Aleksi Perälä

Aleksi Perälä (born 1976) is a Finnish electronic music composer and producer. He has made music since 1988, and performed it live since 1996, switching between hardware and software over the years. Perälä's commitment to experimentation has earned him a reputation as a forward-thinking artist within the electronic music community.

Early life and education
In 2008, he obtained a music technology degree from the College of Salpaus.

Musical career and release style
Perälä has a prolific musical career with over 100 full-length album releases spanning various electronic music genres. He has often released his music on unconventional formats including:


 * Audio DVD ("Colundi Sequence Level 1 and 2")
 * Surround sound DVD ("Colundi Sequence Level 17.5")
 * USB card ("Colundi Sequence Level 4")
 * Cassette ("Colundi Sequence Level 6 and 17.3")
 * Minidisc ("Colundi Sequence Level 7 and 17.4")
 * Vinyl postcard ("Colundi Sequence Level 17.1")
 * Wire recording ("Colundi Sequence Level 8")
 * A piece of land, attempted through crowdfunding ("Colundi Sequence Level 9")

In 1999, then known as Ovuca, he signed on with UK Rephlex Records for his first full-length LP, Lactavent.

In 2011, Perälä founded AP Musik, a sublabel of Rephlex. It was during this period that he began incorporating colundi frequencies into his music, releasing it through this label. Colundi is a term referring to 128 sound frequencies discovered and curated by Rephlex co-founder Grant Wilson-Claridge. Perälä's prolific creative output has been a direct result of his experimentation with this unique system.

His music often features intricate melodic patterns and unconventional rhythmic structures, and is often released in album format organised into different series, each relating to a specific theme. The themes often refer to nature and the artwork is often photography of Finnish nature, which he says has influenced his music.

In 2021, Perälä received a two-year grant from the Kone Foundation, leading to a substantial volume of full-length albums released on a frequent bi-weekly or weekly basis. The grant's research focuses on additive synthesis while exploring various elements of world music. His work primarily involves sampling objects from his surroundings and replacing their harmonic overtones with colundi frequencies.

The artist's prolific output has led him to forgo conventional track titles in favour of using ISRC codes, a practical approach to managing the vast number of tracks he produces.

He has produced remixes for many artists including Larry Heard

Personal life
Perälä has lived in the United Kingdom for ten years.