I remember some people back in the day describing the Reinforced Records label as 'The Dons Of Darkness'. If producers like Joey Beltram never started making tunes in the late 1980s and very early 1990s, there probably would be no dark hardcore or anything remotely serious in the first place. It would ALL be overtly garish cheesy speeded up piano chipmunks - as if we weren't already, overwhelmingly inundated with that stuff already. Need a bit of balance both in life and in a music scene. This release encapsulates the whole dark, mystical, evil vibe to become a major part of a large portion of underground electronic music for years to come. A no nonsense beast for sure.

Yeah I can't agree more. I think a lot of the roots of hardcore---hate to say it friends---comes from the states, especially the NY rave scene. Obviously acid was a big precursor but these dark heavy ass tunes by Beltram, Tommy musto, Frankie Bones, and company really kind of paved the way (along with the Belgian import sound and some early breakbeat from 1990).

Deep sounds from the early years. Beltram is upoon the time, the tracks are a vision about what would be big in 91/92 but from 1990. All tracks are dark with industrial mechanic sounds and heavy basses, sometimes with epic strings or a hypnotic female voice. Breaks, 4/4 & Breakbeat. The straightest track is Trance Machine which is another version of the first track, The Trance.