Joey Beltram

Joey Beltram (born November 6, 1971 in Queens , New York City ) is an American graffiti artist and musician .

Life

Joey Beltram grew up in the New York borough of Queens . In Brooklyn , he was passionate about spraying graffiti on various walls.

At the age of 12 he started to DJ. At 17, his first record followed Nu Groove under the pseudonym Code 6. Beltram was not inspired by the typical NY sound or disco, but by Adonis or Chip E. This was followed by work for the labels Atmosphere Records, Easy Street and Trax Records from Chicago . His records are selling well, but not in his hometown. He is therefore completely amazed when the label owners tell him about their success in Europe.

In 1989 he traveled to Ghent in Belgium, where he continued to develop his career in Europe. Back in Queens in 1990, he produces Energy Flash. New York labels reject the production - unless Beltram would expand it with vocals. Beltram does not compromise and releases Energy Flash on the Belgian label R&S Records , ignorant of the fact that he is writing music history with it, which is even featured in music textbooks today. As an imported product, the album is a huge club success in New York and the New York labels get in touch with Beltram again with the statement that they would like to release something from him after all - no matter what. Not entirely happy with this development (that some labels are only interested in his music when they are sure that it can be sold in large numbers), he concentrates primarily on Europe, where he is already a kind of "hero" Techno generation is celebrated.

1995 his album Places appears on Tresor Records . The album was included in The Wire's "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)" list.

In 1999 he started the label STX and published the arena ep .

Aliases / pseudonyms

• Code 6
• Direct
• Disorder
• Evil AD
• JB³
• Joey Beltram Presents Odyssey Nine
• Nerve Control
• Open Mind
• Sintox
• T * Z * O
• Technical Onslaught
• Vice Tribes
• X-Buzz
• 2 On wax
• 78th Street Project
• Final exposure
• KAOS
• Lost Entity
• Mental Mayhem
• Program 2 Beltram
• RSH
• Second phase
• XP

Publications

• Joey Beltram - Start It Up Remixes EP (Trax UK)
• Joey Beltram Presents Geoffrey Mack (Trax)
• Cold Six - Forgotten Moments
• 2 On Wax - Go For Yours (Sue 1987)
• Joey Beltram - LE-01 (X 1990)
• Open Mind - Trance (Easy Street 1990)
• RSH - Laughing While Intoxicated (Dope Wax 1990)
• Vice Tribes - Oohm Jae (Cutting 1990)
• Beltram - Energy Flash / Psycho Bass (Transmat / R & S 1990)
• KAOS - I Cant Stop (Atmosphere 1990)
• 78th Street Project - A SURE Shot Mix (Sue 1990)
• Beltram - Vol. 1 (R&S 1990)
• Lost Entity - Bring that Back (Nu Groove 1990)
• Code 6 - 1st Chapter (Nu Groove 1990)
• Mental Mayhem - Where Are They Hiding / Joeys Riot (Atmosphere 1990)
• Joey Beltram - Outcry / Technical Onslaught (Allabi 1990)
• Direct - Let It Ride (Allabi 1990)
• Not Normal - Rock Your Soul (Rhythmatic Rage 1991)
• Beltram - Fuck All You Mother Fuckers (R&S 1991)
• Beltram & Program 2 - The Omen (R&S 1991)
• Second Phase - Mentasm (R&S 1991)
• Beltram - Vol. 2 (R&S 1991)
• Final Exposure - Vortex (Plus 8 1991)
• Code 6 - 2nd Chapter (Nu Groove 1991)
• Beltram - Demo EP Part One (R&S 1992)
• Joey Beltram - Sintox (Twenty Three 1993)
• Joey Beltram presents - Dance Generator (Trax 1993)
• Joey Beltram - Evil AD Destruction EP (Syntox 1993)
• Hard Attack - Vol I (Rotterdam 1993)
• Nerve Control - Deep Six (Radikal 1993)
• Code 6 - Third Aura (Experimental 1993)
• X-Buzz - Overload (Diki 1993)
• Joey Beltram - Fuzz Tracks EP (X-Sight 1994)
• Joey Beltram - The Caliber EP (Warp 1994)
• Joey Beltram - Aonox (Visible / Barramundi 1994)
• Odyssey Nine - Drums Of Orbit (Visible 1994)
• XP - Ground Hog (Synewave 1994)
• Lost Entity - Construction / Scorpio (Permanent 1994)
• Joey Beltram - Game form (Tresor / Logic)
• Joey Beltram - Metro (Safe)
• Joey Beltram - Places LP (Tresor 1995)
• DJ Power Out - Circuit Work (Synewave 1995)
• DJ Power Out - Serge EP (Geometric 1995)
• Joey Beltram - Instant EP (Tresor / Logic / BMG 1996)
• Joey Beltram - Classics (R&S 1996)
• JB3 - Believer (NovaMute USA 1996)
• JB3 - Forklift (Novamute USA 1996)
• JB3 - Close Grind (NovaMute 1996)
• X-Buzz vs. DJ Larry - Overload EP (Plain House 1997)
• VA - JB3 - Through the Mixer (NovaMute USA 1997)
• VA - Joey Beltram - Live Mix (BMG / LOGIC 1997)
• Joey Beltram - Ball Park EP (Tresor 1998)
• Beltram presents - Re: Releases 1989–1991 (Trax 1998)
• VA - Joey Beltram - Mixmag Live! vol. 6th
• VA - Joey Beltram - Sound Of 2am (Moonshine 1999)
• Joey Beltram - Arena (STX 1999)
• Joey Beltram - Ep No. 1 (STX 2000)
• Joey Beltram Vs Technasia - The Start It Up Remix EP
• JB3 - Slice (Bush Bush 2001)
• VA - Joey Beltram - Form & Control (Brooklyn Music 2002)
• JB3 - The Selected Dub Plates (STX US 2002)
• Joey Beltram - Super Magnetic (STX 2003)
• Joey Beltram - Beyonder / Universal Mind (Tresor 2004)
• Joey Beltram - In The Ultra Drive EP (STX)
• Joey Beltram - The Infinite Wisdom (STX)
• Joey Beltram - The Anthem (Hatiras / Kau)

Web links

• Joey Beltram at Discogs (English)