Com Truise
American electronic musician and DJ (born 1985)
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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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| Born | Seth Haley 1985 (age 40–41)[1] |
| Origin | Madison County, New York, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
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| Website | comtruise |
Biography
Prior to 2010, Haley 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, it was a free download from the AMDISCS record label.[6] Ghostly International digitally reissued the EP 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
Truise's sound is synthesizer-heavy synthwave, inspired by 1980s musical styles, as first offered on the Cyanide Sisters EP; he calls his style "mid-fi synthwave slow-motion funk".[11] AllMusic lists Giorgio Moroder, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and Boards of Canada as influences.[12]
The "Com Truise" saga
All of the Com Truise albums, starting with Cyanide Sisters and ending with Iteration, tell the story of a space traveller named Com Truise;[13][14] Haley described the character as a "synthetic astronaut",[15] and the story as a tale about escaping an oppressed society.[16]
Equipment
Truise 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.[17]
Since 2017, he has incorporated the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 on some tracks, also using it during live performances.[18]
Discography
As Com Truise
- Galactic Melt (2011)
- Fairlight (2011)
- In Decay (2012)
- Iteration (2017)
- Persuasion System (2019)
- In Decay, Too (2020)
SYSTM
Airliner
Filmography
Composer
- Private Property (2022)
