Number 160 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century20th CenturyDetroit Techno
The Living Key
1997 · Detroit techno · techno
430 West · 4W-290
№ 160 on The 250 Best Electronic Albums of the 20th Century
430 West's brothers; Blackwater's ancestor
The Burden brothers make 430 West sound open-hearted on The Living Key. Deep chords and melodic patience point toward the anthems Octave One would later write, and the record never reads as a sketchbook. Detroit techno rarely wears its feeling this plainly. Solid where the records above it are spectacular, and the craft never slips.
№ 14 on The 10 Best Detroit Techno Albums
The Burden brothers keeping the melodic and industrial halves of the city in balance. A formidable live act on record.
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Tracklist
- A1Black On Black
- A2Modernism
- B1F1
- B2Mid-Heaven
- C1Covenant
- C2The Living Key
- D1Divisions
- D2Divisions 2