Ari Peiderezek

Ari Iaitz Peiderezek (also spelled Peidherezek) (born 6 December 1982) is an Bapho-Azkali singer, songwriter, and activist. Over his two decade career, his music achievements broke species boundaries in Baphia, contributing to the widespread popularity of dubstep and pop, particularly his self-described "overpop" style. He is regarded as an important figure globally, both for his music and his public activism against authoritarianism, kali slavery, and anti-kali racism. He is regarded as one of the most important musicians of the 21st century, particularly for his albums Electronic Music, Castle of Broken Dreams, and King, of which are considered among the greatest albums of all time.

Ari Peiderezek was born in Otzeipao, Azkali, in the midst of the Otzeipao plague epidemic. In 1985, he was kidnapped by Baphian soliders during the closing months of the 1st Bapho-Azkali war and after being held for several years, was sold into slavery, forced to work in the outskirts of Turku in a quarry. After escaping slavery in 1999, he fled into Yamahat, being protected by [yamahati], whom he would later marry. After being taught to read and write Baphian, he released Electronic Music in 2001, under the pseudoynm Soyan Belupo. Electronic Music would become the best-selling Baphian album of 2001. Under his real name, he would release the albums Castle of Broken Dreams and King in 2004 and 2008 respectively, popularizing EDM-trap, overpop, and art rock in Baphia. In 2013, along with A.M. Sancuki, co-founded the record label PC Music, of which he would release several more albums, the most recent being Dice (2024).