[sdiy] Bruce Haack

[rkmoore at memphis.edu]

>From brucehack.com:

"Around 1968 Bruce talked about a time when all people would create and
share their music ELECTRONICALLY without record company involvement."

also from the website:

"## ALL MP3 FILES REMOVED TEMPORARILY ##"

 . . . .grumble . . . .

-Richard Moore

----- Original Message -----
From: <scottnoanh at peoplepc.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2006 11:50 pm
Subject: [sdiy] Bruce Haack

> Hey all,
> 
> If you have access to the Documentary Channel (I get it on Dish 
> Network),this month is music month, and they've been playing 
> "Bruce Haack, King of
> Techno" quite a bit.
> 
> To be honest, I'd never heard of Bruce Haack, and just figured the 
> film must
> be about one of the countless techno artists I am unfamiliar with. 
> Au
> contraire!  This guy was one of the original Synth DIY guys.  He 
> performedon electronic equipment he'd built himself from the late 
> '50's on through
> his last recording around '81 or so (he died in '88).
> 
> There's some great footage of him playing his 'dermitron' - a 
> device that
> allowed one to 'play people' through skin contact.  It looks to be 
> from the
> late fifites/early sixties on the old show "What's My Line".  Very
> theremin-like.  He produced a whole line of kid's records (he made 
> a guest
> appearance on "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood in '68) and then moved 
> on to
> hippiedom and some very dark stuff.  The last recording he made 
> (circa 1981)
> "Party Machine" is played for the closing credits - really trips 
> my trigger.
> All vocoder vocals and such.
> 
> If you get the Documentary Channel, check it out.....
> 
> Cheers,
> Scott
> 
>