Esteban Adame

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Esteban Adame

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| birth_place = Los Angeles California

| genre =JazzTechno

| occupation = {{hlist|Pianist|record producer|DJ}}

| instruments = Piano, Synths

| years_active = early 90s-present

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| website = wwww.estebanadame.com

| current_member_of = Underground Resistance, Galaxy 2 Galaxy

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Esteban Adame is an East Los Angeles DJ who emerged from the Chicano/Latino rave or party scene in the 1990s. He started DJing at the age of 15.{{Cite web|last=Guanuna|first=Lucy|date=9 January 2020|title=How Not to Die at an Underground Party in L.A.|url=https://www.lataco.com/underground-partying-la/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=L.A. Taco}} In 2004, he was asked by "Mad" Mike Banks of Underground Resistance to join the music collective in Detroit, Michigan.{{Cite web|last=McDermott|first=Matt|date=14 February 2017|title=East Side story: LA's backyard party scene|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2917|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Resident Advisor}} Banks reportedly was interested when he "found out Chicanos from Southern California were interested in UR records, sensing a common ground between Los Angeles's Latino enclaves and the Black neighborhoods of Detroit." Adame would go on to play piano for the label's electronic jazz band Galaxy 2 Galaxy.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 September 2018|title=Hi-tech soul out of East Los Angeles.|url=https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=640|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Resident Advisor}}

In 2006, he founded label Ican with Santiago Salazar and has released multiple productions for the label.{{Cite web|last=Orlov|first=Piotr|date=25 August 2015|title=Songs We Love: Santiago Salazar, 'Mama Paz'|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/08/25/434376752/songs-we-love-santiago-salazar-mama-paz|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=NPR}}{{Cite web|last=Stabler|first=Brad|date=11 March 2013|title=Esteban Adame "Assimilation"*ICAN*|url=https://xlr8r.com/mp3/assimilation/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=XLR8R}} He has collaborated with Nomadico, who he formed the group El Coyote with, as well as DJ 3000.{{Cite web|last=Matthew|first=Terry|date=5 September 2019|title=5 Mag SELECT – 4 Records with DJ 3000|url=https://5mag.net/features/select/5-records-dj-3000/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=5Mag}} In 2019, he and Nomadico played the Carnaval De Bahidorá festival in Mexico.{{Cite web|last=Clarke|first=Patrick|date=4 March 2019|title=Mexican Excellence: Carnaval De Bahidorá Reviewed|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/26139-carnaval-de-bahidor-2019-review|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=The Quietus}} Adame also releases music under the name Frequencia, which has been described as the experimental and "darker side of his productions."{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Esteban Adame|url=http://poem.agency/en/esteban-adame|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Poem}}

After his years in the DJ life, Esteban Adame is currently teaching a small school, Artesia High School, and has been teaching there since 2017.

He has also achieved a Doctoral Degree from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts.