SILVIA DEMETILLA, Argentine singer 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. Then, the singer and songwriter was born... 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... FERNANDO GOMEZ - (NANDO GOMEZ)- was an eclectic percussionist from Madrid, Spain. He added a folk touch to Alasvals songs. Flamenco and African/ Latin American percussionist! Ole! He appeared in 2006 from nowhere and was an active member since then. Nando sadly passed away on the 2nd November 2008 leaving lots of influence to the band and a great friendship with Silvia. During 2009 new musicians and collaborators add an elegant style to alasVALS music... Therese Bann, versatile flute player/ Natalie Sedgwick, violin/ guests musicians <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alasvals">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.