Dub Techno patrick walker
"chain reaction berlin" mixed by patrick walker

Few of the mixes I have done have made an impact such as this. To this day, I recieve emails from fans who have listened thanking me for exapanding their musical exploration. This is more than your average mix, it was a labour of love. Inspired by Richie Hawtin's DE:9 series and the Basic Channel mix by Scion on Tresor, I gathered hundreds of loops from vinyl, CD and digital versions of the music. I then re:edited the tracks into edits which I then mixed live using Ableton live and a midi controller. As such, every single track featured is an expanded version of the original.

The mix has been covered in many dance music publications, blogs and I've seen it mentioned on countless forums. I am honoured to have been a catalyst in furthering people's understanding of dub-techno and deeper shades of electronic music.

“Chain Reaction is one of the keystone labels in the development in Deep / Experimental Techno Music. A Sub-label of the infamous; ‘Basic Channel’ from Berlin, it was an outlet for artists expanding on the deep, crackling, chord-driven blueprint set by it’s parent label.Chain Reaction has become a benchmark for the sound some call ‘Dub-Techno’ but it is much more than this.

The epic chordscapes and swirling textures cover a range of moods, from contemplative ambience to pulsing, sub-aquatic Techno. We have set one of our Selector’s to mixing a showcase which highlights some of the best music this epic label has to offer. Many thanks to Chain Reaction / Basic Channel / Berlin ; for giving us us such ethereal and forward thinking music.” – GN V1.03

hallucinator // sethos // cr 008
ridis // triangle // cr 020
decay product // resilient 1_2 // crd 003
vainquer // elevation // cr 07
hallucinator // black angel // cr 028
porter ricks // biokinetics 2 // crd 001
decay product // melted // crd 003
shinichi atobe // rainstick // cr 034
porter ricks // nautical nuba // crd 001
fluxion // sub surface // reposal schallware
vainquer // solanus // cr 007
ridis // is #10 // cr 020
fluxion // fluxuations // echocord
decay product // no7 (balance) // crd 003
fluxion // equilibrium // crd 011
fluxion // bilateral motion // crd 011
decay product // no6 (credit) // crd 003
porter ricks // nautical dub // crd 001
continuous mode // direct drive // crd 006
decay product // erosion 3 // crd 003
scion // emerge // cr 001
fluxion // redundant // vibrant music
monolake // decay // ml
hallucinator // red angel // cr 025
hallucinator // moonshot // crd 008