Com Truise At Juno Download

Review: Out of a garage in Princeton, New Jersey, self-confessed synthesizer obsessive Rich Haley has been making odd but interesting music for the best part of a decade. He first utilized the brilliant Com Truise moniker in the summer of 2010, when his Cyanide Sisters EP dropped on AMDISCS. Haley's musical ethos is seemingly simple; His music, whether upbeat, downtempo, dancefloor-minded or sofa-centric, is entirely made with synthesizers and computers. In many ways, Cyanide Sisters is something of a musical calling card. It demonstrates Haley's ability to craft pieces that defy easy categorization. "5891", for example, sounds like a mangled, next-level rework of Pet Shop Boys' "West End Girls", while "BASF Ace" could be the mutant offspring of Autechre and Bootsy Collins. There are more simplistically optimistic offerings, too - check "Sunripened", "Slow Peels" and the title track - as well as crunchier offerings that fit into the synth-wave formula.Whatever you call it, Haley's music is playful, emotive and joyously addictive. If left-of-centre analogue funk is your thing, look no further.