John Beltran, born on 4 March 1969 in Lansing, Michigan, is an American producer. Since the early 1990s, he has been releasing techno, ambient and electronica, including on Carl Craig’s Retroactive and on Peacefrog. His album Ten Days of Blue (1996) is considered one of his key ambient techno works. Beltran also releases music under the alias Placid Angles.