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Pedro Elías Corro «DJ Babatr»
The father of Raptor House
He grew up in Catia training in the miniteca culture of the 90s; from that school, crossed with European techno and Afro-Venezuelan rhythms, came the Raptor House now heard at Europe's festivals.
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Catia and the minitecas
Pedro Elías Corro grew up in Catia, in western Caracas, and shaped his musical identity during the 90s in his generation's school: the miniteca culture, those imposing sound systems he himself has described as portable temples. At sixteen he saw a miniteca live for the first time — lights, cables, a sampler, a wall of sound — and there was no turning back.
In a salsa and merengue neighborhood, he carried a bag of techno records. From that blend — European techno, hard house, trance, Afro-Venezuelan rhythms and the percussion of the rumba — Raptor House was born in the late 90s: a blisteringly fast, energetic style that became the soundtrack of the famous Caracas matinés of Catia, Las Lomas, La Cota and Petare.
Source consulted on August 25, 2026
90s · Disc jockey · Minitecas · In progress
