Alex Somers is a visual artist and musician from Baltimore, Maryland, who attended Berklee College of Music and Listaháskóli Íslands. Somers runs a recording studio in downtown Reykjavík, Iceland, where he produces, engineers, and mixes since 2010.

He and his partner 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, Go, with Alex co-producing and playing instruments on the album. Somers then joined Jónsi in his five-piece live band, playing guitar and keyboards, for Go’s world tour.

Somers has produced and mixed a large number of records, including those of Sigur Rós, Jónsi, Julianna Barwick, Briana Marela, Death Vessel, Sin Fang, Pascal Pinon.