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Nortec (from the combination of norteño and techno) is an electronic musical genre from Tijuana (a border city in Baja California Mexico) that first gained popularity in 2001. Nortec music is characterized by hard dance beats and samples from traditional forms of Mexican music such as Banda sinaloense and Norteño – unmistakably Mexican horns are often used.Different individual projects create Nortec music.