in

, Germany. He is a member of the

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and a great-great-grandson of

Otto von Bismarck Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (; born ''Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck''; 1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898) was a German statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany and served as ...

. His parents were Countess Mari Ann von Bismarck-Schönhausen and the Hamburg merchant Egbert von Oswald. He studied orchestral percussion at the

Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg The Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg is one of the larger College or university school of music, universities of music in Germany. It was founded in 1950 as ''Staatliche Hochschule für Musik'' (Public college of music) on the base of t ...

Career

In the 1980s, Moritz von Oswald was the percussionist for the German new wave band

Palais Schaumburg Palais Schaumburg is a neoclassical-style building in Bonn, Germany, which served as the primary official seat of the German Federal Chancellery and the primary official residence of the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from ...

. After that, he moved to

and began creating electronic music. 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

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under the monikers 2MB and 3MB. He co-founded the record label

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

. In 2009, the trio released ''Vertical Ascent''. 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

. The duo released ''Borderland'' in 2013 and ''

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'' in 2016.

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) * ''

'' (2016) * ''Moritz von Oswald & Ordo Sakhna'' (2017)

Live albums

* ''Live in New York'' (2010)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Oswald, Moritz Von 1962 births Living people Musicians from Hamburg Moritz German electronic musicians German record producers German percussionists