At seven he learnt to play the guitar and, at twelve, he and his brother formed a band and composed, sang and performed their own songs.

Between 1991 and 1999, he researched and studied under famous avant-garde composers such as György Ligeti, Helmut Lachenmann, Klaus Metzger, Mathias Espahlinger, Mauricio Kagel, Franco Donatoni, and Brian Ferneyhough.

In 1996 he became the director of the Conservatorio Maestro Alonso, in San Lorenzo del Escorial, Spain, and held this position until 2004.

In 2011 we worked with Lascano again, this time in "A Shadow of Blue" [6] a mixed-technique animated short film that got pre-selected to the 84th edition of the Academy Awards.

[7] During 2011 and the beginning of 2012, Alex composed the music for two Spanish TV shows, both broadcast by Antena 3: El secreto de Puente Viejo [8] and Toledo.