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ARTISTS - DJ BABATR

FORMATS - 1 X VINYL, 12", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP

COUNTRY - #SPAIN
GENRES - #ELECTRONIC
STYLES - #TECHNO #RAPTORHOUSE

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PEDRO ELÍAS CORRO IS A PRODUCER AND DJ FROM VENEZUELA, WHO GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF CATIA, IN CARACAS DURING THE 90'S. HAVING GROWN UP IN THE WORLD OF MINITECAS (MOBILE SOUND SYSTEMS), PEDRO ELIAS WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP HIS EAR, AS WELL AS HIS DJ SKILLS, FROM AN EARLY AGE. PARTICULARLY, BY FREQUENTING MUSIC GEAR AND RECORD SHOPS IN CATIA SUCH AS 'AUDIO JBL' AND 'DJS SHOP', WHICH WERE THE HOTSPOTS FOR ALL THE MINITECA DJ'S WHO WERE AFTER THE LATEST IMPORTS IN DANCE MUSIC.

BY DIGGING THROUGH THE CRATES OF THESE SHOPS, PEDRO ELIAS FOUND INSPIRATION IN RECORDS FROM LABELS SUCH AS ITALIAN STYLE PRODUCTION, UR, DANCE STREET TECHNOLAND, AND ZYX. THESE INFLUENCES, ALONG WITH AFRO-VENEZUELAN DRUMMING AND CARIBBEAN DANCE MUSIC, INSPIRED BABA TO CREATE A NEW FORM OF DANCE MUSIC WHICH WOULD BE LATER KNOWN AS RAPTOR HOUSE.

AS THE TECHNOLOGY FOR MUSIC-MAKING BECAME MORE AFFORDABLE IN THE MID 90S, THE MINITECA SCENE GAVE BIRTH TO A STRING OF NEW PRODUCERS IN VENEZUELA. NAMES SUCH AS EL MAGO, DR SAMPLER, DJ LEMAD, DJ DEEP, DJ YET (LATER KNOWN AS DJ YIRVIN), AND DJ BABA. THIS NEW VENEZUELAN-FLAVORED FORM OF CLUB MUSIC WOULD BECOME INITIALLY KNOWN AS STREET HOUSE, BUT AS EACH PRODUCER DEVELOPED THEIR OWN STYLE, NEW NAMES FOR THEIR SOUNDS APPEARED; SUCH AS TOWN HOUSE, HARD FUSION, AND RAPTOR HOUSE, FOR WHICH DJ BABA IS THE PROGENITOR.

THE TRACKS ON THIS EP ARE A COMPILATION OF MUSIC THAT BABA PRODUCED BETWEEN 2001-2005, AT THE PEAK OF THE 'RAPTOR HOUSE' SCENE. INCLUDED ARE COLLABORATIONS WITH DJ LEMAD ['MARIO VOL 3' AND 'AGET LOVE'] AND A REMIX OF 'TEQUE TEQUE ALRIGHT' BY NICK LÉON.

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委內瑞拉首都加拉加斯長大的製作人兼DJ PEDRO ELIAS CORRO（簡稱BABA）在90年代的CATIA地區成長，經常接觸移動式音響系統“MINITECAS”，從早年開始發展自己的音樂素養和DJ技巧。他在當地的音樂器材和唱片店，如'AUDIO JBL'和'DJS SHOP'中尋找靈感，這些店是所有追求最新舞曲進口的MINITECA DJ的熱門據點。

通過挖掘這些店裡的唱片，PEDRO ELIAS 在 ITALIAN STYLE PRODUCTION、UR、DANCE STREET TECHNOLAND 和 ZYX 等唱片公司的唱片中得到了許多靈感。這些影響，以及非洲委內瑞拉鼓和加勒比舞曲，激發了 BABA 創造一種新的舞曲形式，後來被稱為 RAPTOR HOUSE。

隨著90年代中期音樂製作技術的降價，委內瑞拉的MINITECA場景誕生了一批新的製作人。

這些名字包括EL MAGO，DR SAMPLER，DJ LEMAD，DJ DEEP，DJ YET（後來被稱為DJ YIRVIN）和DJ BABA。這種新的委內瑞拉風味的俱樂部音樂最初被稱為STREET HOUSE，但隨著每位製作人發展自己的風格，新的音樂名稱出現了 比如TOWN HOUSE，HARD FUSION和RAPTOR HOUSE，其中DJ BABA是領域的先驅。

這張EP上的曲目是BABA在2001年至2005年之間製作的音樂，這是'RAPTOR HOUSE’ 流派的巔峰時期。其中包括與DJ LEMAD的合作的 'MARIO VOL 3' 和 'AGET LOVE' 以及 NICK LÉON 的 'TEQUE TEQUE ALRIGHT' 混音。

★如果你對這張唱片感興趣，可以訪問或隨時私訊 @AYGEYARD_。