Series 001/04: in conversation with Attawalpa
“Art is about taking chances, using your talent in weird ways. Sometimes, trying to fit a circle into a square peg. It’s trial and error.”
Luis Delfin Attawalpa Saul Felber aka British/Peruvian artist Attawalpa, is a multi-instrumentalist and composer, living in London.
We discuss the journey of the creative 'slow-burn', letting music come alive with space and the process of building sound compositions for moving image and film.
Luis has been involved in the London music scene since the early 2000s, participating in multiple bands and music groups, including Young Turks (now the record label Young). Attawalpa (formed in 2018) continues to evolve and guide us towards the spacious and vulnerable dimensions of the human psyche — immersing us in a pillow of melodies that evoke potential dreamings of our future. Luis’s interactions with sound have led him to working on sound scores for film and television, including the motion picture Catherine Called Birdy [2022] and Sharp Stick [2022]. Luis is co-creator and is writing and performing the score with Matt Allchin, for Lena Dunham's 2025 Netflix release ‘Too Much’ which will also feature original Attawalpa music.
Attawalpa’ssecond album ‘Experience’ is out now [2025]
[Attawalpa consists of Luis Felber - Singing/Guitars, Matt Allchin - Bass, Henry Danowski - Drums, Adam Sopp - Keys, Maurizio Ravalico - Percussion and Freya Hicks - Viola]
Interview by Emily Nam