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Article: Norteno music goes electronic with nortec.(The Dallas Morning News)
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- September 10, 2001
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Old-school norteno is the traditional soundtrack for the Mexican border experience. Corridos, or narrative ballads, by groups such as Los Tigres del Norte detail the social and political struggles of living a few miles from the American dream.
But the soundtrack of a new generation has no words and a decidedly young and hip flair. It is norteno as you've never heard it before. And it speaks to party-minded people living north and south of the border.
Nortec blends traditional norteno with electronic dance music. The sound crosses genres, fusing Tex-Mex elements, ranchera guitarrons and Banda Sinaloense horns with the techno beats and bleeps inspired by ...