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b. Robert Mendoza, Tijuana, Mexico. Citing inspiration from the roosters that wake him every morning and claiming his PC as his most important tool, Mendoza finds the shared aesthetics between house, techno, breakbeat, dub and traditional Mexican music. He is closely associated with Nortec, the loose collective of Tijuana-based musicians (including Murcof, Ruisort and Loopdrop) whose electronica incorporates elements of popular traditional Mexican music. This electronic rethinking of traditional music is often derived from samples of tapes sold by bands of local street musicia...