it is not clear when exactly the electronic music movement as it is known today reached chile. at the beginning of the 1990s a small underground movement had emerged, with djs such as cristian vogel, ricardo villalobos, matias aguayo and sergio orrego, the opening of the specialist store background, and small scale events like “barracudas” in 1992, “corriente alterna” (1993), “distrito distinto” (1993), “background” (1994), “avanzada multimedia” (1994), “frontera final” (1995) and “spandex parties” taking place through the 1990s. however, most commentators see the true birth of electronica in chile at the alacran peninsula in the city of arica, in an event that took place during the solar eclipse of november 1994.