Cypher 7

Cypher 7 is Alex Haas and Jeff Bova. A talented musician in his own right, Haas co-founded Cypher 7 in 1996, an ambient/alternative group whose three widely acclaimed albums (produced and released by Bill Laswell) continue to influence new artists. More recently he recorded and released his first solo album, Buildings, on his own Sonicontinuum label. Alex Haas (1963) was born in New York City but grew up in France and Switzerland. After studying computer music at MIT and guitar/composition at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, he moved back to New York in 1982 to work at the famed Power Station recording studio and to start building a career in music engineering/production. Jeff Bova, born in Washington D.C. in 1953, got his musical education at the Berklee School of Music, Boston and at the Manhattan School of Music, New York were he played keyboards and Trumpet. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.