The Industrialism presents Atarax is the new recording alias from Cesar "M1A1" Alexandre. After the ending of The Industrialism in 2011, M1A1 quoted that would continue making music, but with other alias. Musically, the project continues the earlier following musical style of The Industrialism, mixing breakcore, idm and ambient music with melodies influenced by isolation, sadness and nostalgia.
M1A1 currently lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, but his albums are recorded in various locations such as Seoul, South Korea and Osaka, Japan. M1A1 has been diagnosed with depression, schizophrenia, dissociative identity disorder, agoraphobia, body dysmorphic disorder, bipolar disorder and depersonalization disorder, which he admits is one of the reasons why touring has been increasingly difficult for him.
