Alianza were a unique Anglo

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

-Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

an collaboration between three British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 musicians, Steve Knightley

Steve Knightley

Steve Knightley is a singer-songwriter, musician and one half of British acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Career:...

, Phil Beer

Phil Beer

Phil Beer is an English multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, and one half of English acoustic roots duo Show of Hands.-Biography:...

, and Dave Townsend

Dave Townsend

Dave Townsend was a vocalist for The Alan Parsons Project in 1977 on the album I Robot and in 1979 on the album Eve. Very little is known about his biographical data, as he was in no major bands.He most notably wrote tracks for:...

, and three exiled Chilean musicians, Sergio Avila, Mauricio Venegas and Vladimir Vega. The group sought out the common rhythm

Rhythm

Rhythm may be generally defined as a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions." This general meaning of regular recurrence or pattern in time may be applied to a wide variety of cyclical natural phenomena having a periodicity or...

s, themes and melodies

Melody

A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity...

 to produce a blend of song

Song

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s in English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, Spanish

Spain

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 and both languages, as well as dance music

Dance music

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 from both sides of the Atlantic

Atlantic Ocean

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. In 1992, the group produced the eponymous album

Records (album)

Records is a compilation album by American rock band Foreigner, released in 1982 to span the band's first four albums through 1981. Some notable hits are omitted, namely Blue Morning Blue Day.-Track listing:...

 Alianza

Alianza

Alianza may refer to:* Alianza Lima, Peru* Alianza F.C., El Salvador*Alianza F.C. , Panama* Alianza in Bago City, Philippines* Alianza * Alianza * Alianza * Alianza Leadership Institute...

, which included a number of songs that later became part of the repertoire of Show of Hands

Show of Hands

Show of Hands is an English acoustic roots and folk duo comprising singer-songwriter Steve Knightley and multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer. In recent years they have been accompanied on tour and in the studio by jazz double-bassist Miranda Sykes.-Origins:...

, the acoustic

Acoustic music

Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...

 roots

Roots revival

A roots revival is a trend which includes young performers popularizing the traditional musical styles of their ancestors. Often, roots revivals include an addition of newly-composed songs with socially and politically aware lyrics, as well as a general modernization of the folk sound.After an...

duo formed by Knightley and Beer.