Minnesota actually, far from it. I had a buddy that worked in a Cheapo... You know, back when people still used CD's. He'd sell them to us for a dollar. Couple months after I met him my collection went from 50 albums to around 500.
Around the same time as LOA and Praga, I also saw Juno Reactor and another favorite at the time, Front 242. Who also remixed JR.