Octave One

Debuting with “I Believe” on the monumental (10 Records) compilation “Techno 2: The Next Generation” (alongside Carl Craig, Marc Kinchen, and Jay Denham) in 1990.

Octave One featuring Random Noise Generation is the brainchild of the phenomenal native sons of Detroit, MI (USA), the Burden Brothers. The core unit of the band, made up of Lenny and Lawrence Burden (with revolving members of Lynell, Lorne, and Lance Burden), have had the privilege of touring live and DJing throughout the world, including the countries of Germany, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Vienna, The Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Scotland, Malaysia, Japan, USA, and Russia.

Throughout their careers they have worked with such artists as Derrick May, Underground Resistance, Eddie Fowlkes, Juan Atkins, Anthony ‘Shake’ Shakir, Members of the House, Terrence Parker & The Martian (Red Planet) and have remixed tracks for such artists as Massive Attack, Akabu (Joey Negro), DJ Rolando (Jaguar), Steve Bug, John Thomas, The Trampps, Rhythm is Rhythm, and Inner City.

The brothers have released many groundbreaking underground dance anthems on their Detroit based record label, 430 West Records. In 2000 they saw their biggest release to date, "Blackwater" with the track appearing on over 30 compilation albums worldwide and comp sales exceeding one million. With some of the world’s best known DJs (Little Louie Vega, Danny Tenaglia, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Kevin Saunderson, Derrick May, Jonathan Peters, Laurent Garnier) playing their music seeing these masters is a once in a lifetime opportunity.