a r t i s t : Bruce Haack
t i t l e : The Electric Lucifer
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Omni (OMNI-110)
g e n r e : Electronic
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2007
t r a c k s : 24
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 95,5 MB
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One of the greatest moog albums ever - all original sounds and
tunes from the legendary Bruce Haack. Haack had spent most of
the 60s doing small label kiddie records on his own, but this
late 60s gem on Columbia is probably his best known work - a
masterpiece of short and groovy little songs that are heavy on
analogue electronics and special effects. There's a really
fuzzy feel to most of the work here - heavy echo and reverb
that give the album a very dark feel, even when the songs are
a bit light and playful. Haack's lyrics are great too - quite
conceptual, with a spiritual undercurrent that's surprisingly
great - and which adds a further layer of meaning to the set.
The whole thing's a bit like the Silver Apples, but more
experimental - and there's a love of sound, shape, and texture
that Haack never matched again on later albums. A key
predecessor to Suicide, Stereolab, and countless others - with
titles that include "Electric To Me Turn", "Cherubic Hymn",
"Program Me", "War", "Incantation", "Angel Child", "Super
Nova", "Requiem", "Song Of The Death Machine", and "National
Anthem To The Moon". CD features the previously unreleased
"Electric To Me Turn (alternate version)", and a Canadian
radio interview interspersed with songs.
http://www.dustygroove.com/
Editors Notes from Stereo Review or Hi-fi Magazine 1970
"THE ELECTRIC LUCIFER" is totally unlike anything ever
recorded before. It is truly a voice of the future. Listen to
"Electric To Me Turn" and the anti war "War."
The credentials of the creator of "THE ELECTRIC LUCIFER" album
are as diverse as they are fascinating. Bruce Haack was born
in a mining camp called "Saunders Creek" in the Canadian
Rockies. There were no roads in or out. I guess one either way
would have served both. But only the train came in once a week
to pick up coal. As a child Bruce turned-on to the mountain
wind, the screams of golden eagles, the mine tunnels and the
one electric light forever shining outside the mine supply
store (the symbolism zonks me). After striking out for the
nearest town as a young man, Bruce soon learned to turn his
natural inventiveness, especially at the piano, into his own
means of expression. He went to the University of Alberta
where he majored in psychology and extra-curricular activity,
mostly performing and composing. He was always into something;
two weekly radio shows, a performing group of piano, bass and
drums. Club dates. Playing real country piano for real country
dances. He even won a gold literary award. Then encouragement,
even insistance from the renowned actor Charles Laughton
compelled Bruce to go to New york. Since then he has earned an
imposing list of credits- (his compositions have been
performed at Carnegie and Town Halls, he has written ballet
music, Broadway music ("How to Make a Man"), off.Broadway
music ("The Kumquat in the Persimmon Tree"), pop songs (he
penned three of Teresa Brewer's hits). Bruce has created
hundreds of singing commer cials and is the inventor of "dermi
tron," an electronic device which allows the human body to be
played as a musical device by means of skin contact. Wow. His
music for the Nicolo Marionettes and Bliss Displays are heard
on a national scale.
But despite all this, Bruce devotes mast of his time to
working with, and inventing fascinating electronic toys for,
children.
Bruce invents, builds and plays his own electronic musical
instruments. He composed and performed all the music on "THE
ELECTRIC LUCIFER" as well as creating the synthesizer on which
he performed. He picked up the parts for less than 50 bucks on
New York's Canal Street.
And although there is a lot of meta physics in the messages of
his songs, the album's appeal will be the beautiful mix of
music and magic. Good rock. The appearance of the electronic
voice on the album could be the most revolutionary thing about
it. But as for me, I just dig it musically.
http://www.brucehaack.com/lucifer.asp
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01-Electric To Me Turn [01:51]
02-The Word (Narration) [00:33]
03-Cherubic Hymn [02:20]
04-Program Me [04:39]
05-War [03:45]
06-National Anthem To The Moon [02:40]
07-Chant Of The Unborn [01:25]
08-Incantation [03:17]
09-Angel Child [01:04]
10-Word Game [03:50]
11-Song Of The Death Machine [03:03]
12-Super Nova [05:24]
13-Requiem [03:23]
14-(silence) [05:01]
15-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [06:37]
16-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [00:33]
17-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [02:18]
18-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [05:58]
19-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [02:38]
20-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [05:59]
21-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [05:22]
22-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [03:22]
23-Bruce Haack Interviewed On Canadian Radio CKUA (1970) [00:48]
24-Electric To Me Turn (Alternate Version) [01:48]
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