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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
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