{"title":"Bruce Haack","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBruce Haack was a Canadian musician and one of the pioneers of electronic music during the 1950s and 1960s. He was a prolific composer known for his wildly creative ideas, ranging from electronic children's songs to satanic music. Haack also invented unique musical instruments like the Theremin-inspired Magic Wand and the Dermatron, which utilized the natural conductivity of the human body. His robotic songs were a precedent to the work of synth pop artists in the 70s, such as *Kraftwerk* and *Gary Numan*, while his quasi-psychedelic electronic music influenced space rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThroughout his career, Bruce Haack pushed boundaries and explored new frontiers in music composition. His innovative approach to electronic soundscapes set him apart from his contemporaries. Born on May 4, 1931 in Alberta, Canada, Haack's legacy lives on through his groundbreaking contributions to the world of music.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIf you enjoy artists like *Raymond Scott*, *Mort Garson*, or *Jean-Jacques Perrey*, you will appreciate Bruce Haack's unique style. His experimental compositions paved the way for future musicians who sought to push artistic boundaries and explore uncharted sonic territories.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"captain-entropy","title":"Captain Entropy","description":"\u003cp\u003e50th Anniversary Re-issue; Re-mastered by Kramer in 2022. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn electrosurrealist musical journey from the mind of Bruce Haack \"The Captain\" - capturing his inventive genius musically in tandem with tapping into the voice of his inner child, innovative story songs inspired by Bruce Haack's diverse musical interests and a love of Science and explorations of the Natural World, songs to excite the imaginations of listeners, both young and old. Ahead of his time and beyond categorization- Haack continued to create trying to find new platforms in order to promote his electronic music. He scored many commercials during the 1960s and promoted electronic music on TV, even demonstrating his inventions on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in 1968. He self-released his first children's music album later that year. Haack constantly added new genres and inspirations to his compositions and was greatly influenced by the psychedelic rock of the era. He constantly created new work that reflected not only his varied interests, but his shifting musical horizons. He created multiple youth oriented albums, dipping into science fiction, psychedelia and electronica, using traditional song structures in order to capture children's attention to educate them, while wrapped in one of his many personas. Bruce Haack wanted people to know him through his medium: music. He dedicated his life to exploring, inventing and sharing his eclectic brand of humor and many musical points of view. In failing health, he never stopped pursuing his distinctive musical dreams. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecommend If You Like: Raymond Scott, Mort Garson, Joe Meek, Robert Moog, Perrey and Kingsley, John Cage, Brian Eno, Sun Ra, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hawkwind, Pete Seeger, William Shanter, Fred Rogers. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimmy Disc","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":50443514151243,"sku":"2047841","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Bruce_Haack_-_Captain_Entropy_a502900b_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727015890"},{"product_id":"the-electric-lucifer","title":"The Electric Lucifer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 1960s, Canadian composer Bruce Haack was as ubiquitous on children’s and variety shows as were exotic animals from the San Diego Zoo. But he wasn’t there to perform so much as demonstrate.\nIn his formative compositions for theatre and ballet, he had experimented with tape loops and musique concrète techniques; by the early ’60s, he wasn’t just playing around with electronic sounds, but also making the very gizmos that generated them. By day, Haack would eke out a living as a composer for commercials and a series of instructive, interactive children’s records made with collaborator Esther Nelson.\nBut by night, Haack was making music that was decidedly adults-only. \n\nOriginally released in 1970, The Electric Lucifer was Haack’s first work pitched to a contemporary rock audience, released by Columbia Records in the dying days of a post-hippie moment when bizarro outsider-psych could still find a home on a major label. If it was not the first rock record to feature electronics, it was certainly among the first to give them a starring role—both musically and conceptually.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Telephone Explosion","offers":[{"title":"Clear LP","offer_id":50471037567307,"sku":"2222170","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_4078c861_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727388904"},{"product_id":"this-old-man","title":"This Old Man","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst time “This Old Man” has been pressed to vinyl since 1975. 'Created and Totally Performed by Bruce Haack' 'An Electronic Musical-Poetic treat for Elementary and High School-People revealing more wonders of our Earth Ship.' Welcome to the World of Bruce Haack. Not just for \"school age\" people. Bruce Haack was a Canadian composer and electronic music pioneer whose creative output from the 1950s through the 1970s has been tragically underappreciated. Now considered to have been decades ahead of his time, Bruce Haack forged his music from glittering \"new\" computer landscapes of his own invention, long before the world was aware that such things were even possible. Welcome to his beautiful crucible of electronic sounds, wherein he illuminated his myriad interests in science, the wonders of childhood, and the human condition, woven into a musical tapestry that shimmers like an exploding sun.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shimmy Disc","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":51197253026123,"sku":"2242809","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Bruce_Haack_-_This_Old_Man_ef479732_thumbnail_4096_89ba01af_thumbnail_4096.webp?v=1738695708"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/bruce-haack.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}