On “Jazzo/Lose Yourself,” featuring a remix by Paul Woolford and vocals by Ann Saunderson, Octave One blends the intimacy of the studio production process with the immediacy of the live performance. The group has also earned critical acclaim for countless records including "Empower," "Nicolette" and “The X-‐files.” Their 2015 album Burn It Down further pushed the pillars of funk and soul forward and introduced the band to a new generation. Little Louie Vega, Danny Tenaglia, Jeff Mills and Richie Hawtin are among the DJs that continue to regularly weave “Black Water” into their sets. Their 2002 hit single "Black Water" has sold over one million records worldwide. The collective also includes frequent contributions from siblings Lynell, Lance and Lorne Burden. The Burden brothers burst onto the Detroit techno scene in 1990, producing their debut “I Believe,” featured on the compilation Techno 2: The Next Generation. Octave One is the brainchild of core members Lenny and Lawrence Burden. The EP "Love By Machine" EP is being released this year. And now Octave One is gearing up for its next chapter: A world tour and their new single “Just Don’t Speak”. Octave One has penned several of the dance floor classics that define an era.
The live show is evidence of what longtime fans already know.
On stage, Octave One transforms synthesizers and sequencers into vessels of funk, house and symphonic beats. One more milestone in the journey of one of Techno’s most exciting bands.The electrifying live performances of Octave One are one reason that the Detroit born and bred producers are in constant demand. “Revisited: Here, There, and Beyond”, both the album and tour are slated for release in November 2011. “Here, There, and Beyond” features O1 classics reworked by some of the band’s favorite producers: Luke Slater, Sandwell District, Ken Ishii, Alexander Kowalski, Vince Watson, Alter Ego, Los Hermanos, and Cari Lekenbusch. Marking 20 years of living the Techno life. 2011 welcomes the release of the Octave One retrospective compilation “Revisited: Here, There, and Beyond”. Other Octave One albums have also highlighted the boys’ career: “The Living Key (To Images From Above)” (1997), “The Collective” (1998), and “The Theory Of Everything” (2004) among many other releases. 2009 saw the release of the band’s first studio album in 3 years, “Summers on Jupiter” released in cooperation with P-vine/Japan.
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”, released in cooperation with Tresor Records/Germany.
The track is also been a classic 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 massive hit has appeared on over 30 compilation albums worldwide (with sales exceeding one million collectively). 2000 brought the most recognized Octave One release to date, “Blackwater”. They have remixed tracks for such artists as Massive Attack, Akabu (Joey Negro), DJ Rolando (Jaguar), Steve Bug, John Thomas, Aril Brikha, Vince Watson, The Trampps, Rhythm is Rhythm, and Inner City. Mind” (on the 430 West sister label Direct Beat), as well as their own Octave One recordings: “Empower”, “Nicolette”, ‘The X-files”, “Meridian”, “Love and Hate”, “The Greater Good”, and ‘Siege”. Including DJ Rolando’s “Jaguar”, Random Noise Generation’s “Falling in Dub” (the other Burden brother moniker), Aux 88’s “My A.U.X. The brothers have released groundbreaking dance anthems on their own Detroit based record label, 430 West Records. 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 bringing their high energy live shows to many parts of the world, including Australia, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, UK, and the USA, among many other places. Arriving onto the electronic scene with “I Believe”, featured on the monumental (10 Records) compilation “Techno 2: The Next Generation” (alongside Carl Craig, Marc Kinchen, and Jay Denham) in 1990, Octave One is the brainchild of the phenomenal native sons of Detroit, MI (USA), the Burden Brothers.