Norbert Möslang - cracked everyday-electronics

Recorded live at Espace Multimedia Gatner, Bourgogne, Augist 22, 2010 by Remy Bux.
Mastered by Pierre Bendel at ZackStudio
Cover photo by Beni Bischof
Layout by Tomek Mirt

During the work for Voice Crack duo Norbert Möslang was one of the pioneers in the field of sound installation techniques usage in live improvised music. His instruments are cracked everyday-electronics, but sounds themselves are delivered from the mechanical properties of these devices. This kind of approach seems to be similar to Peter Fischli and David Weiss practices in the visual arts? fields. The comparison of the film documentaries - "The Way Things Go" (1987) about Fischli/Weiss activities and "Kick that habit" (1989) about Voice Crack ? is quite correct. In the beginnings the Voice Crack sound works were conjured with post-industrial and noise practices of Borbetomagus i Hijokaidan, but in the end it resulted in the rise of XXI century free-improv and EAI movement ? Nmperign duo, Jerôme Noetinger, Lionel Marchetti, erikM, Andrea Neumann, Jason Kahn, Cor Fuhler, etc. Moslang was cooperating with most of these sound artists. After the Voice Crack finished all activities, Möslang continued his sound explorations in the field of cracked everyday-electronics. His recordings started to be vivid and colorful, focused more on subtle and precise movements and thrills of the objects.

"fuzz_galopp" is a composition of amplified pulsating sounds of cracked everyday-electronics. But the rhythm is a primal foundation of the sound texture. The similar approach was recently used by Pete Swanson and Neil Campbell, however Norbert Möslang managed without sampler and drum machine. The whole recording is based on mechanic objects sounds only. On the other hand his music differs from Pierre Bastien's thanks to dense sounds and powerful dynamics. The pure pleasure of galloping fuzz experience!

(–) Daniel Brożek

During the work for Voice Crack duo Norbert Möslang was one of the pioneers in the field of sound installation techniques usage in live improvised music. His instruments are cracked everyday-electronics, but sounds themselves are delivered from the mechanical properties of these devices. This kind of approach seems to be similar to Peter Fischli and David Weiss practices in the visual arts? fields. The comparison of the film documentaries - "The Way Things Go" (1987) about Fischli/Weiss activities and "Kick that habit" (1989) about Voice Crack ? is quite correct. In the beginnings the Voice Crack sound works were conjured with post-industrial and noise practices of Borbetomagus i Hijokaidan, but in the end it resulted in the rise of XXI century free-improv and EAI movement ? Nmperign duo, Jerôme Noetinger, Lionel Marchetti, erikM, Andrea Neumann, Jason Kahn, Cor Fuhler, etc. Moslang was cooperating with most of these sound artists. After the Voice Crack finished all activities, Möslang continued his sound explorations in the field of cracked everyday-electronics. His recordings started to be vivid and colorful, focused more on subtle and precise movements and thrills of the objects.

"fuzz_galopp" is a composition of amplified pulsating sounds of cracked everyday-electronics. But the rhythm is a primal foundation of the sound texture. The similar approach was recently used by Pete Swanson and Neil Campbell, however Norbert Möslang managed without sampler and drum machine. The whole recording is based on mechanic objects sounds only. On the other hand his music differs from Pierre Bastien's thanks to dense sounds and powerful dynamics. The pure pleasure of galloping fuzz experience!

(–) Daniel Brożek