Jay Haze was an American recording artist. [1] Originally from Philadelphia, he had moved to Berlin by 2006. [2] [3] 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]