I am shocked—shocked!—that Joey Beltram is performing in Seattle in 2020. The NYC producer/DJ was one of the totemic figures in early-’90s rave culture with catalytic techno bangers such as “Energy Flash,” “Mentasm,” “The Start It Up,” and “Mucho Acid.” Yet the last time he blipped my radar was when his Trax Classic best-of CD dropped in 2005. Beltram’s most recent posting on SoundCloud appeared two years ago—a brilliantly bruising Boiler Room DJ set in New York, which suggests a late-career lag. Whatever the case, Beltram is such a legend for his psychotronic, 140+ bpm dance-floor bombs, it seems unlikely he’ll disappoint, even at this late date. by Dave Segal