La Bien Querida

2007
She records a homemade demo with Horacio Nistal. It’s chosen as best demo of the year by Mondo Sonoro and highlighted by Rockdelux.

2008
She signs with the Elefant label. In February she plays a few concerts in Madrid organized by Mondo Sonoro; the band that plays with her is SR CHINARRO. In March she plays a solo concert opening for LOS PUNSETES in their album presentation concert. In May she plays at PRIMAVERA SOUND, with David Rodríguez (BEEF) accompanying her.

2009
Her debut album, “Romancero”, is released, produced by David Rodríguez (LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID) and along with David’s participation she has the vocal participation of Joe Crepúsculo (vocals), the guitar of Daniel Descabello (TARANTULA), arrangements by Mohamed Soulimane (ORQUESTA ARAB DE BARCELONA), the flamenco guitar of Juan Antonio Grimaldos and flamenco percussion by Manolo Benítez.

There is not doubt that "Romancero" is an album that will go down in history as a very important creation.

The proof of this is that since its launch date the album has generated constant discussion, reviews, interviews and headlines. A month before the official launch of the album they appeared on the cover of the magazine Mondo Sonoro, which also interviewed the group.

"Romancero" was released on April 6 along with the video-clip of the song "De Momento Abril", which was directed by "Les Nouveaux Auteurs.

This was the beginning of the great adventure of Ana Fernandez Villaverde and her amazing band of great musicians and artists. Primavera Sound marked the beginning of the tour. They participated in the Heineken Music Day, giving a concert in Valencia. The tour continued with concerts and festivals in cities throughout Spain, including the International Festival of Benicassim, the Contempopranea, the South Pop Festival in Isla Cristina, the Twoday Festival (where they shared the stage with Camera Obscura) and others, totalling over twenty performances.

LA BIEN QUERIDA has transformed itself from one of Spanish pop’s biggest promises to one of the most amazing realities to hit the national scene in years. “Romancero” has been universally acclaimed by the press, garnishing covers of various publications (EP3, Mondo Sonoro, Plástica and El Obrero Digital), winning praise and acclaim and being touted as one of the best albums of the year.

Here at Elefant we continuing this incredible phenomenon with the release of the single “9.6”, one of the album’s most talked about songs due to the disco-pop it surprises us with after 45 seconds of acoustic introduction. This makes it one of the compositions to have evolved most between its original conception and its final form on the album (this CD includes the demo version recorded at Ana’s house over two years ago). The two remixes included on this new single celebrate this marked evolution: the remix by Guille Milkyway suggests a sweet Motown only to finish in an amazing game of rhythm featuring a new and different musical concept, while the HIDROGENESSE remix imbues the track with boldness and flamboyance and plays enjoyably with the lyrics. Finally, the release contains the video-clip made specifically for the song, directed by Luis Cerveró (one of the most important and innovative directors around, responsible for video-clips for LOS PLANETAS, Christina Rosenvinge, LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID and Joe Crepusculo). Cerveró takes full advantage of the song’s tone to give the video an air of clear eighties nostalgia and irony. Ana is incredible, and David Rodríguez and Joe Crepúsculo shine with her like authentic Italo Disco stars, simulating a live 80s style television performance. The final touch is the choreography, which pays homage to Ballet Zoon and Valerio Lazarav, who recently passed away.

In December, HIDROGENESSE made another remix of the track 9.6. The first, "French Hot Dog", was featured on the single "9.6 (versions)" and the new one, "Rendez-Vous Américain", is cosmic, long and indecisive and only available for listening in HIDROGENESSE or on Elefant Records’ MySpace.

There is no doubt that this is LA BIEN QUERIDA’s year, but 2010 promises even more to come.

2010
Mondo Sonoro and Rockdelux declare "Romancero" the album of the year. The band appears on the cover of both magazines. More good news is that the band is nominated for the Music Awards in the category of Best Pop Album Alternative.

In February they play at the concerts held by Fiestas Demoscópicas Mondo Sonoro and record a new video-clip of the song “Corpus Christi”, directed by Nadia Mata Portillo (director of the video-clip of the group CORAZÓN, “Nuevo Futuro”, alongside Federico Strate Pezdirc).

The song "9.6" has been selected for Sanitas' new television campaign "When cancer appears, unity grows", click HERE.

LA BIEN QUERIDA’s debut album, “Romancero”, enchanted thousands of people in Spain, filled everyone with passion, was highlighted by the most important media and since it went on sale a little over a year ago, “Romancero” hasn’t stopped being praised and hasn’t stopped recruiting fans all over the world. Now it’s Mexico and the USA’s turn; “Romancero” is being released in Mexico on our new affiliate Elefant Records Mexico and in the USA on the well-known Latin American label Nacional Records.

Over the next few months they will hit the studio to record their second album, with David Rodríguez acting as producer once more. The new album is scheduled to be released at the end of the year.

2011
Ana has surrounded herself with friends to create “Fiesta” and give the final brushstrokes to an album that is going to be timeless. Pablo Zamora was in charge of the photography; Eric Coll and Sergio Ibañez, who founded Setenta, their own design studio in 2007, designed the album cover; Luis Cerveró, one of the most important and innovative audiovisual producers, made the video for “Hoy”, the album’s first video; and David Rodríguez (BEEF, LA ESTRELLA DE DAVID) was once again in charge of the impeccable album production and arrangements, proving his special, eclectic and unique talent for blowing up Ana’s extraordinary compositions.

On June single “Queridos Tamarindos” is released (limited-edition red-vinyl single ). That has one of the most outstanding and attention-getting songs of the album as its star, “Queridos Tamarindos”. The song is one of those on which Ana, now in the midst of tropical rhythms, once again shows us that almost no one beats her when it comes to speaking clearly and beautifully about matters of the heart. This song is accompanied by two previously unreleased oddities. The first is “No Es Terrestre”, dressed up by David Rodríguez (once again the producer for her new songs) with evanescent synthesizers and guitars rescued from the eighties. The other song, “Diferente”, is a small perversion of those summer songs, as the chorus lets us know: “en vacaciones todo es diferente” (on vacation, everything is different). And to top off this already marvellous gift to her fans, the album cover is a collage made by Ana herself, which hides an homage to the cover of THE CURE’s “Boys Don’t Cry”, one of her favourite groups.

Discography in Elefant:
ER-1142 LA BIEN QUERIDA "Romancero" CD Digipak (April 2009)
ER-375 LA BIEN QUERIDA "9.6 [Versiones] CD-Single Digipak (October 2009)
ER-1158 LA BIEN QUERIDA "Fiesta" LP / CD Digipak (March 2011)
ER-288 LA BIEN QUERIDA "Queridos Tamarindos" Single 7" (Junio 2011)