should local djs/producer aim for a local sound?

[eyes without a face]

im not sure of his exact first release but Energy Flash is cited as his first release by alot of people, and who gave him the platform for this release? Derrick May, one of the true innovators... im not going to go into the story as everyone knows the Belleville 3, but that is were, for me personally i add before im jumped on, techno does actually "come" from... not the harder sound of course, but the original sound....

i don't think anyone here is arguing that joey beltram invented TECHNO...

i didnt say anyone was did i? No......

In 1989 Beltram started releasing some of his early productions on several small New York record labels. A year later he caught the eye of R & S Records in Belgium and by mid 1990 released his first major record with that company titled "Energy Flash". That was even before the hardcore sound of Euromasters / Rotterdam was there... But it was the time that the euro techno sound took over from the populair Bigbeat sound in the late 80's. Suddenly there was the Belgium techno sound (1990), and short after that the hardcore / gabber. (1991)


thanks ritzi this is what i was looking for ;)