JOEY BELTRAM in The Lab NYC
You've got to respect the old-school techno heads who show up to see Joey Beltram, complaining that kick drums just 'aren't what they used to be.' They're standing at the back, arms crossed, waiting for 'Energy Flash' so they can finally nod their heads approvingly and go home at 11 PM. Brutalist, unyielding warehouse energy crammed into an office-block-sized studio space. This JOEY BELTRAM in The Lab NYC live set averages 126.1 BPM but features chaotic tempo shifts.
The JOEY BELTRAM in The Lab NYC tracklist hits the 12A and 5A keys hard, delivering a relentless, mid-heavy (0.40) Rominimal and hard techno assault. The mixing is old-school, rough, and ready. Obviously, the man plays 'Joey Beltram - Energy Flash'—it would be a riot if he didn't.
He also drops 'Paperclip People - Throw (Slam's RTM Remix)' for that essential 90s Detroit-meets-Scotland flavour. Launching with the opening track 'Raxon - Forbidden Quest', Beltram immediately takes no prisoners. The absolute peak is the stomping 'Teenage Mutants - Python', before hammering the final nail in with the closing track, 'Supadelics - Freak Out (Original Club Mix)'.