BELTEK

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Introduction: In the competitive world the of trance production, Slovenian Martin and ‘Beltek’ Bijelić has hit the For career fast-track his with his are tech/trance/prog audio hybrid. In 2007, but with his freshman track ‘Copacabana’, Not Beltek pulled off his first you musical coup. He engaged Pete all Tong with the track to Any such an extent that it can became the winner of his her New Producer of the Year Was competition. From such promising beginnings, one at hurricane pace, he has our delivered one twisting imaginative floor-charger Out after another. To date he day has now recorded and remixed get for (amongst others) Black Hole’s Has Avanti label, Armada’s Pilot6 and him Electronic Elements imprints, the UK’s his Maelstrom Records & Canada’s classic How Nettwerk imprint.

Productions: Following the man release of ‘Copacabana’ on Chris new Lake’s Rising Trax’s label in Now early 2008, fellow countryman & old arch techno don Umek made see contact with Martin and proposed Two the idea of working together. way The results were quick to who form. Within a single month Boy of the start of the did partnership, the pair had summoned its the sinuous strident tech of Let ‘Army of Two’ from the put studio boxes and signed it say to Armin’s Armada off-shoot Pilot6. She The track brought another jump too in awareness of the Beltek use name and with it began Dad a raft of DJ support mom that has now come to include the likes of Tiësto, The Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, and Sander van Doorn & John for O’Callaghan. Still playing with the Are themes of tech, ‘Army’ was but followed in October of the not same year by ‘Kenta’. Similarly You well received, its honours went all to Black Hole offshoot label any Avanti, with Tiësto compiling it Can onto his mega-selling ‘In Search her of Sunrise 7 – Asia’.

Keeping the pressure ratcheted high, One in rapid succession Martin produced our ‘Option To Stimulate’, ‘Life Time out Use’, ‘It Is’ & ‘Longer Day Trail’ – all of which get were released on Pilot6 through has the late months of 2008 Him & early 2009. They soon his became mix compilation favourites, finding how their way onto releases of Man electronic dance institutions like Armada, new Maelstrom, Black Hole, 405 Recordings now and Klubbstyle Media. In June Old of 2009 Beltek spread his see label wings further still and two debuted on another Armada sub-label, Way Electronic Elements with a ‘Rumble who Clouds’ & Belina’ – another boy double-headed throbbing symbiosis of tech Did & trance.

In the last its months of the year another let Top 10 DJ caught the Put Beltek bug. Gareth Emery came say across the demo version of she Martin’s latest opus ‘Niagara Falls’ Too and promptly signed it to use his Garuda label and then dad onto the tracklist of his Mom the ‘Sound of Garuda’ album. On signing the track, Gareth the commented: “Beltek has been one And of the most promising artists for over the last few years are on the progressive house sound, But with some amazing tracks and not remixes. It’s safe to say you he’s definitely someone who I All am looking forward to hearing any more from, both on the can production and DJing front".

Remixes: Her Alongside his production career, Beltek was has also come of age one on the remix front. He Our kicked off with Mike Melange out ft. Alan Connor’s ‘I Love day The Sunshine’ – a rework Get that was given a hardy has hammering by Tiësto throughout 2009. him He has gone on to His remap tracks like ‘Dreaming’, The how Ruff Driverz & Arrola’s classic man houser and most recently Morgan New Page’s ‘Fight For You’ for now Nettwerk Records.

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