Alex Somers

Born 1984-03-07 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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, producing, engineered, and mixed since 2010. He and his former partner Jónsi, with whom he split in 2019, produce music and visual art under Jónsi & Alex. The pair have released an album and a picture book 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 many records, including 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Somers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.