Bruce Haack: Party Machine

[ColonelFain]

WIth Russell Simmons in 1982. Haack's last track.

[alovethatcantbenamed]

Nothing against Mr. Haack, BUT... there's a noticeable lack of WOMEN who preceded him AND Kraftwerk. Laurie Anderson is probably merely the best known of them....

[ALXXMaXX]

@alovethatcantbenamed Also Delia Derbyshire.

[skinnee]

@alovethatcantbenamed and that has to do with what?

[VillaTragedia]

I saw a documentary dedicated to Bruce Haack, and i started to love his music

[tatasimon]

j adore



[GrandmasterHaack]

Great

[GrandmasterHaack]

Great

[tompoynton]

This could be a seriously huge club hit

[shmezshflanj]

2011

[sonofsilence]

fascinating. What year was this?

[thedancosmo]

@sonofsilence

Party Machine (1982)

[MotoScootMech]

who the hell disliked this song?!?!?!

[deejayzeta]

mammamia!! whatta genius, karl bartos should run and hide... :)

[jci10]

"I've been attacked by a great Haack track."

[Charybdys]

@jci10

Ack! That pun is hack, not deserving of Haack. Are you wacked? Those who like puns have brains that lack.

[geoffgurak]

Bruce Haack totally named his dick Lazarus.

[jonkanoo81]

love it

[320Vault]

This is AWESOME...

Thanks 4 share...

;D

[jessermejia]

as amazing as this track is.. and as pioneering as Haack was.. this particular jam came out in 1982. (note the Kurtis Blow namedrop) Haackula was recorded (not released) in 1978.. 4 years later haack and russell simmons collab'd on this track. It was included on the Haackula re-release but was not part of those original 1978 sessions. So this track is POST kraftwerk-computerworld for those who are keeping score. (Although the electric lucifer album haack put out in 1970 obviously paved the way.)

[Burawura]

legendary artist. RIP Bruce

[RobZalete]

Shades of KLAATU. YoU kNoW WhAt i MeAn?

[miamiwax]

wow 1978 for real??

[CynicallyInsaneX]

This song is awesome! Please can someone post the lyrics? I've looked everywhere and I couldn't find them.

[ChyaChing]

Starting at 6:47 I was strangely inspired to listen to "your woman" by White Town.

Did anyone draw the same conclusion of similarities?

[efsq]

rdj anybody?

[maximocremoso]

durooooooo

[vegataxkc]

Genius!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAD MAD beats

[rezzn8r]

Bruce Haack FTW!

[guntforsure]

this was really great. thanks for putting it up.

[takenae]

This track was not part Haackula´s original tapes from 1978, was added later in 1982 (along with 32 min. Icarus) written by Bruce in collaboration with Russell Simmons and yes, this creates some confusion. It is still an excellent piece!

[jasonmathias]

really? That is Interesting thank you for sharing. :)

[fearthenoise]

Wow!

[marikun]

Funky, creepy, genius rolled all into one. I salute you, Bruce Haack.

[ChrisUtzig]

This track is not from Haackula, it is from 1982.

Great track though.

[ullehat]

ni go tjeck on allmusic it is from haackula sorry dude

[ChrisUtzig]

It was added to the CD release a few years later, the track was not on the original release, it was made in 1982. Sorry, dude.

[Z3R0FiR3]

Niiice. Very groovy!

[Sigma341]

Thanks for the posting. Very interesting and historically important, besides being beautiful piece.

[stripedhyenuh]

This track alone pretty much renders everything Kraftwerk put out in the late 70s and early 80s obsolete.

[partyshampoo]

I absolutely share your opinion. This came into my mind when I first listened to this track.

[seablue]

i think that's pushing it. i think haack should be recognized as a pioneer in electronic music... no doubt about that. but "the king of techno" which that documentary labeled him as is both incorrect and actually misleading as to what haack's music sounded like. i don't think anyone has produced anything that sounds like the stuff haack did. anyway, this particularly song was done in 1982... i love it, but i don't think it renders kraftwerk contribution to electronic music obsolete.

[seablue]

btw, about the date. i was also originally under the impression that it was from '78, since it was included as the last track on the bootleg of haackula. however, later i found out it was commissioned (i guess) by russell simmons of def jam in 1982. i guess it was just bundled along with haackula by the bootlegger as a bonus track or something. makes sense, since it doesn't really sound like the rest of haackula.

[thinkbubblefilms]

the term 'techno' is used to define music that is technology driven... not so much a certain asthetic sound.  "Music will always change, that is how we stay in control" - Bruce Haack. So think 'King of Technology' if that helps

[genglemt]

Good points by seablue.

From what I've heard of Haack, this is the only track that is in any way similar to Kraftwerk. Even though the beat seems related to those on Computerwelt, the timeline suggests that it was Haack who was inspired by Krafwerk, and not the other way around.

[genglemt]

Actually, I find it unlikely that Kraftwerk had even heard of Haack, when they did their seminal recodings. If you listen to the whole Kraftwerk catalogue, starting from when they were called Organisation, it is clear how their sound developes, from longhaired, freeform Krautrock improvisation, to the more strictly defined sound of the late seventies. Haacks music has no place in that particular universe.

[genglemt]

Haack's work is another universe entirely. Where Kraftwerk's work is about logic and symmetri, Haacks work is much more eclectic, and much less diciplined. Haack can hold his own, but comparing him to Kraftwerk is doing him a disservice.

[BlueManIan]

Haack was already doing electropop in the late 60s; in 1968 he appeared on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood and released The Way-Out Record for Children. Kraftwerk may have influences his later stuff, but Haack was indeed in his own universe.

[thinkbubblefilms]

I assure you Haack wan't inspired by Kraftwerk. Bruce's manager used to send them Haack's records, but who knows if they listened to them.

[portablewalrus]

@stripedhyenuh yea good call. i never would of thought about that.

[stripedhyenuh]

@stripedhyenuh

Yeah I didn't know this was from 82, not 78, that does change things a bit, so I kind of rescind my previous comment.

I still think Bruce deserved alot more credit than he got, especially for things like being the first to use a vocoder in a pop song format (Electric To Me Turn, released when Kraftwerk was still Organisation no less). I always found Bruce's attitude that comes through in his music to be really inspiring, moreso than Kraftwerk.

[affeschaedel72]

@stripedhyenuh maybe that's because you're american (i'm just guessing, no offence intended)..

i think haack's work is slightly more american whilst kraftwerk has to be seen in the whole early krautrock / alternative music scene in germany that evolved in opposition to the rock n roll music that was popular back then... the motivation to make this kind of music was different.. there's a decent bbc documentary about german progressive music of that time: vimeo (dot) com / 14088099

[Majesticon]

@stripedhyenuh what the hell are you two clowns talking about? tour de force mu'fuka

[kingjaythree]

@stripedhyenuh Kraftwerk's classics obsolete?? I don't know about all that. No need to discard one to make room for the other. There's plenty room for ALL the good sh*t in MY library. ; )

[vanelektrik]

@kingjaythree

Yeah. that`s true. Furthermore it needed to be said that this was released after Kraftwerk`s "big five records", Afrika Bambaata`s "Planet Rock" and New Order`s "Blue Monday".

I like it - but it is not one of Haack`s great pioneering works.

[plunderpunk]

@stripedhyenuh no. not at all. this has nothing on even the less remarkable kraftwerk tracks of that era. if this was put out ten years earlier it *might* get an honorable mention, but c'mon, this is from '82. lot's great techno pop has been made by this point.

[skinnee]

@stripedhyenuh i don't quite know about that....but yeah...it is fine work.

[ElasticMinds]

Haack was making machines funk way before everyone else was. I just wonder how he synthesized his drums. All I know is he used lots of reel to reel machines.

[vendom00]

Great ,Great..i've seen the Haack's docuentary some yers ago...amazing guys!!

The KingOfTechno,i really enjoyed his documentary on this person i never heard talkin'about...!!! great!!!!

[Teabonesteak]

Party shampoo rocking the party machine.

I hope this song doesn't get taken down like the rest.

[kahah2]

what is party shampoo

[Teabonesteak]

party shampoo is the name of this guys channel

[kahah2]

oh i see