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Voice Crack is the duo of Swiss musicians Andy Guhl (percussion and bass)
and Norbert Moeslang (reeds)
who make music with broken objects found in garbage cans (with a peculiar
passion for electronic devices such as
radios and calculators). The way these objects are played is often
"random", meaning that the two "composers" introduce rules to let chance
create the sounds that are then recorded.
Their early vinyl albums Deep Voices (november 1977 - FMP, 1977), with the first
tentative use of electronics,
Knack On (october, 1982 - FMP, 1982), the manifesto of their fusion of musique concrete
and free jazz,
and Draht (Verlag Vexer, 1987), as well as the
cassettes released as Moslang-Guhl, i.e.
Brissugo (1980),
Werkstatt Eisen (1983),
Voice Crack (march 1984),
Radio Laboratorium (1985) and
Kick That Habit (may 1986),
were all live recordings.
They emphasized free improvisation of the kind practised by jazz musicians
using traditional instruments such as saxophones or flutes, except that
Voice Crack used home-made instruments built up from "cracked" objects.
Among their most significant works were the joint albums with noise-mongers
Borbetomagus:
Fish That Sparkling Bubble (march 1988),
the live Asbestos Shake (december 1990 - Agaric, 1991)
and the live Concerto for Cracked Everyday-Electronics and Chamber Orchestra (may 1994 - Agaric, 1994).
The first studio recording, which featured percussionist Knut Remond,
was Earflash (march 1989 - Dexterscigar, 1990).
Below Beyond Above (Up, 1997), Infra_Red (Up, 1999) and
Shock Late (Entenpfuhl, 2000)
are their abstract zeniths.
Collaborations include:
Table Chair And Hatstand (march 1996 - For 4 Ears, 1996), Poirez (march 1999 - For 4 Ears, 1999) and Buda_rom (october 2000 - For 4 Ears, 2000) with Guenter Mueller;
Bits, Bots and Signs (march 2000 - Erstwhile, 2000) with Otomo Yoshihide;
Double Wash (december 1999 - Gross, 2001) with Lionel Marchetti and Jerome Noetinger;
Oystered (july 2002 - Audiosphere, 2003) with Oren Ambarchi and Guenter Mueller;
etc.
Norbert Moeslang documented one of his installations on Capture (july 2004 - 2005) and also released Lat NC (2004) and its "remix"
Burst Log (2006).
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