Bruchstücke
7" record release / moozak rec.
june 2021
Bruchstücke , the fifteenth release in the Moozak Catalogue, is a noteworthy release in a number of ways: the record itself is not, pressed on vinyl, as one would expect from a 7". Also, not one disc is the same as the other. This record is made of plaster and varies in different shades of gray and black. It is heavy, rough, sharp-edged and yet sensitive and fragile. The sounds present on the record are concrete: Glass, stone, metal, wood and other materials burst, break and are acoustically captured in this moment of breaking and transferred into an arrangement. In addition, the record is neither available digitally, nor is it available in a record store.
The release, which comes with a booklet containing a text by Lona Gaikis and photographs by Markus Gradwohl, is only exclusively available by mail order and thus, will almost certainly arrive broken at the recipient. Bruchstücke is released in a strictly limited edition of 20. Each copy is handmade by the artist himself and sent with a signed and numbered Polaroid of the respective disc. “Whenever something breaks, there is also the beginning of something new”, is Salzmann's advice. And so the recipient has the opportunity to reassemble the plaster fragments and form a new record with the help of the enclosed tube of glue. The cracks and break points become part of the composition, and so each copy is also sonically unique thanks to the participation of the owner.
concept by Karl Salzmann & C. Hausch
photographs by Markus Gradwohl - www.noiseredux.net
text by Lona Gaikis - lonagaikis.info
artwork by C. Hausch - hausch.io
kindly supported by MA7 Stadt Wien Kultur and BMKOES (Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport).
Kindly Supported By Stadt Wien Kultur and BMKOES (Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport).
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