Oscar Castañeda also known as Dj Skunk Beat was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala on the 07.10.1982 without knowing that music was the path he had to follow for the rest of his life. During childhood, he was influenced by new age, funk and disco music that his parents used to play all day.
Guatemala is a really small country and it is hard to find a big scene of everything but pop. When starting to develop his personality during puberty, rock and grunge dominated his musical horizon, musical genres which somewhat had a scene in Guatemala and developed a sense of belonging. He wanted to make a change, so he started to actively take part in a punk band as a guitar player. Everything was going well until in the year 2002 he discovered electronic music and has been hooked since.
He started djing and organizing psychedelic trance events in Central America at the end of 2002 and moved to Hamburg, Germany to continue his dj carreer in 2004. His dj sets can range from progressive trance to progressive house and electro. Blending these styles together into one tripadelic experience is his specialty. In the last two years he has been touring Europe and discovered that electronic music has so much to offer. In 2006 he co-founded Chaishop Records - a trance label focused on showcasing new talents in trance music.
