Voice Crack

Voice Crack

Voice Crack was a Swiss electronic free improvisation group.

Formed in the late 1972 by Andy Guhl and Norbert Möslang, Voice Crack were initially a free jazz duo. They began incorporating pre-recorded tape effects and live sound processing, and by 1983 they eliminated any normal instrumentation in favor of what they call "cracked everyday electronics:" Mundane objects such as "radios, turntables, transmitters, dictating machines" and other items are cracked open and manipulated to produce "new sounds using magnetic and radio waves in a complex system controlled by movements of their hands and by light." [http://www.for4ears.com/poire_z/about_poire_z.html]

The resulting music--various overlapping buzzes, clicks, drones and oscillations--has been described as "Cascading magnetic waves arc across the sky as three-headed critters race and rummage through alien flora ... or at least that's what it sounds like." [http://www.erstwhilerecords.com/catalog/reviews/011_review.asp] , and was favorably compared to some of John Cage's work. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=A4ckmu3rkan8k]

Voice Crack collaborated with Borbetomagus, Butch Morris (as part of a larger ensemble), and were members of poire z.

The group has now disbanded.

External links

* [http://andy.guhl.net Andy Guhl]
* [http://homepage.hispeed.ch/bots/ Norbert Möslang's home page]


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