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Biography
Esteban
Adame and Santiago Salazar are Ican (short for Mexican). Two chicano's from Los Angeles. Esteban Adame
started his musical career at age 15, Djing at local house parties in and
around Los Angeles. He would soon be introduced to underground music. There he
was turned on to t
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Esteban
Adame and Santiago Salazar are Ican (short for Mexican). Two chicano's from Los Angeles. Esteban Adame
started his musical career at age 15, Djing at local house parties in and
around Los Angeles. He would soon be introduced to underground music. There he
was turned on to the house and techno sounds that intrigued him at the
time. Soon he found himself producing
his own beats and would eventually be inspired by the keyboard solos that he
heard on several of his records and wanted to do the same. He began his formal
training in music at the age of 19 and took a hiatus from DJ'ing and producing.
At 21 he just focused on his instrument, the Piano. Since the age of 23 Esteban
has played with and accompanied some of the top Latin, Jazz and Soul acts in
Los Angeles and abroad.
Santiago
Salazar started dj'ing in 1992. Being sparked by mix tapes his brother was
bringing back from the Gay underground scene in Los Angeles. Santiago got his
first break at a afterhours club called 'The Beverly Room' dj'ing from Midnight
til' 5:00am where he credits the gay scene for making him the DJ he is
today. Since then, he has played around
the world giving dance floors his signature style of mixing house and techno,
the way he use to do it since day one.
Santiago
has released EP's on Underground Resistance, Aztech Sol, Los Hermanos and
Tunnel 7. In 2003 he remixed DJ
Rolando's "Aguila" and 2004, he was resposible for the Los Hermanos
remix of UR's "Return of the Dragon". In 2005, Santiago and Jeff Mills edited the Galaxy 2 Galaxy album
"Hi Tech Jazz Compilation". Also in 2005, under his alias DJ S2, was featured on UR's Interstellar
Fugitive 2: The Destruction of Order, where he had 4 original productions on
the cd's and 1 production with long time friend/mentor Mad Mike Banks. He is credited as doing all edits for the
ISF2 album.
In 2005 both
Esteban and Santiago joined the UR's Galaxy 2 Galaxy and Los Hermanos live
bands. Esteban for his keyboard skills
and Santiago for his DJ skills. Both
played along side veteran Detroit musicians Mike Banks and Gerald Mitchell.
In late 2005
Esteban and Santiago decided to join forces and ICAN was born. Their idea was
to bring electronic dance music back to the dance floor with a huge dose of
Latin roots. As Santiago put it one time
“Esteban and I have come full circle.
Esteban went to school to learn music formally and I went to school in Detroit
with the UR crew.”
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