MartÃn Gómez was born in Lobos, Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1976. Since he was a kid he felt fascinated by the sounds of the records then, so he became an almost compulsive record buyer. He was strongly attracted by the 70´s Soul, Funk and Disco sounds as well as the 80´s Pop. He´s an admirer of producers such as Giorgo Moroder and Quincy Jones, very influenced by New Wave and New Romantic sound and bands like Duran Duran, Level 42, Simple Minds, The Cure, The Clash, Simply Red, The B 52´s, Prince, James Brown and specially Stevie Wonder. He was also a fan of Pink Floyd and another progressive rock bands as Yes, Genesis, and Synths pioneers as Vangelis and Jean Michael Jarré. He followed synth pop groups of the 80´s as Human League, New Order, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, and Erasure among many others. By the end of the 80´s he was 11 years old and he discovered acid house sounds wich where invading the scene and where part of the first mixes at private parties organized by friends of that time. By the begining of the 90´s he begun to work as a resident dj at bars on his town, then in 1995 he begun to work at discos. More than once he played music at radio shows with a highly electronic line based in house and its variations. He´s now living in Buenos Aires since 13 years ago and having his studies in Sound and Recording finished in 2001. He´s beginning a stage as a producer, experimenting with different softwares and hardwares for their own productions and other artist remixes and edits. He´s influenced by djs as Carlos Alfonsin, Hernán Cattaneo, John Digweed, Lee Burridge, Frankie Knuckles, Dany Tenaglia, Mark Farina, Miguel Migs, Desyn Masiello and Luke Fair among others. He´s been more than 15 years doing what he likes the most; making people dance! He´s beenin events line ups in Buenos Aires and across the country, and some presentatios in Brazil for the last two years. Although he prefers not to get into a range of musical styles, his favourite sounds are Deep House, Tech, Funky and Electro House.
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