Suicide, and bringing together aspects of punk rock, the art of the Lower East Side such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring, and the disco scene. Esteban left New York after differences with Zilkha in 1982. In 1983 he produced the album Paolino Parc by French new wave band Octobre. He also continued to work closely with Lizzy Mercier Descloux, visiting, recording and undertaking promotional work in Asia, Africa, and South America. He produced her successful single "Mais où sont passées les gazelles?", and the albums Lizzy Mercier Descloux (1984) and One For The Soul (1986). In 1986, he began working with the Portuguese-born Belgian singer Lio, producing her albums Pop Model (1986) and Cancan (1988); their daughter was born in 1987 but they separated in 1989. During the 1990s, Esteban retreated from the music business and studied esoteric disciplines including Theosophy and Sufism. Later in the decade he recorded musicians in Cuba. In 2003 he re-established ZE Records, based in Paris, which has reissued many of the label's original recordings as well as new material, including Glasgow band Michael Dracula. He now lives in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, where he has a cultural arts center project including galleries and recording studios. References External links Flux Magazine: "Questions for Michel Esteban", 2009 ZE Records: official website 1951 births Living people Businesspeople from Paris French record producers