Bruce Haack - Farad : The Electric Voice

“Haack saw a spiritual dimension to the sounds coming out of his circuits. However, no one else expressed that vision in such complex terms.” – The Wire …. Up until now, the legacy of Bruce Haack (1931-1988) has only existed in the quirks, glitches, and audio signals of modern techno-luminaries such as Kraftwerk and Daft Punk, but unlike them, Haack has been left completely unacknowledged. Yet with Stones Throw’s ‘Farad (The Electric Voice)’, the electronic music pioneer will be lifted out of the sooty fields of obscurity and rightfully placed into the spotlight of the electronic music continuum. ‘Farad (The Electric Voice)’ specifically focuses on tracks using the “Farad”, the name Bruce gave to his vocoder, one of the first musical vocoders at the time, which he invented. It includes out of print and unreleased tracks accessed via negotiations with Haack’s estate. “We are excited by the thought of working with labels such as Stones Throw to see what happens when their selective audiences discover Bruce,” says Bruce Haack Estate director Philip Anagnos. “The estate is also very fond of the art of remixing and is intrigued by the notion that popular artists such as Kanye West and Thom Yorke may very well be on their way to discovering Haack for the first time.”

Tracklisting:

1. Electric To Me Turn 2. Incantation 3. National Anthem To The Moon 4. Maybe This Song 5. Rain of Earth 6. Rita   7. Man Kind   8. Epilogue   9. Ancient Mariner 10. Stand Up Lazarus 11. Noon Day Sun 12. Lie Back 13. Snow Job 14. Program Me 15. The King 16. Party Machine

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