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SELVA

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City & State: Quito

Country: Ecuador

Music Genre(s):: Metal

Bio:: SELVA was conformed in 1999 in Quito, Ecuador and after one year of their formation they record and release their first studio demo named :" Mantram"; work that would grant them the mention to Revelation Band of the Year, in 2000, offered by the most important radio station at that time, Radio Metro Stereo. In August 2002 the quartet release their independent-debut called “LA RADIO CONTRA LA CABEZA”, being this their first work published and available on stores. With this album SELVA was voted in 2001 the Best Band of the Year, also by the radio station Radio Metro Stereo. In February 2003, after one year of the lead singer’s resignation, Juan Francisco Martinez joins the band and SELVA finds the space, time and conditions to redefine their performance and to be honest with their selves and the music they wanted to produce. In October 2005 the band releases an official video of the single “Atrapados” (Trapped) and starts to be broadcasted by music video shows in and outside Ecuador. This work is voted Best Alternative Music Video 2005 by the public on Mis Bandas Nacionales, award ceremony sponsored by the television broadcasting company TVHoy, the radio station Radio HOT 106 and the City Hall. “Atrapados” official video was also selected out of hundreds of other animation productions to be presented at the Muestra Internacional de Cine de Animación, Animac 2006 (Animated Film International Showcase, Animac 2006), in Spain and later included in the TV show CLIPS, from Catalunia television, as a part of a special program regarding the best works in animation presented in the international showcase. With some new feedback and good acceptance from their old and new fans SELVA goes back in the studio and start producing what would be their new statement and sound to be identified with; the album “LUZ” (LIGHT). STYLE “SELVA is music that creates a space of awareness and consciousness".