Ernesto was born in Chile with two politicised parents. His family escaped the Pinochet regime to Argentina before they eventually ended up in Cowdenbeath in Scotland in the mid 70s. Ernesto was the eldest child with 2 sisters and 1 brother. As a family then ended up moving to Edinburgh, where the doors opened up for Ernesto, He along with his brother Juan ran a club night called El Cambalache in the mid 80s before he relocated to London in 1988. Ernesto then became involved in many raves and club nights before establishing a record label called Arthrob with funding through Warner Brothers. In recent times, Ernesto and his brother Juan ran the successful arts space the Red Gallery in Shoreditch,
