Formed in 2008, Stand Alone Complex is Michael Lewis, a multi-intstrumentalist from Winnipeg, Canada. Combining neo-classical, industrial and down-tempo electronica, Stand Alone Complex is a mind-altering, trance-inducing experience that creates worlds for you to exist within.The debut album, Music for Suicides, released in 2010, is a journey through slow grooves, to glitch-symphonies, to ambient textures, each blending seamlessly with the other. Stylistically, Stand Alone Complex combines elements from all across the electronic map to make something completely new."artists have an instinctive knowledge that you can go as dark and odd as your soul needs to as long as you feed the listener a strong emotional experience at the same time. Make us want to come with you. This, Lewis does. Well.I’m telling you–listen to Music for Suicides. The music here speaks for itself, whatever the titles might say. An impressive debut from Stand Alone Complex. I’m already ready for more." - Hypnagogue“Stand Alone Complex resides in a lonely, near-nihilistic place, yet the serenity of its views are equal parts cinematic and touching.” – Skeleton Crew Quarterly"From the opening track"Last Of The Long Term Friendships", there is a faint sense of recent Nine Inch Nails works such as the"Ghost" albums, with that familiar piano tone, ringing out over oceans of reverb, creating a strong sense of scale and atmosphere. There is no denying there is a lot of craft and guile behind these tracks, and they are an epic collection of tracks that feel like they belong as the soundtrack to some"Film Noir" or"Dystopian Future" film." - The Electrogarden Network"Instilling downtempo electronic compositions with soundtrack-y scope and flourishes, Canadian multi-instrumentalist Michael Lewis covers a lot of ground on this debut album. Despite ominous atmosphere, Lewis intersperses his work with precious and/or plaintive melodies and sudden lovely sweeps. ‘Last of the Long-Term Friendships’ is bittersweet and score-like, while ‘I Could Jump Out a Window’ plies soft beats and gauzy ambience. Other tracks are moodier and more synth-focused, ranging from M83 heft to submerged bass. ‘Don’t Be Gone Long’ is tentative and diffuse, shuddering in slow-motion." - Cyclic Defrost