E3 – E3 [12''] (1991, Peacefrog Records)

 

The 12" single 'E3' by Mark Tinley (released under the alias E3) landed in 1992 on Peacefrog Records. It’s one of those early-90s white-label style releases that feels like it was made for DJs first and everyone else later. Pressed as a 12" with multiple mixes, it leans heavily on squelchy 303 lines and that hypnotic, slightly rough-around-the-edges groove that defined a lot of underground UK techno and acid house at the time. 

The record itself is built around variations of the same core idea. On the A-side you get “E3” in different mixes, including the “Ian Key Mix” and the “E303 Mix,” both stretching past the five-minute mark and giving plenty of space for those acidic patterns to evolve. Flip it over and things get a bit looser with “E33” versions and the extra cut “Voodoo Groove (A Slight Return),” which adds a slightly funkier twist while staying firmly in that late-night warehouse zone.

 
Mark Tinley, the mind behind it, is one of those low-key but fascinating figures from the UK electronic scene. He worked under several aliases -Essybumpi, Polaris, Trashmaster T- and had a knack for blending experimental ideas with club-ready formats. His work often sat just off the mainstream radar, which is probably why records like this feel a bit like hidden artifacts from the era rather than big headline releases. 

The label, Peacefrog, was just getting started around this time and would go on to become a respected name in electronic music, especially through the ‘90s and early 2000s. Early catalog entries like this one capture a moment when the label was still rooted in raw techno and acid before branching out into deeper house and even leftfield electronica. 

Context-wise, 1992 was a wild moment for UK dance music. Acid house had already exploded, rave culture was in full swing, and producers were pushing hardware like the Roland TB-303 into new territory. Records like 'E3' sit right in that transition, less about the initial rave euphoria and more about locking into deeper, more hypnotic grooves that would shape techno and house going forward. 

 

Label: Peacefrog Records – PF004 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: 1991 

Style: Techno, Acid Techno, Acid House, Deep House 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 E3 (The Ian Key Mix) 

A2 E3 (The E303 Mix) 

B1 E33 (The Bow & Arrow Mix) 

B2 E33 (The Karaoke Mix) 

B3 Voodoo Groove (A Slight Return) 

 

Other Versions: 

'E3' (12", 33 ⅓ RPM) - Peacefrog Records [PF 005] (UK, 1992)

 

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Code 6 – Forgotten Moments [12'] (1990, Nu Groove Records)

 

With a number of legendary tracks such as "Mentasm" and "Energy Flash" to his name, New York-based DJ and producer Joey Beltram is widely acknowledged as a leading innovator in Belgian-style acid and techno. Although his roots as a DJ lie in Chicago house (he still focuses on the style when he spins at home), Beltram's relentless club tracks were high points of late-'80s/early-'90s pre-breakbeat hardcore techno, and remain on many DJs' top ten lists as genre- and period-defining examples of post-Detroit European dance music. Born and raised in Queens, Beltram began DJing at a young age, spinning New York and Chicago-style house in his bedroom before moving into production and solo work. By the age of 18, Beltram was recording for Detroit techno staple Transmat and working on tracks with Mundo Muzique and Richie Hawtin for the latter's Plus 8 imprint.

 
After Beltram released "Energy Flash" on Transmat in 1988, the track was also picked up by R&S, launching his music into a Belgian association which remains to this day. He followed up the reissue with a single for the label in 1992, "Mentasm," a classic of "hoover"-style techno, so-named for its blaring, vacuum-cleaner synth noises and slamming beat. The track was embraced by Belgian techno/hardbeat fans and DJs alike, catapulting Beltram to widespread acclaim. Although Beltram remains best-known for his techno work, he by no means confines himself to that style, dabbling as well in house and ambient, as evidenced by his eyebrow-raising 'Aonox' LP released by the San Francisco experimental label Visible in 1994. He was back to hard minimalistic acid with 1995's 'Places' (for Berlin's Tresor) and 1996's 'Close Grind' (released on NovaMute as Jb3). Beltram's abundant mixing skills are displayed on the Logic collection 'Joey Beltram Live' as well as 'The Sound of 2 AM' on Moonshine. [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC]

 

 

Label: Nu Groove Records – NG 043 

Format: Vinyl, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM 

Country: US 

Released: 1990 

Style: House, Techno, Deep House

 

Tracklist: 

This Side 

A1 Forgotten Moments 

A2 Beyond The Bassline 

That Side 

B1 Off The Hilltop 

B2 Crack Of My Snare 

B3 Edge Of Insanity 

 

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