Fuse-eflyer - August 2001

Over the past couple of years the music world has been bowled over by the arrival of the dance artist album. Rightly, acts like Chemical Brothers, Reprazent and Underworld has made ground breaking long players of solid gold. But this reinvention of dance music into a sci-fi rock 'n' roll, with bands and tours and albums and videos, leaves the DJ, the inventor and interpreter, behind. The situation isn't helped by the badly thought out cash-in compilations currently flooding larger record shops. Looping together a herd of 'big tunes', then getting some A-list DJ to lend his name to the sleeve while studio pro-tools do the work helps labels make money, but has nothing to do with what DJing is really about. Real DJs make albums of their own, every night they play. Their able to steer people through records they don't know, holding a crowd's anticipation and twisting and turning it without missing a beat, is a skill halfway between art and craft. People expect more from an album than simply a collection of stormin' trax, they want diversity, longevity and a handful of different flavours and moods. They want something that you can listen to from beginning to end, over and over again. Well, prepare to be blown away.

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Acid House: A Chicago derivative built around the Roland TBR303 bassline machine. Hard, uncompromising, tweaking samples produce a hypnotic effect.

Chicago House: Simple basslines, driving four-on-the-floor percussion and textured keyboard lines are the basic elements of the original house sound.

Rave-Hardcore: The devolution of techno to its rawest elements under the influence of DIY DJs from England and Belgium--high speed breakbeats and vocal samples.

Techno: Pure rhythm mixed with industrial-strength sounds originating in Detroit's urban core. One of the greatest minimal techno-artists is Dave Clarke.

Dave Clarke

Dave Clarke did play his gig every fridaynciht on Studio Brussel, Technology and several times a year he is still a resident DJ in the Fuse.

Clarke works for VPRO-radio and started playing on-air 09-09-2006 3fm radio saturdays 2300-0100

Dave Clarke has done more for techno over the past years than anyone else. With Red 1 he threw down the gauntlet, with Red 2 he wiped the floor with anyone else in the techno field, and with Red 3 he more than consolidated his position.

God behind the decks.

People expect more from an album than simply a collection of stormin' trax, they want diversity, longevity and a handful of different flavours and moods. They want something that you can listen to from beginning to end, over and over again. Well, prepare to be blown away. Dave Clarke has just made the best British techno album to date. He made his own website.

Joey Beltram

At the tender age of 12, Joey began deejaying. At 17, he recorded his first 12" single. For eight years, he has deejayed all over the world. Beltram currently stands as a huge draw for dance events around the world, specifically in England, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, Australia and the cosmopolitan centers of the United States. Joey Beltram is special because is he is more than just the average techno DJ and producer. He is an artist that nurtures the tracks he produces rather than banging them out -- the end result is music that is constantly favored and imitated by producers worldwide. (Live mix)

Joey Beltram. A name to be known in the international musical community for the new millenium. The Queens born and bred DJ and producer has paved the road of the current 90s electronica musical revolution which is now being championed by the likes of artists like the Chemical Brothers and The Orb. Beltram's brilliance as a producer has been heard in over 30 countries worldwide, and he is also the main player responsible for influencing and establishing a musical movement that is gaining mainstream popularity and acceptance at an increasingly alarming rate. He is now continuing his trademark of musical innovation with the new release Joey Beltram Live Mix.

In 1989, Joey traveled to Gent, Belgium, where he launched his future as a DJ in Europe. His career flourished, returned to Queens in 1991, and laid down the track "Energy Flash", unknowingly writing a new chapter in the musical history books. This classic swept dancefloors worldwide ushering in a new era of dance music with its bass-fueled bottom heaviness and its infamous sample voicing the words "ecstasy, ecstasy". In 1995 Beltram released his highly acclaimed debut LP Places (Tresor), which was reported by Muzik magazine as one of the best albums of 1996 due to its minimal simplicity and originality. Once again, Joey broke down another set of barriers in dance music, further escalating the buzz around his presence as an innovator.

Joey Beltram Live Mix combines the highlights of Joey's career, with his favorite tracks from techno's archives and current dancefloor staples into a mix as one would hear if they encountered his sound on the dancefloor. The twelve track album includes Joey's own "Ogo", the anthem "Energy Flash" and the favorite "Game Form" which first appeared on Places with mixes by Robert Armani and Mike Dearborn.

Beltram's musical inspiration is derived from his infatuation with Detroit and Chicago house music. The raw, electro-driven beats and kinetic energy of the 80s sound of artists like Chip-E and Adonis -- not the sounds of the Paradise Garage in the Big Apple -- are what stirred him to begin producing his own tracks. Joey's first release came out on New York imprint Nu Groove under the moniker Code 6. His work with Nu Groove was followed by tracks with Atmosphere Records, Easy Street, Trax Records of Chicago and the most prominent techno label of the time, R&S Records of Belgium.

In 1989, Joey traveled to Gent, Belgium, where he launched his future as a DJ in Europe. His career flourished, returned to Queens in 1991, and laid down the track "Energy Flash", unknowingly writing a new chapter in the musical history books. This classic swept dancefloors worldwide ushering in a new era of dance music with its bass-fueled bottom heaviness and its infamous sample voicing the words "ecstasy, ecstasy". In 1995 Beltram released his highly acclaimed debut LP Places (Tresor), which was reported by Muzik magazine as one of the best albums of 1996 due to its minimal simplicity and originality. Once again, Joey broke down another set of barriers in dance music, further escalating the buzz around his presence as an innovator.

Robert Armani

Robert Armani is a Chicago based producer/D.J that has been on the Dance/Techno scene since
the early 90's including many classic hits, Robert's work pretty much speaks for itself affiliating his talent with a elite group of professional D.J's and Producers such as Paul Johnson, D.J Skip, Felix Da House Cat, Aaron Ochoa, D.J Rush ect.

Producing with labels including Dance Mania, Pushpac, BML, High Octaine and many more Armani has
captured the ears of fans and promoters from all over the world. He has played many international
parties giving people his hard Techno fell. You name the place Armani has played there from
Chicago to Japan.

Jeff Mills

For techno aficionados, Jeff Mills needs no introduction as he represents the ultimate in minimal, hard but funky house and techno. More than just club tracks, his cleverly crafted compositions have been hailed as soundtracks to modern life and he has stated that each work represents the next part in a series of gradual progressions that is orchestrated by experiences and destiny. Jeff, the seminal Detroit techno originator who has been running his own Axis Records label since 1991, was originally one of the legendary Detroit techno collective Underground Resistance. He has been making music for 10 years and has been DJ'ing for longer, including years spent as a radio DJ.

He is for sure the biggest techno DJ in the world. Nevertheless the most asked techno DJ is a cultivated intellectual. Gold necklaces are not expended on him. Jeff Mills is the personification from the (electronic) groove; the man who gave techno hips. Everybody who spent the last ten years in a dance club, heard his music. The luckiest have seen him as a DJ; a man behind three turntables and a 909 drum computer in supreme concentration working at the groove.

What Mills can do with the turntables is astonishing. Being first a member of Underground Resistance and later on solo with a continually stream of vinyl on his labels "Axis (The other day)" and "Purposemaker". After his performance in Paradiso, where he take care of a collective orgasm on the main floor the first weekend of 1998, he will perform at Innercity the first big event in Holland. You are warned, don't miss this change to see him.

Gayle San

Leaving her native Singapore some nine years ago, Gayle's first steps into the London clubs were via DJing at record company parties, various one-off guest spots and fashion shows. These slots soon led to Gayle being made resident at "Reach for the Sky" at London's Limelight club, where she played alongside global DJ Paul Oakenfold, a time which Gayle describes as "the steepest learning curve possible". Having honed her DJing skills and broadened her understanding of music, particularly the less known techno sound coming into Britain, from Europe and Detroit in America. Leaving her native Singapore some nine years ago, Gayle's first steps into the London clubs were via DJing at record company parties, various one-off guest spots and fashion shows. These slots soon led to Gayle being made resident at "Reach for the Sky" at London's Limelight club, where she played alongside global DJ Paul Oakenfold, a time which Gayle describes as "the steepest learning curve possible". Having honed her DJing skills and broadened her understanding of music, particularly the less known techno sound coming into Britain, from Europe and Detroit in America.

Her chance to pioneer this music, in England came when Gayle became resident at Universe's legendary Final Frontier club, at Club U.K in south London, which then moved to become Universe Voyager at their new club the Complex in north London. Widely regarded as one of the best club nights in the world. It was not long before Gayle had amassed a following of techno pilgrims who would make journeys from as far as Edinburgh & Southampton to hear her play.

Gayle's reputation spread like wildfire over the techno centre's of Europe, most notably a residency once a month at Sven Vath's legendary Omen club in Frankfurt, the "Mecca of techno". Other European and American dates have included some of the most underground clubs in the world, like E-Work and Tresor in Berlin. Sunrise Zone in Athens, the Cave Club in Austria, Planet E in Switzerland, Sputnik 1 in Hungary, Bionic in Detroit, Pure Pleasure parties in Chicago and many more all over Europe.

DJing has naturally led to various studio work, Gayle has developed a sound that takes the hard intelligent beats of the underground, hardhouse/techno sound mixed with her very own style. She has recorded tracks under the name Transmakus namely Universe Anthem and Violator which have been included on the Tribal Gathering 94 and 95 albums respectively. Gayle has also recorded a single 'Way of the Dragon' for Rainforest records. Also mixed a live set for the Tribal Gathering 96 album, which also featured Marshall Jefferson. She is now writing and producing tracks, for her new label Equator with Undercover Music, and going under the name of Naga. Her first solo E.P will be out in October '97.

With her busy studio productions, and her non-stop DJing gigs across the globe together with residencies at Universe Voyager, Tribal Gathering and the Omen, the future of Singapore's finest technological export has never looked brighter.

Gayle is currently resident for Universe Voyager at the Complex in London, and Universe Tribal Gathering's around the world, and not forgetting the Omen club in Germany.

Discography

1994 - Collaborated under the name of "Transmakus", recorded "Universe Anthem" and "Violater" which have been included for Tribal Gathering 1994 and 1995 albums.

1995 - Another collaboration led to recording "Way Of The Dragon" for Rainforest records.

1996 - Gayle San live set mixed CD for Tribal Gathering album.

1997 - Set up own label "Equator" with Undercover music.

1998 - New Single, a first release under the project name of "Naga" on Equator label due out in March 1998.

1998 - Gayle San live mixed CD for Audio Recordings due out in early May 1998.

1998 - Second release from "Naga". A four track E.P. due out in August 1998.

SVEN VÄTH

His "story" started in the middle of the '80's and in the beginning his style was the typical sound of Frankfurt where he played at "The Vogue" and the "Dorian Gray", the most famous clubs of town. Sven then developed his own style that was influenced by the rising romantic movements of that time, but also the underground import records from America became more and more important to him. In 1986 he became a little pop star when he produced the hit "Electric Salsa" together with the future producers of Snap. Together with one of his partners he started the old "Vogue" under a new name: "Omen". The Omen was one of the most important chapters of German Club history. In 1989 Sven started the "Mosaic" project. Various clubhits and remixes were the result till the end of 1990. Sven was again the first DJ who played techno in Germany.