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Sep 21, 2009 · Joey Beltram - Energy Flash - R&S Records Classics - YouTube. TheAnimator99. 15.6K subscribers. Subscribed. 3.4M views 14 years ago.
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Energy Flash · Joey Beltram · RRClassics℗ -Released on: 1996-01-01© all rights reserved to the respective content creator.
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Mar 11, 2016 · The song was " Energy Flash ," and back in the heady days of 1990 it was a major milestone in the rise of rave culture, establishing a benchmark for a new form of hard-edged techno and twisting...
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At this point, the strings stop and are replaced by another repeated sample, this one of a man whispering “ecstasy.” The voice is unnaturally slow, likely achieved by triggering the sample below the root key. This is followed by a second trigger of the voice, slightly slower than the first, and this two-note phrase is repeated at regular intervals ...
‘Energy Flash’ is remarkably steady, with few fills to announce changes in theme or mood. There are two small breakdowns in the middle section though, the first at bar 71 and the second at 77, with the kick drum dropping out to relieve the pressure. Some of the other percussion sounds get a breather as well, although not for long.
At bar 81 the steady kick drum resumes its duties, along with most of the other percussion minus the rim shot. The voice continues to intone “ecstasy” while a new melody enters, a two-note synth string line, playing F and G sharp, only a semitone apart. Much like the piano line in the ‘Halloween Theme’, the proximity of the notes and the dissonance...
Next, a second instrument, a choral sample, appears, directly mirroring the string line and playing on top of it. This doubles down on the dissonance and unease of the string line. The gothic feel of the choral line contributes to the horror soundtrack atmosphere.
If ‘Energy Flash’ can be said to have a breakdown, this is it. Only eight bars long, all the drums drop out except for the rides, which also drop out by bar 102. The moody riser returns, and as the choral sample ends, the ecstasy sample returns. Finally, the riser begins again, leading us to the next and final part of the song.
At bar 109 part three of the song starts. It mirrors part one for the most part, although there are some significant changes. Before things start to ramp up again, though, we’re given a four-bar drum beat and repeat of the two-note ecstasy line. It’s fairly unusual to have four bars of anything in a dance song, with most songs relying on eight- or ...
Here we start to build back up properly, with the steady 909 crashes playing the same steady pattern as in 5. Tension is palpable as the listener by now knows what’s coming, the regularity of the crashes by now familiar to the listener through repetition.
And the payoff. The top line bassline, still pounding out that single A flat note, returns. While the timbre of the pulses are the same, the pattern of how the filter changes is less methodical and more erratic, jumping between settings seemingly randomly.
Again, as in part one, percussive elements are reintroduced one by one, with tambourines starting at bar 125, the rides at bar 129, and crashes again at 137. Where most songs would be winding down at this point, removing percussion to give the DJ a chance to mix into the next record, ‘Energy Flash’ still has business to take care of.
At bar 145, the 909 clap pattern abandons its post on the 2 and 4 and becomes disjointed and more varied, reflecting the breakdown in regularity begun by the bassline pulse.
Queens, New York, U.S. Genres. Techno. Occupation (s) Music producer. DJ. Years active. 1990–present. Joey Beltram (born 6 September 1971) is an American DJ and music producer, best known for his pioneering singles "Energy Flash" and "Mentasm" and for remixing Human Resource 's "Dominator".
This is the Techno Classic from Joey Beltram - Energy Flash (1991). This song had so much going on in it and it changed the way a lot of Techno was made. It ...
Jul 25, 2022 · Beltram, ‘Energy Flash’ (1990) Brooklyn’s Joey Beltram ushered in a new era of rave extremism with his explosive 1991 track “Energy Flash,” delivering a rave anthem that was rawer, harder,...
