Aurelio Valle is an American singer, guitarist, composer and visual art residing in New York City born in Chicago, Illinois and raised in Kingsville, Texas.
[5] Valle was raised in South Texas and grew up listening to his Mexican parents' music, which included mariachi, conjuntos and rancheros.
Drawing from these musical styles his guitar influences are inspired by the likes of Rowland S. Howard, Duane Eddy, Kid Congo Powers, Chet Atkins, Lee Ronaldo, Will Sergeant, and Johnny Marr.
The Factory Press relocated to New York City and recorded their only full-length album The Smoky Ends of a Burnt Out Day before splitting in 1997.
The album was produced by Matt Verta-Ray (Madder Rose, Speedball Baby) and Kid Congo Powers (The Gunclub, The Cramps and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds).
[13] With the momentum from the release of Scavengers, the band signed with Williamsburg, Brooklyn-based indie label Arena Rock Recording Company.
[17] The album was recorded independently with producer Chris Zane with additional production by Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey).
In 2006, CALLA continued playing shows throughout Europe including Greece, Spain, Italy and a final headlining spot in Moscow.
They were handcuffed and brought to the police station and then later released after it was discovered that the license plate registered as stolen due to a clerical error.
[22] In 2009, Valle along with Pedro Mena and Julian Duff curated a show of 24 NYC artists in Johnson City, New York called "Set in Concrete."
[28] Valle co-wrote and contributed vocals to the Phenomenal Handclap Band's 2009 song "Testimony" along with Jaleel Bunton of TV on the Radio.
[29] In, 2009 Aurelio Valle wrote the song "Electraglide" for Nina Persson (The Cardigans, A Camp), featured in the film Tender Parasites.