 Through the city’s music scene, Trago met the members of production collective Rednose Distrikt.According to a 2011 interview with Juno Plus, it was their use of the Akai MPC2000 workstation that inspired Tom to make music.Trago was first drawn to hip-hop, soul and jazz, but later discovered house and techno through a combination of the 1990s Amsterdam club scene and regular trips to the Rush Hour record shop.