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LA native Austin Peralta is a classically trained jazz pianist who has played on sessions for the likes of Erykah Badu and Shafiq Husayn; he also happens to be the son of Z-boy skater and documentary-maker Stacy Peralta.

Austin works as a musician in a diversity of contexts both locally and internationally.

Trained as a classical pianist beginning at age 5, Peralta went on to include the litany of contemporary music genres from jazz onward in his palette as an artist. In addition to his work as a pianist, he composes, collaborates on, and produces music in a variety of different veins such as modern acoustic jazz, experimental hip-hop / electronica, world music, and multi-media audio/visual pieces among others. To date Peralta has recorded two albums as the leader of groups that include jazz luminaries Ron Carter, Billy Kilson, Buster Williams, Steve Nelson, and Marcus Strickland for 88’s, a Japanese subsidiary label of Sony Music. Notable collaborations have included The Cinematic Orchestra, Flying Lotus, Erykah Badu, Shafiq Husayn, Adam Rudolph’s Go: Organic Orchestra, & Horace Tapscott’s Pan Afrikan People’s Arkestra among many others.  At the 2007 Tokyo Jazz Festival, Peralta was part of a “dream team” piano quartet that included the legendary Chick Corea, Hank Jones, and Hiromi Uehara. He has studied with noted mentors Bruce Sutherland, Alan Pasqua, Buddy Collette, & Reggie Workman.

Peralta is member of the Brainfeeder artist roster along with Flying Lotus, Daedelus, The Gaslamp Killer, Strangeloop and many others.  His third album, a self-produced project entitled “Endless Planets,” was recently released via the Brainfeeder label worldwide.

“This is a step in direction of where I want Brainfeeder to go. True musicianship as well as some interesting electronics” – Flying Lotus

In his recently released album "Endless Planets", Peralta features collaborations with The Cinematic Orchestra and Heidi Vogel.

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