Max Alper aka @la_meme_young is a music technology and sound studies educator, composer, and writer. He has taught music technology and audio production at various learning institutions in New York, Boston, and Puerto Rico. He performs and produces minimalist and improvised music and sound art under the alias Peretsky. He is the co-founder of “gonzo sound studies” journal Klang Magazine. He currently teaches sound studies at the New York Film Academy, and is the Director of Education and IP and Assistant Engineer at Circular Ruin Studios in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.