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Leader of bands "AXA" (Sarajevo) and INGRAY (Detroit), Haris now mostly works as a solo artist while scoring music for film and TV and producing other musicians. AXA was formed in 1996 by Haris Cizmic and Meldeen Hota. THERION CONFIDENTIAL was AXA’s debut album, released in Sarajevo, in 1999 (source:WIKI). Recording and performing musicians, per online records were: Haris (author, guitars, keys), Adessa (vocal), Meldeen (Guitar), Sergej (Bass) and Senad (drums). Album clearly shows some amazing, but still immature talent, which did not stop the band from receiving several international awards. There are several clear genres noticeable throughout this album – from techno-rock to metal (and back). Soon after releasing this record, AXA moved to the U.S. where this album was re-issued by Orchard in 2002. AXA also released their multimedia disc, featuring audio, video and animation. INGRAY was formed by Haris Cizmic and David Dupuie (druma). After AXA got renamed to INGRAY, and the lineup changed once again, their sound became more aggressive, but very eclectic and international. Their prior release (EP Good Girl) was a step close towards their finest record yet – “AWAY” (2009). A collection of great tunes included a few covers as well – Bob Seger’s “East side story” and Dolly Parton’s “Jolene”. There was also a part of the Rolling Stone’s “Painted Black” within their original song “Scarlet”, making an awesome mix of old and new. As a bonus, there is a Zeppelin cover “Immigrant Song”, performed live. All the songs on this album are mature, professionally done and well received within their fan crowd (mostly in Detroit area). Some songs were instant hits: Pressure, Closer Away, Liar, Drifter, and of course, Killing Time (with it’s awesome music video shot by a famous Detroit’s photographer S. Sprague). Ingray won several awards (Hard Rock's Ambassadors of Rock, among others), they scored a TV commercial for Ford Fusion (2008) and their music was in the background of an official website intro animation for Chevy Camaro in 2007. They worked with local musicians and producers on TV and film projects. Since 2011, Haris works as a solo artist, also scoring music for Film, TV and Theater.

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