Chain Reaction Records

Chain Reaction is a record label formed in the 1990s in Berlin as A Part of the Basic Channel label family formed by the elusive Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus (Maurizio, Rhythm & Sound...). The music produced by artists on this label can be described as having elements of techno, minimalism, dub and ambient. The label was the home for "new" artists which are now well-known, such as Monolake, Substance, Vladislav Delay, Vainqueur, Hallucinator or Fluxion, who released their first vinyl on Chain Reaction...

Label Discography

On Vinyl :

• CR-01 - Scion - Emerge (1995)
• CR-02 - Various Artists - 1-7 (1995)
• CR-03 - Porter Ricks - Port of Transition (1996)
• CR-04 - Monolake - Cyan (1996)
• CR-05 - Substance - Relish (1996)
• CR-06 - Vainqueur - Reduce (1996)
• CR-07 - Vainqueur - Elevation (1996)
• CR-08 - Monolake - Magenta (1996)
• CR-09 - Porter Ricks - Port of Nuba
• CR-10 - Pelon - No Stunts (1996)
• CR-11 - Helical Scan - Index 1/2 (1996)
• CR-12 - Resilent - Resilent (1996)
• CR-13 - Vainqueur - Solanus (1996)
• CR-14 - Porter Ricks - Nautical Dub (1996)
• CR-15 - Monolake - Lantau/Macao (1997)
• CR-16 - Erosion - Erosion (1997)
• CR-17 - Continuous Mode - Direct Out Mode 1-4 (1997)
• CR-18 - Substance - Scent / Relish Sessions (1997)
• CR-19 - Vainqueur - Elevation II (1997)
• CR-20 - Ridis - Triangle (1997)
• CR-21 - Fluxion - Lark/Atlos (1998)
• CR-22 - Hallucinator - People (1998)
• CR-23 - Matrix - Isolated Dot (1999)
• CR-24 - Fluxion - Largo (1999)
• CR-25 - Hallucinator - Red Angel (1999)
• CR-26 - Vladislav Delay - Huone (1999)
• CR-27 - Matrix - Isthmus #Fast (1999)
• CR-28 - Hallucinator - Black Angel (1999)
• CR-29 - Fluxion - Prospect/Oblique (1999)
• CR-30 - Vladislav Delay - Ranta (2000)
• CR-31 - Matrix - See Off (2000)
• CR-32 - Fluxion - Bipolar Defect (2000)
• CR-33 - Hallucinator - Frontier (2000)
• CR-34 - Shinichi Atobe - Ship-Scope (2001)
• CR-35 - Hallucinator - Morpheus (2003)

On CD:

• CRD-01 - Porter Ricks - Biokinetics (1996)
• CRD-02 - Vainqueur - Elevations (1997)
• CRD-03 - Various Artists - Decay Product (1997)
• CRD-04 - Monolake - Hongkong (1997)
• CRD-05 - Substance - Session Elements (1998)
• CRD-06 - Various - ... Compiled (1998)
• CRD-07 - Fluxion - Vibrant Forms (1999)
• CRD-08 - Hallucinator - Landlocked (1999)
• CRD-09 - Vladislav Delay - Multila (2000)
• CRD-10 - Matrix - Various Films (2000)
• CRD-11 - Fluxion - Vibrant Forms II (2000)

Associated labels

• Basic Channel
• M-Series
• Main Street
• Burial Mix
• Rhythm & Sound
• Wackies (Re-releasing the original Wackies catalogue)
• Basic Replay

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Chain Reaction Official Site at Basic Channel
• Chain Reaction Records at Discogs.com