Thursday, 5 December 2024

Voice Crack – "Earflash" (Uhlang Produktion – UP 07) 1990


Switzerland? Famous for Toblerone's,Nazi Gold, at least a dozen Mona-Lisa's locked away in some vaults in Geneva, all that plus a preponderance for driving below the speed limit!?
One has to question how this noisy duo ever managed to get out of a sensible career in corrupt neutral banking to make electroacoustic nightmares such as these seven overtly digital tracks which define themselves as "Earflash".
Like the Swiss, i'm neutral on most aspects of mass genocide,art theft,and questionable sources of Gold, as long as it makes a quick crypto-profit.
However,this stuff certainly makes for a good soundtrack to melting down extracted gold teeth to fit the numbers on forged documentation. This explains why these bland bankers are responsible for the highest Bunker and firearm ownership outside of Syria and Waco Texas.
You don't hear the word 'Free' very often in this mountainous region,but Voice Crack started off as Free Jazzers back in '72, until they changed to doing a bit of yer grinding electroacoutic Noise,often collaborating with crazy Free improv nutters
Borbetomagus, from the good 'ol US of Eh?
Voice Cracks' sound is not unlike the Alpine vistas strewn with glacial lakes and impending Avalanche thunder that make up 95% of this rather lovely country.It's enough to forgive them their genetic need to appear neutral until they take the side of the winners.....which unfortunately went titz-up when the Third Reich ended up being battered to fuck.
I hear that they may have learned a small lesson from WW2,as now they appear to be less than neutral on the subject of Ukraine; that is, unless Russia end up steamrollering Europe, and the Swiss traders are wrong AGAIN!?
At least they gave us Kleenex...the band....and ,er....Voice Crack?
Well,maybe just Kleenex / liliput.
Weren't The Young Gods swiss too?...yeah?....well, maybe them as well then?

Tracklist:

A1 Horned Aerial Bull 7:06
A2 Blow Up That Jetsam 7:58
A3 Earflash 2:39
A4 Fluffy Dog 2:41
B1 X-Ray Rally 10:06
B2 Turn Table Wax 4:12
B3 Decoy The Switch 6:32

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here, truly is the shit!

Anonymous said...

Hellhammer/Celtic Frost were Swiss too ;)

Jonny Zchivago said...

https://dieordiy2.blogspot.com/2021/09/hellhammer-triumph-of-death-prowling.html

FlaccusMUC said...

The Borbetomagus post was very nice, this one is even better. Young Gods would be appreciated, too, but I wouldn't mind some more Voice Crack if you happen to have any.

Влади́мир Влади́мирович П said...

Hey man, what kind of BS is this about us steamrolling Europe? We are barely capable of dragging trucks to Нижний Новгород. To hell with Hellhammer, Парк Горького is the real metal!

Jonny Zchivago said...

True...I was just being 'Nice'. I know Russia is Fucked, but your defeatist attitude has been forwarded to my friends in The Kremlin. So keep away from Balconies and door handles for the foreseeable future.

RisingTide said...

hy J.z. I never saw you post any Test Dept?

Jonny Zchivago said...

True,....at the time i kinda saw them as jonny come lately's in the metal bashing wars of 1982,so never really got around to buy any of their stuff...or even heard any. I do believe there is something in the archives....we'll see.

Robert Gomez said...

Debile Menthol were Swiss, and they (prog) rocked!

northfieldhat said...

Merry Christmas, longtime provider of joy!!!

Jonny Zchivago said...

CHEERS NORTHb , we are just about to start the traditional xmas champagne fest....we have 22 bottles to waste. hope you are optimistic for the new year?
this is why we drink.

parmalee said...

Optimistic for the new year? That hurts.

Also, hope all is well.

RisingTide said...

see you jimmy...aye!