Artiste · Islande
Alex Somers
Depuis 1984
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Alex Somers, né le 7 mars 1984, est un artiste visuel et musicien américain, qui a étudié et passé quelques années à Reykjavik en Islande, où il vivait avec son compagnon de l'époque Jón Þór Birgisson, surnommé Jónsi, le chanteur et guitariste du groupe Sigur Rós. Alex est un des deux membres fondateurs du groupe Parachutes. Il a également collaboré avec Jónsi à la création d'art visuel et de musique sous le titre Jónsi & Alex.
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Alex Somers (born March 7, 1984) is an American visual artist and musician from Baltimore, Maryland, who attended Berklee College of Music and Listaháskóli Íslands. Somers lives and works in Los Angeles. Previously he ran a recording studio in downtown Reykjavík where he produced, engineered, and mixed since 2010.
He and his former partner Jónsi, with whom he split in 2019, produce music and visual art under the name Jónsi & Alex. The pair have released an album and a picture book, both titled Riceboy Sleeps. Jónsi and Somers have also collaborated on Jónsi's solo project. Somers co-produced and played instruments on Jónsi's album Go. He then joined Jónsi in his five-piece live band, playing guitar and keyboards for the world tour in support of Go. Somers has produced and mixed a large number of records, including those of Sigur Rós, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Briana Marela, Death Vessel, Sin Fang, and Pascal Pinon.
Somers has been vegan since 2004, and a raw vegan since 2007.
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Discographie
Albums
- 2018 [untitled]
- 2021 Siblings
- 2021 Siblings 2
- 2022 Sounds of Fischer Vol. 1
- 2025 In a Freezer With the London Contemporary Orchestra
EP
- 2021 Light Past Blue
Singles
- 2019 Lost Breath / Fire Lily
- 2020 cul de sac
- 2021 Sooner / Deathbed