I got the chance to listen to his historical set at Kiss FM, London, in 1991. “Yo! What’s up? This is Joey Beltram, and I’ve been ticking up some mixing here while put up on the break listening to the MD Connection and Ray Buster on Boom Generation…” said Joey, opening the session. It seems that the boss Renaat Van de Papelière was there at the studios also. Beltram begun with his classic tune "My Sound", followed by 'Incubus - Spirit', two tracks whose sample was taken from 'Kicksquad - Sound Clash', a hardcore classic from Kickin label.

Just some minutes after came the break and Joey Beltram announced: "Yo, what's up? This is Joey Beltram, spinning the decks, hope you're gettin' in this hardcore techno stuff by the way...because we're bringing it to life... I got Renaat Van de Papa.. plieeere!" (said he smiling, confused with R&S Boss' name, while this one shouts "Yeeeaaahhh!" behind him) - from R&S Records...the president, right here, all the way from Belgium, he is here in the studio maybe we`ll be able to talk to he a little while...see what he’s got to say..."
He spoke about an event sponsored by Kiss FM at the sequence (Club C 91).

His repertory came back with the original version of ‘Human Resource – Dominator’ just at the period which he made the superb remix for it – a massive hardcore hit with that typical dark touch and, of course, the Hoover synthesizer timbres. After that, he played an amazing repertory which included CJ Bolland ’s “Horse Power”, and the deeply influential “Mentasm” (made by him and Mundo Muzique on their project called Second Phase). They say it was this production that brought that aggressive synthesizer timbre, largely used on the techno rave tracks of that period (such as “Dominator”).

Joey Beltram was absolutely innovative at that time, and all these radio sessions were just another evidence of it. He was the first white man to release on a Detroit Techno label, still in 1990: Transmat.

While raving on about the influence and quality of major Detroit and Chicago producers, one can all too easily forget Joey Beltram. But in my opinion, this guy is one of the very best techno producers ever- he consistently has put out better tracks than some guys ever do their entire careers. Instant, Drome, Ball Park, My Sound, Energy Flash, Game Form, The Start It Up, Back Porch, I could go on...