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Pedro Paredes
The man who moved Sandy Lane's equipment
At the head of a large crew of hands, he was for years the man responsible for the miniteca arriving, being set up and coming back.
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Pedro Paredes S. was a friend of the group from the start and a constant collaborator, until they considered him one more member of the crew.
The crew of hands
For a long time he was the man responsible for moving the minitecas' equipment, with a great many collaborators under his charge. In a miniteca that came to operate three rigs, with JBL scoops, eighteen-inch subwoofers and amplification racks, moving the system was not a logistical detail: it was the condition for there being a party at all.
The crews of hands, his companions write, were not confined to Caracas: they went with the miniteca on its journeys to the interior of the country.
Source consulted on July 10, 2026
70s · 80s · Minitecas · Organizing
