Seth Haley, known by his stage name Com Truise, is an American

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. His stage name is a

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Biography

Prior to 2010, Com Truise had released music under the

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s Sarin Sunday, SYSTM, and Airliner. 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.

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digitally reissued it in January 2011. Haley resigned from his job as

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prior to this release. Com Truise

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's song "ENCOM, Part II" for the '' Tron: Legacy Reconfigured'' album soon after. In June 2011, he released his debut album, '' Galactic Melt''. ''

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'' was the immediate full-length followup in 2012. Com Truise's songs are represented by

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. Haley is from

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, and now resides in

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. In February 2022, Com Truise produced the music for

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's viral

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advertisement. He sampled

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' cover of "

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". In April 2022, he released a course on producing music with online music school

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Style

Truise's sound is

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-heavy

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, influenced by 1980s musical styles, as first offered on the ''Cyanide Sisters'' EP.

The "Com Truise" saga

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society.

Equipment

Truise uses a mix of digital and analogue hardware, including emulations of classic synthesisers and romplers. According to a 2015

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interview, his DAWs of choice are Reason and Ableton. Since 2017, he has incorporated the

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OB-6 on some tracks, also using it during live performances.

Com Truise discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Compilation albums

Productions

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– "Business Pleasure" (''Business Pleasure'' EP, December 2014) * Oddience – "Watermelon" (April 2015) * ionnalee – "Not Human" (''

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'', February 2018)

Remixes

* FOE – "A Handsome Stranger Called Death (Com Truise RMX)" (August 2010) *

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– "Sleep Paralysist (Com Truise 'Disorder' Remix)" (November 2010) *

– "Sleep Paralysist (Com Truise 'Eyelid' Remix)" (November 2010) * Twin Shadow – "Castles In The Snow (Com Truise Remix)" (November 2010) * Franklin – "I Know (Com Truise Remix)" (January 2011) *

– "Encom Part 2 (Com Truise Remix)" (April 2011) * Hussle Club – "Loose Tights (Com Truise Tight Pants Remix)" (April 2011) * Ana Lola Roman – "Klutch (Com Truise Remix)" (April 2011) * Locussolus – "Throwdown (Com Truise Remix)" (June 2011) *

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– "

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(Com Truise Remix)" (December 2011) *

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– "One Day At A Time (Com Truise Remix)" (February 2012) *

ZZ Ward Zsuzsanna Eva Ward (born June 2, 1986) known professionally as ZZ Ward, is an American singer-songwriter. Ward released her debut EP, ''Criminal'', on May 8, 2012. Her debut album, '' Til the Casket Drops'', was released on October 16, 2012. "P ...

– "Criminal ft Freddie Gibbs (Com Truise Remix)" (July 2012) * Saint Michel – "Katherine (Com Truise Remix)" (September 2012) *

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– "Red Lips (Com Truise Remix)" (September 2012) *

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– " One More Night (Com Truise Remix)" (October 2012) *

Sally Shapiro Sally Shapiro is the pseudonym of a Swedish vocalist and the name of the Italo disco/synthpop duo composed of Shapiro and musician Johan Agebjörn. On 28 April 2016, Sally Shapiro announced the end of their 10-year career alongside the release ...

– "What Can I Do (Com Truise Remix)" (November 2012) *

El Ten Eleven El Ten Eleven is an American, Los Angeles-based, post-rock duo, known for combining guitar/bass doubleneck or fretless bass, with heavy looping, or vamping, and the use of an effects pedal, over acoustic or electric drumming. They have releas ...

– "Thanks Bill (Com Truise Remix)" (April 2013) *

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– "Hold On When You Get Love And Let Go When You Give It (Com Truise Remix)" (April 2013) *

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– "Kemosabe (Com Truise Remix)" (May 2013) *

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– "What I Like (Com Truise Remix)" (May 2013) * Darkness Falls – "Timeline (Com Truise Remix)" (July 2013) *

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feat. Dominic Lord – "Barcode (Com Truise Remix)" (September 2013) *

The Twilight Sad The Twilight Sad are a Scottish post-punk/indie rock band, comprising James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar), Johnny Docherty (bass), Brendan Smith (keyboards) and Grant Hutchison (drums). They have released five studio albums, as well ...

– "Sick (Com Truise Remix)" (October 2013) *

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feat. Lawrence LT Thompson – "Love Is Everywhere (Com Truise Remix)" (October 2013) * beGun – "Shanghai (Com Truise Remix)" (October 2013) * Bloodgroup – "Mysteries Undone (Com Truise Remix)" (December 2013) *

Flight Facilities Flight Facilities is an Australian electronic producer duo that also performs as Hugo & Jimmy. In 2009, they began mixing songs by other artists before crafting their own original material. The duo consists of Hugo Gruzman and James Lyell. The ...

– "Stand Still feat. Micky Green (Com Truise Remix)" (December 2013) *

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– "Learn To Fly (Com Truise Remix)" (December 2013) * Hollow & Akimbo – "Singularity (Com Truise Remix)" (January 2014) *

Client Liaison Client Liaison are an Australian indie pop duo made up of vocalist Monte Morgan, and keyboardist and producer Harvey Miller. The pair first came to prominence in 2012 after the release of their first music video "End of the Earth", and went on ...

– "Free Of Fear (Com Truise Remix)" (January 2014) *

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– "Sheila Put The Knife Down (Com Truise Remix)" (February 2014) * Weeknight – "Dark Light (Com Truise Remix)" (February 2014) * Tapioca and the Flea – "Take It Slow (Com Truise Remix)" (April – June 2014) * Tycho – "Awake (Com Truise Remix)" (25 June 2014) *

Bear Hands Bear Hands is an American post-punk and indie rock band, consisting of Dylan Rau (vocals and guitar), Val Loper (bass), Ted Feldman (guitar), and TJ Orscher (drums). Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, United States, and formed in 2006, the band sig ...

– "Agora (Com Truise Remix)" (October 2014) * Kodak to Graph – "Iamanthem (Com Truise Remix)" (26 May 2015) * Phantoms – "Broken Halo (feat. Nicholas Braun)

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(25 September 2015) * Digitalism – "Battlecry (Com Truise Remix)" (27 May 2016) * Midnight to Monaco – "One in a Million (Com Truise Remix)" (10 June 2016) *

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– " Prayers/Triangles (Com Truise Remix)" (24 June 2016) *

Deadmau5 Joel Thomas Zimmerman (born January 5, 1981), known professionally as Deadmau5 (stylized as deadmau5; pronounced "dead-mouse"), is a Canadian electronic music producer and DJ. He mainly produces progressive house music, though he also produces ...

– "Strobe (Com Truise Remix)" (23 September 2016) * Moodoïd – "Planète Tokyo (Com Truise Remix)" (4 April 2018) * ginla – "Infinite (Com Truise Remix)" (19 March 2019) – was featured in the second episode of the second season of the television show '' Happy!'' *

All Hail the Silence All Hail the Silence is an electronic music duo comprising American electronic musician BT and English singer-songwriter Christian Burns. The band was informally announced on March 8, 2012, but live shows and project announcements did not commen ...

– "City Lovers (Com Truise Remix)" (7 June 2019) *

Dua Saleh Dua Saleh ( ar, دعاء صالح ', Sudanese ) is a Sudanese-American singer and actor based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their debut EP ''Nūr'' was released in January 2019 by the Against Giants record label to critical acclaim, with their se ...

- "Warm Pants (Com Truise Remix)" (25 July 2019) * Tycho – "No Stress (Com Truise Remix)" (15 December 2020)

SYSTM discography

Airliner discography

Filmography

Composer

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References

External links

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