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Ivan Gafer developed a strong inclination for club intense atmospheres, starting his insertion to EDM in the beginnings of 90’s, mainly under 2 specific influences. One was the acid house era, Rave anthems and Club mainstream cuts from those years. This influence wasn’t hard to maintain, regarding Costa Rica is a country rhythmically dominated by tropical sounds like salsa and merengue, and other local pop non- electronic music styles. Besides he tried to keep up on t he groove, at t ending local djs who played regularly and who were t he local gurus in charge of bringing those new sounds to the scene.Another important influence in his musical projection were (and still is) his studies in Philosophy and Sociology, which t urned t he concept ion of t echnology