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Jay Haze

Jay Haze was an American recording artist. Originally from Philadelphia, he had moved to Berlin by 2006. He recorded under the monikers The Architect, Subversions, The Hoffman Ensemble, Bearback and Fuckpony.

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Jay Haze was an American recording artist.1 Originally from Philadelphia, he had moved to Berlin by 2006.23 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

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  1. "Jay Haze – Bio, CDs and Vinyl at Discogs". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  2. Groove, Aria (2025-08-22). "Jay Haze, founder of TuningSpork and Fuckpony alias, has passed". Electronic Groove. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  3. Noonan, Dave (2007-01-15). "Jay Haze - Mindin Business Part 1 - The Minimal Grind". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
  4. "RA News: The dark side of Jay Haze Pt. 1". Residentadvisor.net. 2007-02-22. Retrieved 2010-10-19.
  5. "Textone : Free Audio : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive".
  6. "Meet Björn Hartmann". Berkeley Center for New Media. 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2025-08-23.