Mind Flare Media was originally started as a means to release Comparative Anatomy's first album, and then label moved on to noise, dark ambient, IDM, and noise rock by 2011. Releases were all pro-CD, later released with special merchandise in an effort to increase interest. Eventually the label was ended in 2015 when its release output was combined with the music criticism site Deaf Sparrow. Deaf Sparrow was originally owned and operated by Hanser Merchor, who gave control of the site to one of his writers, Stanley Stepanic, in 2015, as he went to found a new label, Caligari Records. Stepanic decided to combine Mind Flare Media with Deaf Sparrow in 2015 and merged the two entities together, keeping the name Deaf Sparrow and retiring Mind Flare Media. After the merger it ceased to exist, but its releases should now be considered part of Deaf Sparrow's history. All contact information presented here can be used for any information pertaining to previous MFM releases or data.