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Lenny: We’ve started to bring Akai’s MPC Live. This process gave birth to Endustry.ĭJ Times: When traveling, is there any piece of hardware that you compose on? We’d put new music together and play it in our live sets, taking influences from the life we were living at the moment. With every city, with every country, we were finding new inspiration.

We decided to bring enough gear with us so we could record music on the road. Now, you have people who want to move to Detroit for the techno experience.ĭJ Times: What was inspiration behind Endustry? It was something alien to most people - we might as well have been speaking another language. Now, because of the Movement festival, a lot of the people who don’t necessarily listen to techno at least know that it exists. When we were coming up, no one knew what techno was-essentially because a group of us were busy creating it. Len: It’s always been an extremely diverse city. Released under their Random Noise Generation moniker, the seven-track album features some of the brothers’ best work, like the mesmerizing “N2 The Enfinate” and the manically percussive “Alkalyze.” We recently caught up with the duo for some studio talk.ĭJ Times: You’re rooted in Detroit, home of techno. In 2018, they returned with another, superb 430 West project – the full-length Endustry. Since then, Lenny and Lawrence Burden have founded 430 West/Direct Beat Records, released dozens of tracks (like 2002’s underground fave “Black Water”) and created a slew of remixes (for acts ranging from Massive Attack to Steve Bug) – plus, as live electronic musicians, they’ve maintained a busy, global-touring schedule. Detroit’s Burden Brothers have been making vital techno tracks since 1990 when, under the guise of Octave One, they released “I Believe” on Derrick May’s seminal Transmat label. 2008 brings the first studio album in 4 years, " Summers on Jupiter".

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Late 2006 brought the release of the first full length DVD/CD project from the group, Octave One featuring Random Noise Generation “Off The Grid”.

“Blackwater” became a new turning point for the brothers. The track has also been a favorite on the decks of some of the world’s best known DJs, Little Louie Vega, Danny Teneglia, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jonathan Peters, Laurent Garnier, among many, many others. It has been released domestically in 5 countries (US, UK, Spain, Germany, and Australia). The track has appeared on over 70 compilation albums worldwide (with comp sales exceeding one million collectively). Since 1990, the Burden brothers have released over one hundred records.Ģ000 brought the biggest Octave One release to date, " Blackwater". Mind” (on the 430 West sister label Direct Beat), as well as their own Octave One records: “Empower”, “Nicolette”, ‘The X-files”, “Meridian”, and ‘Siege”. These releases include Random Noise Generation’s " Falling in Dub" (the other Burden brother moniker), DJ Rolando’s “Jaguar”, Aux 88’s “My A.U.X. The brothers have released groundbreaking underground dance anthems on their own Detroit based record label, 430 West Records. The monumental band is part of the so called " second wave" of Detroit Techno. The core unit of the band, made up of Lenny Burden and Lawrence Burden (with revolving members of Lynell Burden, Lorne Burden, and Lance Burden), have had the privilege of touring live throughout the world, including the countries of Germany, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Vienna, The Netherlands, the UK, Ireland, Scotland, Malaysia, Japan, the US, and Russia, among many other places. Octave One (also recording as Random Noise Generation) is the brainchild of the phenomenal native sons of Detroit, MI (USA), the Burden Brothers. Blackwater - 128 full strings instrumentalĭebuting with “I Believe” on the monumental (10 Records) compilation “Techno 2: The Next Generation” (alongside Carl Craig, Marc Kinchen, and Jay Denham) in 1990. Jazzo / Lose Myself - Paul Woolford Reworkħ. Groove Armada, Paris Brightledge, Octave One 4. Blackwater - radio edit 128 strings mixģ. Blackwater - 128 full strings vocal mixĢ. Without further ado, here are Octave One top 10 tracks of all time: 1. Octave One has played in major festivals like Octave One has performed in venues such as:Īvant Gardner (Great Hall), Avant Gardner (Mirage), Webster Hall, Rex Club, Bar Standard, Flash, Halcyon, LAB Madrid, Mysteryland, Paradiso

Follow Octave One to get alerts about upcoming events and special deals! Followĭebuting with “I Believe” on the monumental (10 Records) compilation “Techno 2: The Next Generation” (alongside Carl Craig, Marc Kinchen, and Jay Denham) in 1990.

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