Adanes

Early life: Adanes Xaiver Cortes (or simply known as Adanes Cortes) was born on December 14, 2008 to Mexican-born parents and was raised in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up, he was somewhat of a big fan of animations, especially cartoons and object shows, music, especially around the 2010's on the radio, which he is nostalgic about, and mobile/video games such as Angry Birds, Super Mario, Roblox, Minecraft. As for animation, he was a big fan of the Pink Panther, Spongebob Squarepants, The Fairy Oddparents, Adventure Time, Regular Show, Veggietales, you know the rest. As for internet animation, he was also into Eddsworld, object shows such as Battle for Dream Island, Inanimate Insanity, Brawl of the Objects, Object Overload, many others, and possibly animator Vivziepop. He also acknowledges adult animated shows and pilots growing up such as The Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park, American Dad, The Cleveland Show, Rick and Morty, Hazbin Hotel, and Helluva Boss (the last two as he reached into his early 10s). In his childhood, Cortes was also into YouTube Poops (YTPs), YouTube Poop Music Video (YTPMVs), and Sparta Remixes, the latter two he has had a significant online career in.

("Before we go further, I have to talk about what the three mentioned are. A YouTube Poop (abbreviated as a YTP) is a type of video mashup or collage film, created by remixing/editing pre-existing media sources. YTPs originated around 2004, often incorporate internet memes, slang, and popular music, carrying subcultural significance into a new video for humorous, nonsensical, random, vulgar, satirical, obscene, absurd, profane, annoying, confusing, or dramatic purposes, which explains Adanes' humor.

A subgenre of YouTube Poops is YouTube Poop music video (YTPMV), which involves clips from different forms of media remixed in a musical form, often in a fast-paced and editing-intensive manner. Online communities in Japan formed a type of YTPMV popular on Niconico called otoMADs [ja] (音MAD); these videos often use Niconico or Japanese pop culture references. However, Cortes has not make those, but he has acknowledged them.

Third and lastly, another subgenre of YTPMVs are Sparta remixes. Sparta Remix is the name given to a mash-up remix made by Keaton Monger (also known as keatonkeaton999 or simply Keaton) based on the scene "THIS IS SPARTA!" from the 2007 movie 300. It is a specific kind of remix that requires perfect timing. It also falls into the YTPMV (YouTube Poop Music Video) category. A person who makes Sparta Remixes is stated as a Sparta Remixer (SR). A Sparta Base is simply the instrumental base, BGM (background music), or the backing track of a Sparta Remix. Someone who makes Sparta Bases is stated as a Sparta Base Maker (SBM).

Though nowadays, despite YTPMVs practically having a similar format, Sparta Remix has largely criticized been by some well known YTPMV content creators because they consider Sparta Remixes to be "repetitive" in comparison to YTPMVs, which use a wide variety of songs and not one specific song to base off on. In terms of sources, the two most used sources a significant amount of the Sparta Remix Community (SRC) consider "overused" are the Nickelodeon series SpongeBob SquarePants and Object shows (subgenre of Indie animation).

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One day randomly sometime in early-2015, kindergarten year, Cortes watched his first Sparta remix on YouTube, which was a 'Sparta Destiny Remix'. While he was initially puzzled by this sort of stuff he was getting exposed, it wouldn't be too long before by summer of 2015, Adanes started hooked on them, watching both old and recent at the time. By late of that year and early-2016, he was already familiar with an extensive amount of names in the Sparta Remix Community such as Alex the Savior (A.K.A. ATS and Alex, formerly known as MagmaFire42 and PiaNO!. Currently known as GaryViews, or just Gary), TehMontantanSpartan (before changing to Talon), Oguzkan (currently known simply as Oguz), \O/ (a.k.a. Iwashere01), GlamorousGermanSpartan (a.k.a. GGS, currently known as TehGermanSpartan and TGS), Spartan Dash, Jario (formerly known as TheJario943), LucioXD2012Full, SterGameX (currently known simply as Ster), SpongeThunder42 (a.k.a. Tito Olatunbosun, currently known simply as tito), Teh Pekos (Before changing to RazeMaza), JVids24, marci2013lol (a.k.a. EpicRemix 0_o, currently known as Hamburgaga), NPCMaster3004 (or simply NPC), DreamLandSpartan (a.k.a. DLS), Mat2468xk, HUNdebLeonidasX (a.ka. Teh36thSpartan, currently known as MortisCausaDonatio), Cyberdeath, Hammer Bros. #UCY, neroultimo, TehJamaicanSpartan (a.k.a. VagueSpartanderX, currently known as HeavySandwhich), Aduburyus (a.k.a. Xleth Yireh, who has been deceased since 2019), PotatoOverlord9000 (currently known as Sprocket), and many others.

By 2016, the SRC was still growing, however two events impacted the community. Near by the end of winter of that year, Oguzkan's YouTube channel got terminated because allegedly, he was 'unfairly' impersonating, even though Oguz wasn't impersonating anyone at all, and nearly by the end of the summer season on August 24, Alex the Savior's channel was terminated. The latter sent shockwaves across as Alex was already becoming one of the faces of the modern Sparta Remix Community. Eventually, it was found out that the channel was terminated for personal reasons. Fortunately, the two managed to make new accounts, resume activity, and most of their content was soon reuploaded by other members of the community. Adanes, like many other members didn't expect this to occur.

Around December of 2017, after roughly few years of being a regular fan and viewer, he was eventually inspired to make his own sparta remixes. With the help of his father, he created his own account 'Acorn9999' shortly after his 9th birthday, named after a neighborhood he would usually pass by in East Charlotte. Fortunately, his father had Sony Vegas 10 installed on his laptop, which gave Adanes a chance to make his first sparta remix. With the help of the amount of instructional videos of making sparta remixes that were on YouTube at that time, he made his first sparta remix using custom sources by CurtisTRY (a.k.a. Curtis The Random YouTuber, now known as Citrus) and, at the start of next year, uploaded it via his own account. To describe his first sparta remix, in the perspective of 9-year-old Adanes, it was an accomplishment. Nowadays however, he describes it as trash because of how poorly it was made.

After that, he started to make more sparta remixes that one might describe as 'ass' ("heh, get it?"). However, the sources he would use were not sources that bound to give a content creator a copyright strike (example: a series from Nickelodeon or Cartoon Network). Instead, the sources Adanes used were custom sources made by other members of the SRC, gaming videos, object shows, other indie animation, vlogs, and occasionally, animated logos.

Between the end of 2019 and start of 2020, his sparta remixes were starting to slightly improve in quality. Instead of the very few negative comments Adanes would usually receive in his videos, he gradually started to receive average-to-eventually positive reception from other members of the Sparta Remix Community. This continued well into 2021 and a point where he started getting invites from other sparta remixers to collab with and eventually, a chance to participate in multi-part collabs, such as ones from Citrus, Jario, Spartan Dash, and GaryViews.

Aside from making sparta remixes, Adanes also made YTPMVs, using tracks as background music (BGM) such as Shuric Scan, Sick on Monday and Deadlock (both by Elwood), Intensive Care Unit, Neopandemic, Red Green Blue 4, Take Off and Land, Rainbow Tylenol, and Rock My Emotions. In those YTPMVs, he used a mix sources that were copyrighted and non-copyrighted as a way to not get a strike. Most of the time though, he would mute the background music after completing and finalizing as a way to make them seem like they're 'No BGM'.

He considers himself to be a visual watcher in terms of YTPMVs and Sparta Remixes, especially if one features multiple sources, which he has gone 'hog wild' for.

However, not of all his online career was positive. From when he was still making crappy Sparta remixes until he became well known in the SRC, some people Adanes looked up to were exposed for having done disgusting and inappropriate actions towards fellow sparta remixers and fans that were minors. Those who were hit with allegations, accusations, or exposed (in order) include RazeMaza (formerly Teh Pekos), TehGermanSpartan (formerly GlamorousGermanSpartan), Talon, and GaryViews (formerly Alex the Savior), the latter of which deeply shocked him

Within family: After his great grandmother passed away, Adanes would notice that his father started to constantly argue with his stepmother, who is Dominican. His father unfortunately didn't grieve properly, so that was why. Eventually they separated and filed a divorce when Adanes was 16. He was somewhat overweight until age 16 to 17 where he started to exercise regularly.

In the entirety of his online activity, he has been faceless

For music, Cortes is nostalgic about top 40 and urban radio and music in the 2010s, though of course there were some that were bound to be cheesy and bad. Adanes was exposed to his mother's favorite music such as early 2000's r&b / hip hop and bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers (prior to finding out what the lead singer, Anthony Keidis, did to a teenage girl, as well as couple diabolical events and couple allegations or accusations on other band members on Wikipedia at age 15, he used to adore the band very much). He was also exposed to his father's music taste was a combination of crunk, dirty rap, 90's west coast rap, classic Chicano rap, gangsta rap, and chopped and screwed. While in his pre to early teens, he was exposed to artists such as Boris Brejcha, Stephan Bodzin, Brian Eno, Aphex Twin, Tale of Us, Franky Wah, Joris Voorn, Richie Blacker, Moby, 747 (Canadian melodic acid techno artist), Troma & PERS1 (French melodic acid techno duo), Bastinov, Charles Webster, The Advent, James Shinra, Versalife, E.R.P., and Gregor Tresher via the internet, recommendations, and their back catalogue

Career: At age 14, Adanes dropped his first extended play on SoundCloud, the first track, a Progressive Breaks track inspired by the aforementioned Franky Wah's 'You Don't Know' and the second and last being an piano ambient track. Of course the EP gotten very few listens upon it's release on SoundCloud, which is normal for beginner music artists. As he continued to release new material on SoundCloud, Newgrounds and Audiomack, his popularity started to gradually increase. However, those following and talking about Adanes were coming from both outside the United States rather than within (state-wise) and people originating from immigrant communities in other countries, with a decent amount coming from Canada and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, which he didn't mind. However, there were also people that became fans of them while trying to find music in order to cope with situations they were in.

Just before he turned 16, Adanes was finally able to learn how to officially release music independently via TuneCore. He released his first official single at the start of 2025, which was a melodic techno track reminiscent of the mid-2010's (artists like Tales of Us, Mind Against, and Stephan Bodzin, the former both before they became well known outside listeners and fans of the genre), under his own releasing imprint AXC Productions. It performed somewhat low in the Australia Dance (ARIA), UK Dance (OCC), and Belgium Dance (Ultratop, both Flanders and Wallonia) charts. At first glance, it seems like a flop in the charts, keep in mind however his international popularity was still steadily growing.

About a few tracks later and a several weeks after he turned 17, Adanes released another melodic Progressive Breaks track "Paths", which is also inspired by the works of the aforementioned Stephan Bodzin (especially the synths and bassline) and became a successful sleeper hit by next year (2027) when he was in second semester of his senior year, charting in all countries except the U.S., eventually reaching the top 10 in Sweden, New Zealand, Belgium, Austria, Poland, Finland, the Global 200 chart, the UK, and number 1 in Ireland. The success led to both Adanes signing to dh2 (Dirty Hit's electronic sub-label) and a distribution deal with Virgin Music Group, continuing his new found attention and expressing what he went through growing up. However, that also meant he had to retire from making sparta remixes and YTPMVs.

A couple years later (2029), Adanes would start to work on his debut album 'From Myself', which about the struggles and hardships he went through, hope, and identity. The album combined and used elements of a lot of Dance and Electronic music genres such as Progressive Breaks, Ambient music, Downtempo, Ambient house/techno, Melodic techno, Microhouse, Deep breaks, Piano breaks (late 80's to early 90's upbeat to be exact), Dub techno, Minimal techno, Techno, Afro House, IDM/Braindance, Alternate/Indie Dance, Neo Trance, House music, chill-out, UK Garage, (Melodic) acid techno, and (deep/melodic) Electro funk. The tracklist would go from chill, deep to progressive, with Adanes making sure the transitions would go smoothly and not so sudden. Upon it's release, the album received critical acclaim from both critics and fans alike, of course there was bound to be few negative reviews here and there, thankfully he accepts criticism. Sales of the album became gradually successful, charting in countries that has official music charts (most of which were in top 20 or 10, reaching number 1 in Ireland, Argentina, Italy, New Zealand, and Australia), excluding the United States.

Up until the release of his debut album, Adanes hadn't revealed what he looks like, where he was raised, and his middle surname other than just 'United States', his first and last name, and his silhouette. This is confirmed in the cover art, the CD booklet, and the vinyl/LP release for the album. In the vinyl/LP release, there's a copy of a pamphlet insert he made when he was 15 called 'A Thing (or more) From Adanes' which gives more information on his childhood, where he was raised, some of his past interests, and a couple motivational quotes.

Adanes is currently specializing (or has specialized) in music genres such as Breaks/Breakbeat (Deep, Progressive, and Piano), Ambient music, Downtempo, Ambient house/techno, Melodic techno, Microhouse, Jazz house, Dub techno, Minimal techno, Techno, Afro House, Intelligent dance music (IDM)/Braindance, Alternate/Indie Dance, Neo Trance, House music, UK Garage, chill-out, Detroit techno, and (deep/melodic/melancholic) Electro funk, sometimes being described as hybrid-genre. Most of his works are instrumental as he doesn't collaborate with other musicians very often, though he did a collaborative track with some influential electronic music duos from England, one with Underworld and an ambient house track with The Orb for his aforementioned debut album "From Myself" and two non-album tracks/singles with Orbital and Leftfield respectively

Personality: Adanes is shy, introverted and nervous (when it comes to attractive looking women), happy, honest, and stays somewhat fit. He doesn't do drugs, drink alcohol or even smoke. Inspired by Reinier Zonneveld and FJAAK, he also has been able to do live electronic music sets instead of just turntables, bringing not just his music, but also tracks that have influenced his sound to the stage using drum machines and synthesizers. He is said to be working on his second studio album. Adanes tends to travel a lot, however, he doesn't travel all the time incase of low self esteem or emergency within his family. He likes art and is inspired by classic rock/metal / soul / funk / folk music (for that only Sixto Rodriguez, Nick Drake, and Bob Dylan). Adanes can be a bit of a nerd, especially about animation and music. His music focuses on and alludes to the themes of hope(fulness), hardships, and identity, though has also made some of the most tear jerking, melancholic and depressing sounding music, some of which can make a person cry if at their lowest point. He is against corruption and greed in the music industry and everything in general. He currently reside in Pineville, North Carolina, living alone in modular house he brought, though he has plans to move outside the United States to somewhere in either Cabo Verde or New Zealand. Adanes may use social media, but not very excessively as he have a life outside of that.