Bruce Haack
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| Bruce Haack | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Bruce Clinton Haack |
| Also known as | Jackpine Savage, Jacques Trapp |
| Born | May 4, 1931 in Nordegg, Alberta, Canada |
| Died | September 26, 1988 (aged 57) in West Chester, PA, U.S. |
| Genre(s) | Children's music Electronic music Space age pop |
| Occupation(s) | musician, producer |
| Years active | 1963 to 1981 |
| Label(s) | Dimension Five, Columbia |
| Website | http://www.brucehaack.com/ |
Bruce Clinton Haack listen (1931–1988) was a musician and composer, and a pioneer within the realm of electronic music. He was born in Alberta, Canada.
Haack had a notoriously disturbed childhood, growing up in a dysfunctional rural Alberta home. He allegedly took Mescaline with Native Americans at the age of 8. He received a degree in psychology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Later, he attended the Juilliard School of Music in New York on a scholarship, where he made many friendships that would prove important to his career. However, he ultimately dropped out after 8 months.
Haack worked extensively on children's music, releasing more music and seeing more success in this field of music than in any other. For these children records he worked together with Esther Nelson, a dance teacher. His most important records (for adults) were "Electric Lucifer" 1 & 2; the first of which was made largely on modified synthesizers. This attachment is explained in the film Haack: The King of Techno.
In 1988, Haack died of heart failure. Most of the Haack/Nelson albums remain unreleased in the United States, though they are available through Japanese imports and via peer-to-peer file-sharing programs.
Despite not having any formal knowledge in electronics, Haack built his own musical instruments, like "The Magic Wand," "The Dermatron" (a synthesizer that was played by leading an electrical current through physical contact with another person) and the "People-odion." He also composed music under the artist names of "Jackpine Savage" and "Jacques Trapp."
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Year | Album | UK | US | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Dance Sing and Listen | - | - | |
| 1964 | Dance Sing and Listen Again | - | - | |
| 1965 | Dance Sing and Listen Again and Again | - | - | |
| 1968 | The Way Out Record for Children | - | - | |
| 1969 | Electronic Record for Children | - | - | |
| 1970 | Electric Lucifer | - | - | |
| 1971 | Together | - | - | as Jackpine Savage |
| 1972 | Dance to the Music | - | - | |
| 1973 | Captain Entropy | - | - | |
| 1974 | This Old Man | - | - | |
| 1975 | Funky Doodle | - | - | |
| 1976 | Ebenezer Electric | - | - | |
| 1978 | Haackula | - | - | Unreleased because of content |
| 1979 | Electric Lucifer Book II | - | - | Released in 2001 |
| 1981 | Bite | - | - | Reversioning of Haackula |
[edit] Singles
- Les Etapes (1955)
- Lullaby for a Cat (1956)
- Party Machine (1983)
[edit] Compilations
- Hush Little Robot - QDK Media (1998)
- Listen Compute Rock Home - Emperor Norton Records (1999)
- Dimension Mix: A Tribute to Dimension 5 Records - Eenie Meenie Records (2005)
[edit] Film and television
- I've Got a Secret (1958)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1965)
- The Tonight Show - Johnny Carson (1965)
- Mister Rogers Neighborhood (1968)
