Luis Felber - Attawalpa

About this episode

Robert meets multi-instrumentalist Luis Felber, exploring his artistic roots and music career.

Robert meets Luis Felber , a London based South-American multi-instrumentalist best known as Attawalpa . His meticulous production, melodies and honest lyrics evoke the future as much as the past. We explore his love of art and growing up with an artist mother Alma Laura de Felber , a prominent Peruvian painter and artist. The Lima-born painter makes colorful, emotionally resonant oil paintings often explore themes of identity, the feminine, and human connection. Born in Winchester, England, Felber spent his earliest years in Peru and Chile before moving back to Britain at age 7. At 17, he skipped university and began pursuing a career in music, playing guitar with several different bands and co-founding influential club night and record label Young Turks. Felber actively incorporates his creative roots into his projects. His mother's art has been featured in his work, and he frequently collaborates with his wife, Lena Dunham including on the soundtrack for her film  Catherine Called Birdy  and by co-creating and scoring the Netflix comedy series  Too Much . Recording and performing under the name Attawalpa (his middle name, after the 16th-century Incan ruler…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Diament

Guest: Luis Felber

Topics covered

• music
• art
• identity
• collaboration
• cultural background

Keywords

• Luis Felber
• Attawalpa
• music career
• art
• identity
• collaboration
• Young Turks
• Lena Dunham

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Young Turks, Netflix

Books & works: Catherine Called Birdy, Too Much, Experience, Presence

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