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NO SOY DE AQUI, NI SOY DE ALLA... I AM NOT FROM HERE, I AM NOT FROM THERE… ************************************************************ *** There where a life before... There is a story to tell...SILVIA DEMETILLA, Argentine singer and songwriter, arrived in London in 2001. Immediately she began to feel that music was her life-path (survival-path, even?), the big city, and a new creative manner in which she was ready to start reflecting her feelings through the music, showing her interior world and translating that to those who might listen to that memorable and melancholy place, where the past & present live together, a new perception of reality; the changes were inspired by the circumstances of emigrating, the personal anxieties all of these combining into a certain Argentine nostalgia evoked by her velvety and rhythmic voice. At the very begginning of the story Silvia was playing as a lead singer for a few bands in London, including trip hop band Lautrec.DAVID AGUIRRE is an Argentine musician and filmmaker. He lives in a derelict building in Buenos Aires turned into a personal recording studio called La Panaderia (The Bakery). Sometimes he believes that he is J.D.Salinger living in South America. And who knows... www.myspace.com/davemaguirreNANDO GOMEZ is an eclectic percussionist from Madrid, Spain. He adds a folk touch to Alasvals songs. Flamenco and African/ Latin American percussionist! Ole! He appeared in 2006 from nowhere and he has been an active member since then.During 2008 new musicians and collaborators add an elegant style to alasVALS music...NATALIE SEDWICK, a violin player with a beautiful and sensitive approach to the songs... Having been a consistent winner of Baildon Music Festival's recorder category, Natalie decided it was time to step up in the world and moved to London.She has since played violin, viola and melodeon for and in a number of bands from drum 'n' bass outfits, to folk bands, to gothrock / cabaret acts and has a house full of weird and wonderful instruments that one day she hopes to be able to play. Maybe even in public.She met Silvia thanks to the Arts Council website and has enjoyed creating parts and adapting her style to fit with the 'folktronic' sounds of alasVALS.NICK HAWARD, jazz double bass player with a lot of lalent...*************************************************** *************WHAT ABOUT alasvals MUSIC?There's a lot of freedom within our music. The first thing was trying to explore something about folk, electronic and cinematic. We started with the folktronic boom after all (Devendra/ Juana Molina/ Coco Rosie). The story of how the collaboration came about is a nice tale. "I found that David was a groupie of Lautrec, the band where I was a lead singer between 2002 and 2004. Then we ended up meeting on stage during a concert in Buenos Aires, and it was exactly at that time when I decided I wanted a solo career. So I asked him for some help on my songs. But we had a good chemistry so we could't split separate ways at the end."Silvia and David met literally on stage @ 2003 in Buenos Aires, during a concert organised by folk singer Mara Gimenez.Despite the large distances between London and Buenos Aires, they decided to keep working together: Silvia in writing and composing, David by arranging and programming the songs. Silvia has a website for the Argentine community living in London, called “Sapo de otro pozo" www.sapodeotropozo.com.ar which means something like "A Fish out of water" and Latinalternativa www.latinalternativa.co.uk for promoting latin artists in the UK. So, there is a life after something, after-all... ************************************************************ **There is a life after...In London Silvia plays with Nando, Natalie and Nick, also guest musicians a lot of fans (sometimes just a few...)***************************************************** *********** EP TRANSOCEANICA: - After releasing their first EP "Transoceanica" with self production through record label LATINALTERNATIVA www.latinalternativa.co.uk, Alasvals, is working in composing and arranging new songs in a place between London and Buenos Aires. You can find Transoceanica at Banquet Records or write an email to [email protected] and we'll send you details on how to buy it. ************************************************************ **** FELICIDAD EQUIDISTANTE: April and October 2007 found the band working on new songs in order to produce their first CD. Silvia and David were recording at Orion Studios in Buenos Aires- Argentina. Sebastian Monk and Hugo Martinez as guest musicians in BA. Nando, Fouzy and Sandra recording percussion and bass from London. At the moment they keep working in a transoceanic way, and they expect to have their CD released at the beginning of 2008. Watch this for details... ************************************************************ **** There is also a review by Ectoguide.com: “This little ep is very short but also well-done. The electronic pop stylings are well-handled and the vocal is delightful. It recalls Morcheeba's chilled calm and maybe a bit of Björk's eccentricity in the vocal department. "Veo Veo" is supremely languid trip hop. "Abnormal Puzzle" is intriguingly odd, an avant pop experiment with a spoken word bit that fits and a nice backdrop.”************************************************ ****************DE NO RESPIRARTE/ ABNORMAL PUZZLE/ VEO VEO /CISNE MECANICO These are the songs included in "Transoceanica" our first EP. Songs are eclectic, slightly electronic, with a caress of trip hop AND folk******************************************************** ******CHILDREN SONGS for JUNE'07 @ PWL OPEN STUDIOS: When Silvia's daughter was one year old (Dec' 06) she produced a CD with children songs as a gift for her. It was a touching experience... Now the band has been asked to produce two children songs for a compilation of Latin American artists in London organised by Pro Peruvian UK and BBC Children in need. The songs were recorded at PWL Open Studios, and you can see the pics on this web.Get Your Own! | View Slideshow ************************************************************ ****