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Octave One
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With Tenth Anniversary Party and Special Releases
May 27, 2000
430 West Records
info@430west.com
DETROIT
10 Years Deep - 430 West celebrates Ten Years
One special night, it was indeed. On Saturday May 27 history was made at the Johansen Charles Gallery.10 Years ago 3 brothers came together with $500 and a dream. 10 years later , because of their vision, I am standing here in Detroit. After going around in circles through out the motor city, we finally pull down Division Street to see the line of cars. We walk up to the door and down through the long dark hallway, that is almost reminiscent of entering the Submerge building. We enter the venue, an art gallery by day, and now here representing the Burden Brothers art. Along all the walls hang large posters of the early 430 West promotional art work for their artists earliest material. Hanging up initially on the left was the poster for Terrence Parker's TP1(that was Terrence Parker's first Record) along side Octave One, Vice and Aux 88 posters. The space had a very underground feel but with an air of intellect as their music does. It was a well chosen space to represent their ten years of success.
The Location
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Playing as we entered was Buzz Goree spinning on the turntables. I had never heard Buzz Goree until this trip and it was a very nice surprise. Buzz is a veteran, one of the many unsung Heroes here in Detroit. I am looking forward to hearing him again.
Next on, was the debut first performance for the Direct Beat Assassins. The DBA are Lorne Burden and DJ Dijital. Lorne worked his MPC 2000 and a turntable, while Dijital was laying down the scratches and the changing upbeats. It was a quite impressive performance that made you wonder if you should be watching the action on the Decks and the 2000 or if you should be dancing your butt off. I chose to dance. One the amazing things about this performance was Lorne Burden. Lorne was only 16 years old. A musical prodigy basically raised on Sounds. He started making music at the young age of 12 and is now performing and recording for one of the world's most respected techno labels. I believe tonight was the Direct Beat Assassins' first ever live show. It excellent representation of the roots that the few of us got to experience just a day before their DEMF debut
Following the DBA, came the first appearance ever of Octave One live. They started off their performance with 'I Believe,' their first hit that instantly charted 3000 miles away from Detroit. 4 of the 5 Burden Brothers were playing for this performance. Lawrence, Lenny , Lynell, & Lorne were there to celebrate 10 years of strings , 909 and funk. Octave One live gave us a well crafted live performance. Lawrence was on the Behringer mixing board making sure all the sounds were delivered to the speakers with perfection. Lynell was behind Lawrence playing the Roland Keyboards , while Lenny was on Lawrence right controlling the MPC 2000 , the modified 909 , and conducting the whole group. You can tell that they were having a great time playing for the entire crowd. I think that must be why I appreciate their music so much, you can feel the joy that they have when they are creating the songs. Music for the mind and the body. Octave One took us on a 10 year journey that night. People with a dream, the ability to transcribe this through music, ideas and concepts that are almost beyond words. It was definitely a privilege to be a part of this experience and I look forward to more performances.They closed the performance with their remix of Rolando's 'Knights of the Jaguar,' it brought cheers from the crowd.
in action at the
10 Years Deep party
Detroit, MI
Lawrence jumped from one mixing board to another and began to Dj a smooth techno set while Lenny was preparing for the Random Noise Generation performance. With Lawrence's technical Djing skills and perfect selection of tracks, makes a proper introduction for Random Noise Generation's performance.When Lenny was ready and Lawrence had the crowd dancing and ready to go, Lawrence jumped back to the Behringer mixing board. This was my third time hearing Random Noise Generation, but my first time hearing them in their home town in front of their extended family. It was nice to see the chemistry of two brothers performing together again. When Lawrence and Lenny perform, they bring together a sort of primal power that can move the spirit as well as the soul. While Lawrence is again manning the mixing board ensuring the sound , Lenny is literally beating it on the equipment, while he is simultaneously proving the visuals from his Laptop to the visual screen behind him.
With visuals to go along in sync with the music, it almost mesmerizes you and awakens you from the programming that is done on all of us. Breaking the chains that we surround ourselves with. Once again they delivered an amazing show.
After RNG's performance, D Wynn hit the decks. Dwynn known for his transmat classics as well as his dj experience spun a nice selection of House and Techno that just kept the crowd moving. Just when were just about to drop, in walks James Pennington aka 'Suburban Knight' of UR. James spun an nice eclectic mixture of old school classics including doubles of Fix. Smiling through out his set and being greeted by everybody during his set, he was still able to showcase his amazing talents on the turntables.
in action at the
10 Years Deep party
Detroit, MI
On came the lights and in it we saw a tired but exuberant , creative family. Done was their celebration of a dream. We walked around looking at 10 years of history on the walls. Hung up in the art gallery , it gave us a different perspective on their artwork. In conjunction with first annual Detroit Electronic Music festival, that ended up being the largest free music festival with 1.5 Million people , this intimate gathering was more my style, we were there seeing history being made. What was 3 brothers with a vision is now 5 brothers and an extended family with a vision and a future.
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