Career
He was the recording engineer behind Toronto punk band The Viletones"s recording sessions in the spring of 1977 and producer of the Cardboard Brains, "White European Parliament" (1977) and the Cardboard Brains "Black European Parliament" (1978). Cardboard Brains were also featured in the "Last Pogo" punk documentary by Colin Brunton. Takacs collaborated with Canadian author and filmmaker Peter Vronsky during the 1970s as a cinematographer and art director on some of his films.