Com Truise

Com Truise
Com Truise
	Com Truise performing in 2018
Background information
Birth name	Seth Haley
Born	1985 (age 39–40)
Origin	Madison County, New York, U.S.
Genres	Synthwave; chillwave;
Occupations	Musician; DJ;
Years active	2007–present
Labels	AMDISCS; Ghostly International;
Website	comtruise.com

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; he calls his style "mid-fi synthwave slow-motion funk".^[11]

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;^[12]^[13] Haley described the character as a "synthetic astronaut",^[14] and the story as a tale about escaping an oppressed society.^[15]

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.^[16]

Since 2017, he has incorporated the Dave Smith Instruments OB-6 on some tracks, also using it during live performances.^[17]

Discography

As Com Truise

Galactic Melt (2011)
Iteration (2017)
Persuasion System (2019)

SYSTM

Title	EP details
Invader^[18]	Released: 2009^[19] Label: N/A (self-released)

Airliner

Title	LP details
None^[20]	Released: November 2010^[21] Label: N/A (self-released)

Filmography

Composer

Private Property (2022)

References

^ 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 (16 February 2022). "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.
^ "Meet Com Truise: How Seth Haley Became Electronic Music Icon Com Truise". YouTube. 10 May 2022.
^ 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. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.
^ "Airliner (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

External links

Official website

Com Truise at IMDb

[TMT-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 (16 February 2022). "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] "Meet Com Truise: How Seth Haley Became Electronic Music Icon Com Truise". YouTube. 10 May 2022.

[12] Williams, Kirk. "We Talk to Com Truise About a Robot Flying in Space and His Latest EP "Silicon Tare"". Magnetic Magazine.

[13] "Space Music: 'Iteration' by Com Truise | Stuff to Blow Your Mind". Archived from the original on 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2019-03-29.

[14] "Com Truise – Wave 1". Dazed. February 3, 2014.

[NewRetroWave-15] "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.

[16] Future Music (2015-01-13). "Com Truise talks '80s inspiration, outboard, Reason and remixing". MusicRadar. Retrieved 2022-09-09.

[17] "Com Truise's Track By Track Guide to Iteration". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2018-10-14.

[18] "Systm [aka Com Truise] - Invader EP". YouTube.

[19] "Systm (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

[20] "Airliner - None LP [Full Album]". YouTube. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-03-06.

[21] "Airliner (3)". Discogs. Retrieved 2021-02-05.

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