Joey Beltram
Biography
He released his first tracks before age 18 on New York labels Nu Groove and Easy Street, and by 20 he caught the ear of Belgium’s now pivotal R&S label with his track Let It Ride.R&S invited Beltram to Europe and techno history was made. Energy Flash, released on R&S in Europe and Derrick May’s Transmat in the US, is still one of techno’s pivotal classics. From 1993 to 1999, Joey Beltram produces a lots of tracks on Trax Records, Tresor Records or STX Records. In parallel of his producer’s activities, he plays in DJ set in events such as Awakenings, Coachella, Nature One, Mayday or Dance Valley. In 2009 alone Beltram had a Beatport top 10 with his remix of Oliver Huntemann’s Shanghai Spinner. Then there was his huge vinyl releases like the Scorpion on Drumcode, Shaking Trees on Harthouse (a Raveline track of the month), and a killer remix of Abe Duque’s Let’s Take It Back that had rave reactions across the board including MANDY, Dave Clarke and Hell. There was also his run of headline slots at festivals, which in 08/09 has included Coachella, both of Italy’s Play the Music Festivals, BLOC in the UK, Hungary’s Bonusz, Awakenings, Planetlove Ireland and Rockit Open Air in the Netherlands, plus club gigs from Berghain to the 5,000 capacity Fabrik in Madrid to Fabric UK’s sister club matter, Ministry of Sound and numerous appearances in Germany, the US, Spain, Holland, Canada, Malta and more. Definitely a techno pionner on Signaletik Records sounds great.