Alexian Kernel

Last updated
Alexian Kernel
Alexiankernel-2018.jpg
Born
Percy Alexander Meza Bravo

(1992-04-18) April 18, 1992 (age 31)
Alma materScientific University of Peru [1]
Occupation(s)Musician, visual artist, filmmaker
Years active2011 – present [2]
Known forCementerio General (2013)
Musical career
Genres
Labels Frenchdak Records, [3] Independent
Website alexiankernel.com

Percy Alexander Meza Bravo (born April 18, 1992), [2] also known by his stage name Alexian Kernel, is a Peruvian electronic musician, film editor and visual artist. Born and raised in the City of Iquitos, he has been selected since 2013 as one of the 20 most influential online people in that city, and the first artist of the Peruvian Amazon of the 21st century available on major digital music platforms such as Spotify and iTunes. [4] [5]

Contents

Life and music career

1992-2010: Beginnings

Alexian Kernel born in the important Amazonian city Iquitos. Iquitos desde el aire.jpg
Alexian Kernel born in the important Amazonian city Iquitos.

Percy Alexander Meza Bravo was born on April 18, 1992, in Iquitos, Peru. He attended Scientific University of Peru where he graduated with a Bachelor of Communication Sciences.

Before entering the music, Kernel had a brief beginning in Literature, writing stories and novels of science fiction, horror and fantasy; all were published as e-books. [2] [6]

In 2010, Kernel became interested in music when a friend showed him FL Studio, a digital audio workstation. Motivated and inspired by artists like Mr. Oizo, The Chemical Brothers, Calvin Harris, Björk and Crystal Castles also The Prodigy and Kraftwerk, he began composing ambient/experimental-oriented tracks. [3] Originally, he was known as Percy Meza before adopting the new alias. [7] In 2012, he adopted the alias Alexian Kernel, created from his middle name "Alexander" and the German word kernel, which means nucleus. The decision of this movement was due to the intention to separate his "earthly personality" from music, which is more colorful and versatile.

2014-present: Official entry to Spotify and iTunes

After the implementation of broadband in Iquitos on March 18, 2014, which brought about a great cultural revival in the city, Kernel entered the music industry by streaming with the release of "A-OK" and "Hey Young Charapa "on iTunes and Spotify. [2] [3] This made him the first young artist to enter large music platforms in a region that was virtually "hopeless" and affected by the lack of connectivity.

Directed by Paco Bardales, Kernel produced the music video for "Downtown Iquitos", included as a two-chapter short-film in 2014. [8] [9] In early 2016, he released another single titled "Smooth Ready".

On March 21, 2017, Kernel digitally launches "Do It Right," which it considers to be its "most pop release" to date. The song was programmed to belong to a large studio album, but was separated to release it as a virtual single, with two bonus songs: "Big-City Crush" and "Smooth Ready (Instrumental Mix)". To date, the song "Do It Right" has won more than 3,000 streams on Spotify, mainly featuring Los Angeles listeners.

Film and graphic design career

Kernel participated with the well-known Peruvian filmmaker Dorian Fernandez-Moris (in image) in General Cemetery y Maligno. Dorian Fernandez-Moris en el estreno de Desaparecer.jpg
Kernel participated with the well-known Peruvian filmmaker Dorian Fernández-Moris (in image) in General Cemetery y Maligno.

Outside his musical alias, Meza is very dedicated to film scene as film editor, visual artist and writer. [2] He worked as offline editor in very popular Peruvian film Cementerio general directed by Dorian Fernández-Moris, which was the highest -grossing film in Peru in 2013. [10] [11] After participating as screenwriter and actor in college-short film Ciudadanos Astrales in 2014, [12] he returned to work for Dorian Fernández-Moris for Maligno in 2016 as graphic designer and digital artist. [13]

After participating as a scriptwriter in a short film Citizens Astrales in 2014, he returned to work with Fernández-Moris for Maligno in 2016 as graphic designer of the official poster and digital artist. [14] [15] The design team of the official poster was composed by Alexian Kernel in graphic design, Enrique Pezo in photography and Fernández-Moris as creative producer. The art work featured one of the corridors of the Regional Hospital of Iquitos, [16] with actress Fiorella Pennano impersonating the film's antagonist.

Kernel designed the graphic material for Netflix from the films General Cemetery and Secreto Matusita (internationally titled as The Secret of Evil), available from the end of January on the streaming platform. [17] [18]

Discography

YearTitleTracksNotes
2014Instant Freedom [3] "A-OK"Single
"Hey Joven Charapa"
2016Smooth Ready"Smooth Ready"Single
2016Resplandor
(Original Book Soundtrack)
[3]
"The Urban Gang" EP
"The Storm"
"Big Bang"
2016Ciudadanos Astrales:
Banda Sonora Original
[3]
"El Retorno de Marcus"Studio album
"Bajo la campana"
"Ojos pesados"
"Primicia"
"Sesiones"
"Santo Tomás"
2016My Pocket Iquitos [19] "Intro"Studio album
"Amazon Rave"
"Motocarro Guru"
"The Friends"
"We Build the Maze"
"Hormiga Brava"
"Downtown Iquitos"*
2017Do It Right [20] "Do It Right"Single
"Big-City Crush"
"Smooth Ready" (Instrumental Mix)

Other tracks

Filmography

Related Research Articles

<i>Fitzcarraldo</i> 1982 film by Werner Herzog

Fitzcarraldo is a 1982 West German epic adventure-drama film written, produced and directed by Werner Herzog, and starring Klaus Kinski as would-be rubber baron, Brian Sweeney Fitzgerald, an Irishman known in Peru as Fitzcarraldo, who is determined to transport a steamship over a steep hill to access a rich rubber territory in the Amazon Basin. The film is derived from the historic events of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarrald and his real-life feat of transporting a disassembled steamboat over the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iquitos</span> City in Loreto, Peru

Iquitos is the capital city of Peru's Maynas Province and Loreto Region. It is the largest metropolis in the Peruvian Amazon, east of the Andes, as well as the ninth-most populous city in Peru. Iquitos is the largest city in the world that cannot be reached by road that is not on an island; it is only accessible by river and air.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Olga Tañón</span> Puerto Rican singer

Olga Teresa Tañón Ortiz is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter. Over the course of her career, she has earned two Grammy Awards, three Latin Grammy Awards, and 29 Premio Lo Nuestro Awards.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Emma Suárez</span> Spanish actress

Emma Suárez Bodelón is a Spanish actress. She has won twice the Goya Award for Best Actress, namely for her performances in The Dog in the Manger (1996) and Julieta (2016).

Ricardo de Montreuil has achieved recognition in a wide range of media, including film, television, advertising and print.

Spotify is a proprietary Swedish audio streaming and media services provider founded on 23 April 2006 by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. It is one of the largest music streaming service providers, with over 489 million monthly active users, including 205 million paying subscribers, as of December 2022. Spotify is listed on the New York Stock Exchange in the form of American depositary receipts.

<i>Artaud</i> (album) 1973 studio album by Pescado Rabioso, (Luis Alberto Spinetta)

Artaud is a studio album credited to Argentine rock band Pescado Rabioso, released in October 1973 on Talent-Microfón. It is essentially the second solo album by singer-songwriter Luis Alberto Spinetta, who used the group's name despite their disbandment earlier that year.

Alicia Luisa Delgado Hilario, better known as Alicia Delgado, was a Peruvian folk singer who is credited by some with establishing the harp in the realm of música folklórica.

<i>Chespirito</i> (TV series) Mexican comedy show

Chespirito is a Mexican sketch comedy show created by and starring comedian and actor Roberto Gomez Bolaños, whose nickname gave the show its title.

<i>General Cemetery</i> 2013 Peruvian film

General Cemetery is a 2013 Peruvian supernatural horror film directed by Dorian Fernandez Moris. Written by Javier Velasquez, the plot is based on urban legends in the city's main cemetery. The film stars Airam Galliani, Nikko Ponce, Leslie Shaw, Marisol Aguirre, among others. It is produced by Iquitos-based Audiovisual Films company. The filming began in January 2012 in Iquitos. Moreover, it is an indirect sponsored film due to its ample, solicited budget support by state-owned and privately held entities.

The cinema of Iquitos, also known as Amazonian cinema, is an important film development and one of the historic pioneering event of cinema of Peru. Due to the rubber boom and the arrival of foreigners, film interest began in the early 20th century, along with the evolution of cinema of the United States in Hollywood. Cinema in Iquitos had no established date of origin. The first film, however, was made in 1900. The first films were shown in the Casa de Fierro with an Edison machine, which reproduced the images using a carbide lamp and the constant movement of the operator. Iquitos is mentioned as a metonym of cinema in the Peruvian Amazon.

Amazonian pop art is a contemporary art movement that emerged in late 1990 in Iquitos. The movement has an intense chromaticism with a great representation of ayahuasca experience psychedelic —a delirious artistic style that is seen strongly in the non-Amazonian pop art works of Pablo Amaringo. Originally, it is a mural art that blends prominently the colorful amazonian culture, European motifs and commercial characters, which could be influenced by American pop art when the era of cable television came to the city, like MTV.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mon Laferte</span> Chilean musician

Norma Monserrat Bustamante Laferte is a Chilean musician, singer, composer and painter with Mexican citizenship. She is known for her musical versatility, having composed songs in a wide variety of genres such as pop, rock, bolero, cumbia and salsa. In the 2010s she gained acclaim for her melodramatics and "captivating stage persona".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lali Espósito videography</span>

Argentine actress and singer Lali Espósito has featured in forty-two music videos, seven films, eleven television series, six web series and multiple commercials. She has also directed the trailer for a TV series and two of her videoclips. She achieved early fame when she appeared in the Telefe television series Casi Ángeles. From 2007 to 2012, Espósito was part of the teen band Teen Angels, alongside Peter Lanzani, María Eugenia Suárez, Gastón Dalmau, Nicolás Riera and Rocío Igarzábal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Miki González</span> Musical artist

Juan Manuel González Mascías better known as Miki González, is a Spanish-Peruvian musician, composer, and producer born in Madrid, Spain. He is recognized as a musical icon of the twentieth century in Peru, and his songs are frequently ranked among the best songs in Peruvian popular music.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kameron Alexander</span> Musical artist

Kameron Alexander is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Pasadena, California. After graduating high school, Kameron went on to pursue audio engineering full-time at the Los Angeles Recording School, during which he also apprenticed under Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer Raphael Saadiq. After spending a few years under his wing, Kameron went on to work at Larrabee Studios in North Hollywood; where, he would be mentored by world-class mixer Dave Pensado. After spending time learning from some of the best mixers and producers in the industry, Kameron began the approach of songwriting and production. Since then, Kameron has signed a publishing deal with Sony/ATV and has worked with artists and producers such as Frank Ocean, Jacob Banks, Kelly Rowland, Little Big Town, Parson James, LP, Meghan Trainor, Malay Ho, Arlissa, No I.D., Illenium, Jamie Miller, Michael Bolton, J.R. Rotem, Frank E, A$AP Rocky, & Alan Walker, Marshmello.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Farina (singer)</span> Colombian rapper and singer

Farina Pao Paucar Franco known professionally as Farina, is a Colombian rapper, singer and songwriter. She is one of the pioneers of reggaeton music in Colombia and was the first woman to make reggaeton music in the country back in 2005. In 2017, she became the second Colombian artist signed by Jay-Z's label Roc Nation. She is currently managed by La Commission LLC.

<i>The Invisible Girl</i> (film) 2022 Peruvian film

The Invisible Girl is a 2022 internationally co-produced thriller drama film directed by Dorian Fernández-Moris and written by Fernández-Moris & Rogger Vergara Adrianzén. Starring Fernando Bacilio. It is based on the true story of a woman located in the lower area of Belén, who had managed to escape from her traffickers.

References

  1. "Alexian Kernel Music Artist Alexian Kernel talks about his life and music". Twist Online. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bio". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Alexian Kernel". Discogs. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  4. Paco, Bardales. "El mapa de influencia online en Iquitos". La Mula. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  5. "MAPA DE INFLUENCIA EN IQUITOS". Pro & Contra. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  6. "Entrevista a Percy Meza". La Mula. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  7. "Alexian Kernel". ArtistTrove. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  8. "Downtown Iquitos". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  9. "POP: El amor a la tierra". Pro y Contra. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  10. "Cementerio General – Crew". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  11. ""Cementerio General" ya es la tercera película peruana más vista de los últimos 15 años". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  12. 1 2 "Entrevista a Andre Ocampo, director de "Ciudadanos astrales", más cine en Iquitos". Cinencuentro. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  13. "Maligno". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  14. "Maligno". IMDb. Retrieved June 30, 2016.
  15. "Maligno". Ser Peruano. July 14, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  16. "Hoy se estrena la película "Maligno" en todas las salas de cine [VIDEO]". Wapa. July 14, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017.
  17. "Cementerio general disponible en Netflix". El Pirata. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  18. "Percy Meza / Filmografía". IMDb . Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  19. "My Pocket Iquitos". iTunes . November 20, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2017.
  20. "Do It Right". iTunes. Retrieved May 18, 2017.