With the Artists

As Rhythm & Sound, Mark Ernestus and Moritz von Oswald brought out all the dub reggae influence that had been implicit in their techno records. Their first string of dubplate-style 10″ records on their Burial Mix imprint in 1996–97 were collaborations with Paul St Hilaire aka Tikiman, and were beautiful in their own right. But they hit new heights in the early 2000s working with a range of veteran reggae singers. “King in my Empire” with Cornel Campbell, which opens this collection of those tracks, is rightly considered a classic for the ages, but every track here retains mind-boggling potency. The incredibly human intimacy of the vocal production paired with the delicate fog and inhumanly vast scale of the rhythm tracks creates a profound and unique sensation.