Com Truise
Com Truise performing in 2018
Background information
Birth nameSeth Haley
Born1985 (age 38–39)[1]
OriginMadison County, New York, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • DJ
Years active2007–present
Labels
Websitecomtruise.com
Com Truise in 2011 at the Grog Shop in Cleveland Heights, Ohio

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]

Biography

Prior 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

Truise's sound is synthesizer-heavy synthwave, influenced by 1980s musical styles, as first offered on the Cyanide Sisters EP.

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;[11][12] Haley described the character as a "synthetic astronaut",[13] and the story as a tale about escaping an oppressed society.[14]

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.[15]

Since 2017, he has incorporated the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 on some tracks, also using it during live performances.[16]

Discography

As Com Truise

Main article: Com Truise discography

SYSTM

Title EP details
Invader[17]
  • Released: 2009[18]
  • Label: N/A (self-released)

Airliner

Title LP details
None[19]
  • Released: November 2010[20]
  • Label: N/A (self-released)

Filmography

Composer

References

  1. ^ Crowell, John. "Com Truise". Tiny Mix Tape. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. ^ Tucker, Suz (September 1, 2011). "Meet Com Truise: Synthwave Wunderkind". Pedestrian.tv. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  3. ^ Ravits, Sarah (April 5, 2017). "Com Truise announces new album, Iteration, shares space-themed "Memory" — listen". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  4. ^ "Music – Review of Com Truise – Galactic Melt". BBC. 2011-07-05. Retrieved 2017-07-09.
  5. ^ "About". ComTruise.com. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  6. ^ Interview, Exclaim!
  7. ^ "Com Truise | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Com Truise's Galactic Melt. Prefix Magazine.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ "Learn electronic music technique with your new teacher, Com Truise". MusicTech. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
  11. ^ Williams, Kirk. "We Talk to Com Truise About a Robot Flying in Space and His Latest EP "Silicon Tare"". Magnetic Magazine.
  12. ^ "Space Music: 'Iteration' by Com Truise | Stuff to Blow Your Mind". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.
  13. ^ "Com Truise – Wave 1". Dazed. February 3, 2014.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ Future Music (2015-01-13). "Com Truise talks '80s inspiration, outboard, Reason and remixing". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  16. ^ "Com Truise's Track By Track Guide to Iteration". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  17. ^ "Systm [aka Com Truise] - Invader EP". YouTube.
  18. ^ "Systm (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.
  19. ^ "Airliner - None LP [Full Album]". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
  20. ^ "Airliner (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

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