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ESS - Downward (ESS004)

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Suspicion

As heard in Ben Klock's Boiler Room set.

My official remix of the Infiniti classic "Game One". The original track was created by Juan Atkins and Orlando Voorn. This remix was released in 2007 on wax as part of a double pack featuring mixes by Santiago Salazar, Los Hermanos and more on Orlando's Night Vision label with artwork by Haqq. It was then re-released digitally in 2014 on my RF label as part of "Selected Remixes One",  buy links for that below. Appreciate the support. - RF

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Infiniti (Jaun Atkins/Orlando Voorn) - Game One (Rennie Foster Remix)

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Maarten Mittendorff - Time is Space - aera 001

Our album 'Love By Machine' is out now on vinyl, CD and digital: https://lnk.to/4W700
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OCTAVE ONE ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM ‘LOVE BY MACHINE’  
A year after their impressive last album Burn It Down, Detroit techno legends Octave One are back with a nine track double EP that again shows they are masters of big hypnotic grooves.   

Entitled Love by Machine, the album’s name is a nod to the fact that the Burden brothers are such revered masters of their hardware. Both in the studio, where they cook up atmospheric house and techno with soaring synths and vocals and also in the live arena, where they are celebrated as one of the most accomplished and forward thinking performers in the game today. That is all the more impressive when you bear in mind they have been active since the ‘80s, most often releasing on their own 430 West label, which is where they appear again here.

  Say Lenny: “We’ve been exploring the theme of connection with this project. How technology gives us the illusion that we are closer to each other more than ever. At some point humanity crossed a line where the devices that we created to bring us together are the same devices that are blocking us from organic experiences.”

  “Technology is only a tool, which we also had in mind during the recording process.” Adds Lawrence. “We decided to go back to how we used to make our records, when we didn’t have so many ‘sophisticated’ audio devices. Back to when we interacted in the studio together as musicians.”  

Things open up with the loose metallic percussive line that is In Mono, which sets the machine made tone and is filled with promise. Locator then immediately gets to action with a gallivanting techno kick and various synth lines wrapping round each other as you get sucked into the groove. Just Don’t Speak (Midnight Sun Redub) is a more deep and house leaning track with big feel good piano keys and slithering synths that will get hands in the air. Proving they have real range, 7 B4 Dawn is a moody and reserved cut with subtle acid pricks, hip swinging claps and a spaced out dead of night feel.    

The second half of the album offers peak time business in the form of the spectacular Bad Love II, the whirring and cosmic Sounds of Jericho and the big loops and fluid grooves of [Where] Time Collides. Pain Pressure is a wonky number with big bassline and a focus on percussive patterns as well as some vocals with real attitude and last cut 8 B4 Dawn ends things in a downbeat and sombre way with sad chords and emotive strings. It is pure Detroit, much like the whole album, and rounds out another fine release from these most revered veterans. 

TRACKLIST 
1. In Mono
 2. Locator
 3. Just Don't Speak (Midnight Sun ReDub) 
4. 7 b4 Dawn
 5. Bad Love II 
6. Sounds of Jericho
 7. [Where] Time Collides
 8. Pain Pressure 
9. 8 b4 Dawn

RELEASE INFO 
Artist: Octave One 
Title: Love by Machine
 Label: 430 West Records 
Format: Double EP, Digital Download, CD 
Release Date: 25th November 2016

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Love By Machine

Pain Pressure

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Octave One - Pain Pressure

Intacto Records was founded in Amsterdam in 2004 under the collaborative genius of Shinedoe and 2000 and One. Its catalogue is a melting pot of influences to surprise you each time. From techno to house...

Hybrasil - Rassor [INTACDIG064]

Killer set of tracks by the Burden Brothers! Classic 430 West compilation from 1995.... ''Detroit Techno City''! Originally spread over 2 samplers it contained some of their best work - all featured here. The original releases also contained tracks from Alien FM (Aux 88) and Unknown Force, however, the rights to these tracks have now gone back to the original artists.

A1 Octave One - Eniac

Out now: http://fanlink.to/AstralEP

A three track EP composed of pulsating grooves laced with sultry melodies is mastered to perfection, ready for any dance floor with a sound system worth its salt. Titles reflecting abstract themes like Area Seven, Astral Travel and Void, compliment the out of body feeling beautifully entwined into each track. 

The first of many more to come from the duo's sonic lair...

Because of Art - Voids

Detroit's Burden Bros have long been looked upon with immense respect within contemporary dance music. Having been in operation since 1990 with their 430 West imprint they have long encapsulated the forward thinking vibe of Detroit Techno with their output over the last 20+ years, gaining praise from their motor city peers as well as fans worldwide. Having had success in the mainstream and an enduring underground presence they are well versed in the art of music.

'Point Blank', released on 430 West in 1996, feature some of the brothers' deeper, more subdued, futuristic technoid grooves. Not as driving as some of their other releases but retaining that Burden groove for sure, forward thinking, intelligent Techno from the D, 100%. 4 different versions of 2 tracks feature. Each mix tweaking ever so slightly what came before. As usual, the DJ's and the dancers are foremost in Octave One's mind and this EP will be welcomed by both contingents, always classic, often imitated but never bettered!
Re-mastered, re-pressed and re-released in conjunction with the Burden Brothers / 430 West Records, Detroit USA.

A1 Point - Blank (Mix 1)

Out now digitally: http://lnk.to/jameswelshPH99

Phantasy approaches it’s landmark hundredth-single release with another impactful single from one of the label’s key artists, James Welsh. Regularly played by producers from Midland to Charlotte De Witte, Welsh’s masterfully dense take on techno and electronica reaches new complexities on ‘Pan’, without ever-sacrificing his singular industrial groove.

The title track is a tunneling electroid roller layered informed by complex conversations seemingly taking place between man, machine, ghostly human speech and a veritable wind tunnel of noise. Perhaps Welsh’s finest connection yet between the blissful and the ruthless, ‘Pan’ demands submission.

On ‘Sink’, Welsh builds yet another perfectly-executed club weapon around an imaginative spoken-word sample, loosening up the tension of it’s more severe partner with a lucid and rhythmic trail of wide-eyed electro.

Pan/Sink

Sink

Techno is a family affair.

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. 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.

The brothers have released groundbreaking dance anthems on their own Detroit based record label, 430 West Records. Including DJ Rolando's "Jaguar", Random Noise Generation's "Falling in Dub" (the other Burden brother moniker), Aux 88's "My A.U.X. 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". 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.

A1 Point - Blank (Mix 1)

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