Today, Shimmy-Disc announces their forthcoming posthumous reissue of Bruce Haack's 1975 album This Old Man, due for release on March 14th (Shimmy-2029). This is the second Bruce Haack LP that Shimmy-Disc has re-released, following Captain Entropy (Shimmy-2019), in August 2023. This reissue is the first time This Old Man has been released on vinyl since 1975, originally via the artist’s own label, Dimension 5.
Bruce Haack (1931 - 1988) was a Canadian composer and electronic music pioneer whose creative output from the 1950s through the 1970s has been tragically under-appreciated.
Now considered to have been decades ahead of his time, Bruce Haack forged his music from glittering "new" computer landscapes of his own invention, long before the world was aware that such things were even possible. Welcome to his beautiful crucible of electronic sounds, wherein he illuminated his myriad of interests in science, the wonders of childhood, and the human condition, woven into a musical tapestry that shimmers like an exploding sun.
Alongside the announcement of the reissue, Shimmy-Disc is sharing a video for the first single, "This Old Man." This track is Bruce Haack’s spin on an old English folk tune, taking it further into His realm - the modern era of electronic music as it existed in 1975. The music was created on a computer/instrument of his own design, in an effort to speak directly to the child in everyone through his unique language of sound.
The video for "This Old Man" is being shared today. The full reissue of This Old Man is due for release on March 14th via Shimmy-Disc. |
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