Education
He attended Berklee College of Music, Boston, and Listaháskóli Íslands, Reykjavík.
He attended Berklee College of Music, Boston, and Listaháskóli Íslands, Reykjavík.
He is currently living in Reykjavík, Iceland with his long-time boyfriend, Jón "Jónsi" Þór Birgisson, the vocalist and guitar player for the Icelandic post-rock band Somers runs a recording studio in downtown Reykjavík where he produces, engineers, and mixes since 2010. He and Jónsi 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 Company-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, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Briana Marela, Death Vessel, Sin Fang, Pascal Pinon, and more…
Alex Somers has been vegan since 2004.
Alex Somers has worked as Company-Producer/Mixer/Engineer on several releases.
Valtari, Kveikur, iTunes Festival: London 2013 and Brennisteinn European Parliament. Somers has also worked with the band on their artwork/designs. In 2005 and 2006 Alex Somers and Lukka Sigurðardóttir collaborated forming the design team "Toothfaeries", who made all of the official hand-made merchandise for sold at the Takk.. tour. - Valtari
- Kveikur
- iTunes Festival: London 2013
- Brennisteinn European Parliament
Jónsi - Go
Jónsi - We Bought A Zoo (Soundtrack)
Jónsi - How To Train Your Dragon (Soundtrack)
Jónsi - How To Train Your Dragon (Soundtrack)
Julianna BarwickNepenthe
Briana Marela - All Around Us
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
Jónsi & Alex - All Animals
Jónsi & Alex - Aloha (Soundtrack)
Jónsi & Alex - Manhattan Season One (Soundtrack)
Death Vessel - Island Intervals
Sin Fang - Flowers
Pascal Pinon - Twosomeness
Úlfur - White Mountain
Veroníque Vaka - Erlendis
Vio/Miré - January 2009
Óbó - Innhverfi
Bare Teeth - Ours
Tom Gallo - Continuation Day
Rökkurró - Í Annan Heim
Damien Rice - My Favorite Faded Fantasy
- Susy
- Tree Roots European Parliament
- Takk
- Glósoli
- Hoppípolla
- Saeglópur
Helgi Hrafn Jónsson - Foreign the Rest of My Childhood
Sismo - Le Magica Exists
Japanese Compilations 1,2 & 3
Jónsi & Alex - Riceboy Sleeps
Jónsi & AlexAll Animals
Jónsi & Alex - Rain Down My Favorite Songs
Hammock - Maybe They Will Sing Foreign Us Tomorrow
Leif Vollebekk - North Americana
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 European Parliament stopped making music in 2008.
- (2003)
- Susy
- Tree Roots European Parliament.