Joey Beltram – Beltram Volume 2

A 'Didn't know i had' find today. Extremely happy. All four tracks are awesome.
Mikael.bystrom's thriveless comment prior (Jan 2015), has no substance whatsoever.

Stone cold classic from 91.
Big at Rage. Joey Beltram was a huge pioneer for early techno, this style soon morphed into early drum and bass.
Love this / love volume 1 /love Mentasm.

I could not stop playing this when it came out, never left my record box for at least 18mths always mixed in this with Mentazm

The Melody. This tune always makes me think of Carl Cox and Mickey Finn at The Eclipse in Coventry.

Such a great pressing too, the sound is very loud and dynamic. Sublime future music from way back when

1 star. Mediocre. Considering the flood of great tracks during this era and also considering Beltrams previously released "Energy Flash" in 1990 as well as his 91 remixes of Shamens "Move any mountain / Pro-Gen" (the best remix ever of that track) this is so uninteresting.

All good tracks here. But my favourite track on this release is the mesmerising "The Melody" which is quite obviously inspired by Reese's "Just Want Another Chance" which also happens to be an absolutely fabulous track. Deep, dark and deliciously hypnotic is the order of the day here. Just like Mr. Beltram used to make them.

My Sound is a Rotterdam Parkzicht Classic.

Beltram's definitive release on R&S.
A much more intelligent outing to his other tracks on this label using his experience of production he gained while working with Nu-Groove.
Clever sequencing with a more resolved (and original) sound than Vol.1
"Sub Bass Experience" and "The Melody" are the standouts with their intensely personal feel and awesome bottom end response.