Alan Courtis was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on February 22, 1972.
He studied classical guitar, piano, theory and composition.
He holds a degree in Communication Science from the University of Buenos Aires, where he currently runs an annual music workshop.
He played electric guitar in diverse bands and in 1993 he co-founded the group Reynols.
With this group he has released more than one hundred CDs and vinyls worldwide in labels like Trente Oiseaux, Digital Narcis, Drone Records, Locust, Sedimental, Beta-Lactam Ring Records, Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, RRR, Audiobot Records, Roaratorio, JDK, Reverse, Matching Head, American Tapes, Last Visible Dog, Carbon Records, Mikroton, etc.