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Héctor Gámez
From the minitecas of the 90s to electronic music pioneer
He made his name in the 90s in the minitecas of Caracas —New York People among them—, competed in the Poliedro sound clashes and from 1998 was one of the figures who pushed electronic music forward in Venezuela.
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The school of the miniteca
Héctor Gámez trained where almost his whole generation trained: in the minitecas. In the 90s he made his name as a resident with companies such as New York People and The Lowers —that is how the interview spells the second name, whose spelling remains to be confirmed—, in the era when disco music and crossover ruled the Caracas rumba.
He told it himself without embellishment: he wanted to work in minitecas and did so in the humble area where he lived, when others of great renown and another social stratum existed; later he wanted to compete in the guerras de minitecas, the sound clashes of the movement, at the Poliedro de Caracas — and he achieved that too.
Source consulted on August 25, 2026
90s · Disc jockey · Minitecas · In progress
