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Shimmy-Disc recently announced their forthcoming posthumous Archival Reissue of Bruce Haack‘s 1974 record, Captain Entropy, to arrive on August 25.
Captain Entropy, described as “a participation journey for elementary and high-school people — through the soul of spaceship earth — from principles of thermodynamics to folks like the American eagle,” was created and totally performed by Bruce Haack. It’s an electro-surrealist musical journey from the mind of “The Captain,” capturing his inventive genius musically in tandem with tapping into the voice of his inner child. It displays innovative story-songs inspired by Haack’s diverse musical interests and a love of Science and explorations of the Natural World, songs to excite the imaginations of listeners, both young and old.
To help introduce the upcoming project, today, Shimmy-Disc shares a brand new music video for the single “Mallangong,” created by Ryan Hover. Resting on a bed of Haack’s self-created synthetic sounds, this story-song weaves a tale of a most fascinating creature, the platypus, ‘bringing old knowledge to new ears.’
As described by Bruce Haack himself, in his own inimitable words: “A personally guided tour by Mallangong itself (mediumized and voiced by Bruce Haack). What’s a Mallangong? Ever hear of a Theraspid?” (via the original 1974 LP liner notes).
