Quote Originally Posted by tocsin
Well, still, he was writing music and releasing it through PCP in 1989. I'd say PCP probably had more of an influence on the Rotterdam sound than Beltram.
Don't know about that actually.
But from the Dutch point of view Hardcore was inspired by the New Beat sound from Belgium. Tapes from Jade4U, Praga Kahn, T99, Trance Trax, 101, Space Opera ...

And before that there was the EBM (Electronic Body Music): Front 242, Nitzer Ebb, etc.

"Rave Alert" of Praga Khan in 1991 is a typical example of a track that inspired people like Paul Elstak, DJ Rob, to create the hardcore / gabber sound.