Editing Joey Beltram (section)

==Rave recordings==
"Mentasm" (is inspired by the title "Acid Rock"<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joey Beltram |url=https://www.awakenings.com/en/artists/joey-beltram/722/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Awakenings |language=en}}</ref> by [[Frank De Wulf|Rhythm Device]] released in 1989<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/49437-Rhythm-Device-Acid-Rock|title=Rhythm Device : Acid Rock|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> and the title "Do That Dance" by The Project released in 1990),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/18080332-The-Project-Do-That-Dance|title=The Project : Do That Dance|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> co-produced with Mundo Muzique and released under the artist name Second Phase in 1991,<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|pages=40/1}}</ref> became iconic within [[rave party|rave]] culture, as it was the track that gave birth to the "mentasm riff" (also known as the "[[hoover sound]]"): a churning, dirgelike synth pattern that wormed into techno's communal [[genome]] and has since been mutated and reused in thousands of records.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/group/thread/506323Beltram|title=Joey Beltra|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> The "mentasm riff" is also strongly associated with [[drum and bass]], the [[Belgian techno]] scene (with the titles "Le Seigneur des ténèbres" by Pleasure Game released in 1991<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/328694-Pleasure-Game-Le-Seigneur-Des-T%C3%A9n%C3%A8bres|title=Pleasure Game|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> and "Destiny" by Insider released in 1991),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/32647-Insider-Destiny|title=None|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> and the [[R&S Records|R&S]] record label, as well as 
[[Hardcore (electronic dance music genre)|hardcore]]/[[hard house]]<ref name="discogs.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/104907-Friends-Of-Django-Fuckin-Revenge-|title=Friends of Django Fuckin Revenge|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref><ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/21112-Vitamin-The-Point|title=Vitamin The Point|website=Discogs.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> in their various permutations since 1992 (with the titles "Fuckin Revenge!" by Friends Of Django released in 1992<ref name="discogs.com"/> and "Cosmic Trash" by Vitamin released in 1993).<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.awakenings.com/en/artists/joey-beltram/722/|title=Joey Beltram|website=Awakenings.com|access-date=November 6, 2024}}</ref> Beltram was referenced as a pioneer in the late 1990s [[house music]] scene by [[Daft Punk]], in their song "Teachers" off their 1997 debut [[album]], ''[[Homework (Daft Punk album)|Homework]]'' and author, Simon Reynolds, credited Beltram with having "revolutionized techno twice before the age of 21,<ref>{{cite book|last=Reynolds|first=Simon|title=Generation Ecstasy|year=1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tGaRJiXe74UC&dq=simon%20reynolds&pg=PA122|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415923736|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>" when describing both "Energy Flash" and "Mentasm" in his book ''Generation Ecstasy''.

Throughout the years, Beltram has continually toured at major festivals around the globe.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tour dates: Joey Beltram|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/joeybeltram/dates|website=Residentadvisor.net|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> He has also continued releasing techno, with his 1993 and 1994 tracks "Aonox" on Visible and "the Beltram re-releases" on Trax, the "Caliber" EP on Warp, and his 1995 LP ''Places'' and 1996 single, "Ball Park" on [[Tresor Records|Tresor]] counting among his work in the 1990s.<ref name="Larkin90"/> He was also invited to release another album, ''Close Grind'', on Daniel Miller's Novamute imprint under the JB³ alias.<ref>{{cite web|website=Discogs.com|title=JB³, Close Grind|url=http://www.discogs.com/JB%C2%B3-Close-Grind/release/2616585|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref>

In 1999, he launched his own label STX<ref>{{cite web|website=Discogs.com|title=STX Records|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/STX+Records|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> with Arena, while he continued to release under Code 6 and JB³, as well as headlining events such as Awakenings, Coachella, Nature One, Mayday and Dance Valley. Returning to Tresor in 2004, he released the album ''Rising Sun''. And he has kept up a busy release schedule ever since, with tracks on Womb, Harthouse, Drumcode, MB Electroniks, and Bush.