Amoeba Music

Bruce Haack (1931-1988) was one of the most original, inventive, and blatantly weird artists of the 20th century, and if you don’t know his work, you’ve heard its reverberations. He’s a pioneer, one of the earliest and most brazen innovators of electronica, creating strange, otherworldly, space-age sounds in the late 1950s, years before commercially-produced instruments were available. Many of Haack’s records were self-released, intended for and marketed to children, and while he readily sprawled across genres – pop, country, classical, electro-acoustic – his work was composed with homemade electronics, ingenious modulators and synthesizers he crafted from everyday household appliances. His lyrics lurch from bizarre to surreal and... Read More

City Of Origin:

Nordegg, Alberta, Canada

Genre:

Experimental, Electro-Acoustic, Easy Listening, Pop Instrumental, Instrumental Pop, Kids

Birthdate:

05/04/1931

Death date:

09/1988