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Here’s a rare DJ mix from LA-based producer Esteban Adame (part of the Ican hi-tech latin supergroup), an hour of bumping, bouncing and smiling goodness for your listening pleasure.

Download: 2010 Mix – Esteban Adame (available for limited time) This Esteban Adame mix has been archived and is currently available at http://soundcloud.com/estebanadame/phoenix-mix

• Tracklist to follow shortly.

In case you missed his mix for us, grab it here: http://fairtilizer.com/track/edp10_esteban-adame

• (in no particular order)
• Jeff Mills – The Good Robot [Axis]
  
  Classic artist, classic label, classic record.
• Laurent Garnier – Gnanmankoudji [PIAS]
  
  Fantastic. I have been playing ‘Original Broken-Afro Mix’ for a while now and just adore the track !
• Ican – El Quinto EP [Ican Productions]
  
  An absolutely awesome record, very original and super cool.
• Vince Watson – My Desire [Planet E]
  
  Beautiful work as always from Vince Watson.
• Rolando – The Afterlife EP [Saved Records]
  
  For me definitely the finest Rolando work since the Aztec Mystic releases – ‘The Afterlife’, a very classy Detroit shit.
• DJ Bone – Encounter 2 [Bastardo Electrico]
  DJ Bone returns with slammin’ Encounter stuff. Thanks to Jamie Behan for making this happen.
• Santiago Salazar – Arcade [Macro Recordings]
  
  Another S² gem – once again deepness and darkness. Stefan Goldmann does a fine job too, a gorgeous piece of music.
• Stefan Goldmann – Art Of Sorrow [Victoriaville]
  
  Biiiiiiig, fucking massive. Goldmann did it again.
• Dactilar – Phonograph EP [Organica Music Labworks]
  
  Sounds very Detroit/Sheffield inspired. Very good indeed.
• Mark Broom & Mihalis Safras – Jelle [Soma]
  
  Good as always from these two great producers – Mark and Mihalis are always consistent.

Celebrating 2 years of Electronic Directory, the next instalment of the Podcast comes from Esteban Adame, one half of ICAN.

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Electronic Directory represents Underground Resistance, featuring interview with Esteban Adame, half of ICAN.

Esteban Adame Biography

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.

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Santiago Salazar – Materia Oscura [Rush Hour]

Santiago Salazar is getting deeper and darker by the week, but if he stays this good he can. Sci Fi Xicano is the follow-up to an ace stuff on Los Hermanos and Materia Oscura hints at what Detroit should be sounding like in 2008.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Materia Oscura
• 02. Sci Fi Xicano

Get "Materia Oscura" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.10
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.54
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $4.98

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/s2remix
• www.myspace.com/rushhourrecords

Ican – Caminos del Niño EP [Ican Productions]

Esteban Adame and Santiago Salazar are on something of a roll at the moment; the stand-out deep techno of Santiago’ latest single "Materia Oscura", their wonderful thing for Planet E and just now their new collaboration with Gonzalo Chomat and Iris Sandra Cepeda. Just the right side of spring / summer cheese, this is going to be massive everywhere from Los Angeles to Tokyo I would imagine.

Tracklisting:

• A1. Ican – Caminos del Niño
• A2. Ican – Caminos del Niño (Martyn Oscura mix)
• B1. Ican – Caminos del Niño (Orland Voorn dub remix)
• B2. Santiago Salazar – Sucio Beat #2

Get "Caminos del Niño EP" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.10
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £4.25
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $7.96

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/icanproductions
• www.myspace.com/chalochomat
• www.myspace.com/Icepegelabert
• www.myspace.com/orlando_voorn

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Funk D’Void & Sian – Ginebra [Soma]

Good solid and soulful deep house which does the business on the dancefloor. Really into all the mixes, but the original’s the best. Yet another winner.

Tracklisting:

• 01. Ginebra (Funk D’Void’s Cocktail mix)
• 02. Ginebra (Sian’s Leopardskin remix)
• 03. Ginebra (Onionz Corrosion remix)
• 04. Ginebra (Djinxx Remix)

Get "Ginebra" here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £4.25
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £4.24
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $5.96

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/funkdvoid
• www.myspace.com/sianproductions
• www.myspace.com/djinxx
• www.myspace.com/somarecords

Ican – División del Norte E.P. [Ican Productions]

Pure quality from an ace label. Well impressive with this. Both tracks are equally great. Plastic People is the monster – wrecks the club every time. Maravilla is a tasteful slow-burner, but very nicely done. Can’t go wrong with this bad boys.

Tracklisting:

• A1. Esteban Adame – Maravilla
• B1. Santiago Salazar – Plastic People

Get "División del Norte E.P." here:

• Buy Twelve from Juno Records for £5.95
• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £2.54
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $2.98

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/icanproductions
• www.myspace.com/s2remix
• www.myspace.com/icanloshermanos

Lee Holman – We Hold True [Fine Art]

Another good release from a new West London imprint. Lovely production on all the tracks, lovely sounds, liking them all. Been playing Mind Emotion out. Lee is the man…

Tracklisting:

• 01. We Hold True
• 02. Memories
• 03. (Let There Be…) Groove
• 04. Mind Emotion

Get "We Hold True" here:

• Buy in 320kbs MP3 format from Juno Download for £5.10
• Buy in MP3 format from Beatport for $5.96

Related Links:

• www.myspace.com/leeholman
• www.myspace.com/fineartrecords

Ican 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 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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