Luis Felber

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Luis Felber
Born
Luis Delfin Attawalpa Saul Felber

(1986-06-09) 9 June 1986 (age 39)
OccupationMusician
Spouse
(m. 2021)

Luis Delfin Attawalpa Saul Felber (born 9 June 1986) [1] is a British musician.

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Born in Winchester, England, to a Peruvian mother and a British father, Felber spent his earliest years in Peru and Chile before moving back to Britain at the age of seven. [2] [3] Felber's father is Jewish. [4] Felber began pursuing a career in music, playing guitar with several different bands at age 17. [2]

Career

He is one of the founders of the label and club night Young Turks. [5] [3] Felber signed to Luv Luv Luv and performed in a duo called Shuga and was also a member of party band Turbogeist. [3]

Felber used to play with Jamie T and Ben Bones. [5] Felber wrote a song with Mick Jagger that was later featured on Vinyl , the 2016 series created by Jagger himself, along with Martin Scorsese and Terence Winter. [5]

In 2020, Felber began recording and performing solo under the name Attawalpawhich is his middle name, after the last Incan monarch Atahualpa (died 1533). [2] [5] He released the debut EP Spells. [3]

In 2021, the album Patterns was released and features five songs released throughout the pandemic. [3] Each comes with its own video. Lena Dunham directed the video for song "Tucked in Tight" and it was filmed on an iPhone in London and the English countryside. [3]

Dunham and Felber worked on the soundtrack for the film Catherine Called Birdy , and also co-created Too Much, a romantic comedy loosely based on their relationship. [3] [6]

Personal life

After a mutual friend set them up on a blind date, Felber began dating writer and actress Lena Dunham in January 2021. [7] [2] [4] In September 2021, Felber married Dunham in a Jewish ceremony in England, wearing a custom blue suede suit designed by Emily Bode. [2]

Felber resides in London, England. [3]

References

  1. "Lena Dunham Marries Musician Luis Felber". E! Online. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Picton-James, Rhiannon (27 September 2021). "Luis Felber Has Never Seen 'Girls'". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "On the Rise: Attawalpa". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  4. 1 2 "Inside Lena Dunham's Whimsical, Whirlwind London Wedding". Vogue. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Attawalpa: London's Own Peruvian King". Yuck Magazine. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  6. Walsh, Savannah (10 July 2025). "How Closely Does 'Too Much' Follow Lena Dunham's Real-Life Love Story?". Vanity Fair. Retrieved 11 July 2025.
  7. "Lena Dunham marries Luis Felber with bridesmaids Taylor Swift, Tommy Dorfman by her side". ca.movies.yahoo.com. Retrieved 30 September 2021.