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DJs Tim Green, Joey Beltram & Terry Toner

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Mentasm, coproduced with Mundo Muzique, became iconic within rave culture, as it was the track that gave birth to the "mentasm riff" (also known as the "Hoover sound"): a churning, dirgelike synth pattern that wormed into techno's communal genome and has since been mutated and reused in literally thousands of records. It was pre-empted to an extent by Richie Hawtin and John Acquaviva in their Cybersonik project; although Hawtin, in response, made sure to answer Beltram's seminal Energy Flash (1990) in return with Substance Abuse (1991). Beltram and the "mentasm riff" are strongly associated with Drum & Bass, the Belgian techno scene, and the R&S record label, as well as hardcore/hard house in their various permutations since 1994.

London based Tim Green is one of those producers who doesn't turn in a lot of filler tracks. For the most part when "TG" or Tim Green puts something out there, it has a strong sense of character and literally rocks a dancefloor to its core. There are few artists on the planet that are able to traverse genres and release music for such a wide range of labels, yet still have their own unique sound, Many world’s leading labels have recognized this, with Tim signing tracks and remixes on the likes of Get Physical, Cocoon, Dirtybird, Renaissance, Four:Twenty, Trapez, Cr2, Sci-tec, Southern Fried, Trape and many more.

2010 looks set to be another huge year of growth for Tim as December 09 sees him release his second single with Sven Vath’s world famous Cocoon imprint entitled ‘ Lone Time’. Whilst his huge remixes of Cassius & Claude Von Stroke get released in January 2010, and February sees his Debut release on Get Physica l entitled ‘ Old Sunshine' which looks set to be Tim's biggest release to date.