VALENSIA, real name Aldous Byron Valencia Clarkson, was raised in The Hague but rose rapidly to superstar status in Japan during 1993 courtesy of a computer generated videos for his smash hit single 'Gaia'. The song also broke VALENSIA in his homeland too, reaching no. 2 on the charts and scored a major global impact too, with sales in excess of one million copies. Holland also bestowed the prestigious Silver Harp and Edison awards on his January 1994 debut album