Jay Haze
American recording artist (d. 2025)
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Jay Haze was an American recording artist.[1] Originally from Philadelphia, he had moved to Berlin by 2006.[2][3] He recorded under the monikers The Architect, Subversions, The Hoffman Ensemble, Bearback and Fuckpony.[4]
In the early 2000s, Jay Haze co-founded the record labels TuningSpork, Contexterrior and the now defunct Textone.org (which released minimal music under a Creative Commons license)[5] with Björn Hartmann.[6] Jay Haze was a frequent collaborator of Ricardo Villalobos and Samim.[2] He died in 2025.[2]