Alex Somers
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 Somers 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 Alex have also collaborated on Jónsi's solo project. Alex 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. Sigur Rós. Alex Somers has worked as co-producer/mixer/engineer on several Sigur Rós releases, including "Valtari", "Kveikur", "" and "Brennisteinn EP". Somers has also worked with the band on  their artwork/designs. Most notably on their album "Takk...", which received Best Album Design at the 2006 Icelandic Music Awards. In 2005–2006, Somers and Lukka Sigurðardóttir collaborated forming the design team "Toothfaeries", who made all of the official hand-made merchandise for Sigur Rós sold at the Takk... tour. Parachutes. Parachutes was a band formed in 2003 as a duo consisting of Alex Somers and Scott Alario. The band was named after a common term for dandelion seeds. They recorded in Alex's kitchen and living room, and commonly experimented using household objects and toys as instruments. After two albums  and an EP, Parachutes stopped making music in 2008.