Moritz von Oswald Born: 1962 (age 58 years), Hamburg, Germany
Moritz von Oswald (born 1962) is a German record producer and percussionist from Hamburg. He is based in Berlin.[4] He is a co-founder of the production duo and record label Basic Channel. He has collaborated with Juan Atkins, Carl Craig, and Nils Petter Molvær.The Stranger called him “one of the master architects of dub techno”.
Richie Hawtin Born: June 4, 1970 (age 49 years), Banbury, United Kingdom
Richie Hawtin has always sounded like a visitor from the future, a man who fell to earth. His name is synonymous with music technology and with techno music. Speaking from Berlin, he recalls his good fortune in witnessing the birth of the genre. “I was in Detroit searching for electronic music, and what I found was an explosion of Detroit techno, music that was being created right at that moment. It was like a bubble of intensity and creativity. I was at the right place at the right time with the right intention. I wanted to get involved.”
