Seth Haley, known by his stage name Com Truise, is an American electronic musician and DJ.[3] His stage name is a spoonerism of the name of American actor Tom Cruise.[4]
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 Com Truise performing in 2018 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Seth Haley |
| Born | 1985 (age 38–39)[1] |
| Origin | Madison County, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Website | comtruise |
Biography
editPrior to 2010, Com Truise had released music under the pseudonyms Sarin Sunday, SYSTM, and Airliner.[5]
In 2010, the first Com Truise recording, the Cyanide Sisters EP, was released. Initially, the EP was a free download from the AMDISCS record label.[6] Ghostly International digitally reissued it in January 2011.[7] Haley resigned from his job as art director prior to this release. Com Truise remixed Daft Punk's song "ENCOM, Part II" for the Tron: Legacy Reconfigured album soon after. In June 2011, he released his debut album, Galactic Melt.[8] In Decay was the immediate full-length followup in 2012. Com Truise's songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing.[when?]
Haley is from Oneida, New York, and now resides in Orlando, Florida.[citation needed]
In February 2022, Com Truise produced the music for Coinbase's viral Super Bowl LVI advertisement. He sampled the Beatles' cover of "Money (That's What I Want)".[9] In April 2022, he released a course on producing music with online music school Soundfly.[10]
Style
editTruise's sound is synthesizer-heavy synthwave, influenced by 1980s musical styles, as first offered on the Cyanide Sisters EP; he calls his style "mid-fi synthwave slow-motion funk".[11]
The "Com Truise" saga
editAll of the Com Truise albums, starting with Cyanide Sisters and ending with Iteration, tell the story of a space traveller named Com Truise;[12][13] Haley described the character as a "synthetic astronaut",[14] and the story as a tale about escaping an oppressed society.[15]
Equipment
editTruise uses a mix of digital and analogue hardware, including emulations of classic synthesisers and romplers. According to a 2015 MusicRadar interview, his DAWs of choice are Reason and Ableton.[16]
Since 2017, he has incorporated the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 on some tracks, also using it during live performances.[17]
Discography
editAs Com Truise
edit- Galactic Melt (2011)
- Iteration (2017)
- Persuasion System (2019)
SYSTM
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| Invader[18] |
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Airliner
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| None[20] |
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Filmography
editComposer
edit- Private Property (2022)
References
edit- ^ Crowell, John. "Com Truise". Tiny Mix Tape. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ Tucker, Suz (September 1, 2011). "Meet Com Truise: Synthwave Wunderkind". Pedestrian.tv. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Ravits, Sarah (April 5, 2017). "Com Truise announces new album, Iteration, shares space-themed "Memory" — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
- ^ "Music – Review of Com Truise – Galactic Melt". BBC. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
- ^ "About". ComTruise.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
- ^ Interview, Exclaim!
- ^ "Com Truise | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Com Truise's Galactic Melt. Prefix Magazine.
- ^ Cihak, Lennon. "The Music In Coinbase's Viral Super Bowl Ad Was Produced By Com Truise and Samples The Beatles". EDM.com. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ "Learn electronic music technique with your new teacher, Com Truise". MusicTech. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF6HVDxrZcc [bare URL]
- ^ Williams, Kirk. "We Talk to Com Truise About a Robot Flying in Space and His Latest EP "Silicon Tare"". Magnetic Magazine.
- ^ "Space Music: 'Iteration' by Com Truise | Stuff to Blow Your Mind". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
- ^ "Com Truise – Wave 1". Dazed. February 3, 2014.
- ^ "An Interview with Com Truise An Interview with Com Truise". NewRetroWave. November 11, 2017. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
- ^ Future Music (2015-01-13). "Com Truise talks '80s inspiration, outboard, Reason and remixing". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
- ^ "Com Truise's Track By Track Guide to Iteration". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
- ^ "Systm [aka Com Truise] - Invader EP". YouTube.
- ^ "Systm (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
- ^ "Airliner - None LP [Full Album]". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
- ^ "Airliner (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
External links
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- Com Truise at IMDb