Aleksi Perälä

Aleksi Perälä (born 1976) is a Finnish electronic music composer and producer. He has made music since 1988,

Whilst being an exchange student in Michigan, Perälä first heard of Aphex Twin (Richard D. James) in the Autumn of 1993, and then heard Aphex Twin's "Selected Ambient Works Volume II" the following year. Perälä also found out about Rephlex; Richard D. James's own record label. This initiated Perälä to move back to Finland, and send demo tapes to Rephlex. He was signed onto Rephlex in 1999, starting his career in music. 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, he signed with Rephlex Records and released his debut album Lactavent' under the name Ovuca. He was a regular braindance act alongside other Rephlex artists such as Aphex Twin, Bogdan Raczynski, Ed DMX and Luke Vibert, touring on the Warp Magic Bus and in the USA.

His collaboration with British braindance artist Cylob led to the release of Cylobotnia, published on Rephlex Records in 2003.

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. Bandcamp published an article entitled “Colundi” is Music Tuned to Frequencies That Heal the Body". The official website once claimed: “We fail to reliably express our precise thoughts and intentions using words. Consequently, you may fail to understand us. We apologise for the effects of such misunderstanding.” leading to a substantial volume of full-length albums released on a frequent bi-weekly or weekly basis.

Discography Albums

EPs

Compilation albums

Remixes

Compilation appearances