SOFIA (band)
History
SOFIA (Band)1 is an alternative rock band formed by Andrés Vilensky, Alan Wurman, Gabriel Roitman and Rodrigo Chame in Santiago de Chile in 2007. Gabriel Wurman, the bass player joined afterwards. They recorded their first EP that year making their first public appearance along with the release of this 4 track album in December. They continued performing during 2008 and promoting their music until they won the first prize in the UK based website SliceThePie in September. This prize granted them £15000 to record their first album "Dayenu" and online distribution on amazon.com, iTunes, among others. Later that year, they had their first TV appearance on La Red on a show called Así Somos They also got more recognition from the site Ourstage.com, achieving the first place in the modern rock channel in October 2009 while recording the album. Gabriel Wurman left the band in 2009 and Gabriel Roitman in 2010, but Cristián Contreras, the bass player joined in January 2010 and Rene Roco, a guest musician replaced Gabriel Roitman on the guitar for a few months. On April the 20th of that year, they opened the show for Matisyahu, supported by the Dub Trio at the Teatro Caupolicán. They are currently performing in Santiago de Chile, promoting their first album, which was recorded at Estudios Triana with renowned Chilean producer Gonzalo Gonzalez E. (Los Prisioneros, Chancho en Piedra, Tiro de Gracia, Los Bunkers, Francisca Valenzuela, among other artists from the Chilean scene) and pre-producing their first videoclip for their first single On My Own, which will be directed by director Nimrod Amitai (La Ofis) and Jorge Fried. They already edited some footage from the Caupolicán performance with Matisyahu with the songs Intern Mission and Falling from Dayenu.
Band Members
Current Members
- Alan Wurman - keyboards, guitars, lead vocals (2007–present)
- Andrés Vilensky - lead guitar, lead vocals (2007–present)
- Rodrigo Chame - drums, guitar (2007–present)
- Cristián Contreras - bass guitar (2010–present)
Former Members
- Gabriel Wurman - bass guitar (2007–2009)
- Gabriel Roitman - lead guitar (2007–2010)
Earthquake in Chile
Due to the massive earthquake that stroke Chile in February 2010, the album release was delayed, and the band decided to donate the copyrights of their first single for a whole year to the Red Cross. This was never done before legally and this action enabled other bands to do the same.
Discography
- SOFIA EP (2007)
- Dayenu (2010)
References
- Rockaxis 2, Band review, April 2010.
- RockNvivo 3, Band review, February 2010.
- Emol 4, Local news about the SliceThePie *prize and the show with Matisyahu, April 2010.
- Bandengine 5, Review of Dayenu, May 2010.