Rhythm and Sound are the duo of Moritz Von Oswald and Mark Ernestus from Berlin. After having their aural DNA altered via the house boom of 88-90, they began Basic Channel, an anonymous (at the time) dub techno act who released a clutch of influential 12"s which can still be heard reverberating in the electronic music of today, especially in minimal techno and dubstep.
Rhythm and Sound collects the 7"s they pressed throughout 2003 at their legendary record shop cum dubplate mastering enterprise Hardwax, each one released as Burial mix with a dub versioned B-side.
What makes With the Artists the best reggae album of the decade is the focus on reggae as trance, reducing the rhythm to a minimal slow-mo throb, whilst bringing out the timbrel elements of bass quality, technoid skank and percussion which can vanish into puffs. This minimal backing also accentuates the sweetness of the vocals, supplied by various reggae veterans. What you need is a good sound system to play loudly.
During the 2002 All Tomorrows Parties curated by Autechre, there was a fire alert and we all retreated back to our chalets. After getting suitably inebriated a message on the TV told us it was safe to return to the venues. After making the effort to do thus, Rhythm and sound were DJing classic Wackies deep roots tracks alongside their own productions, and we skanked till the early hours, a great night was had by all.
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