Wolfgang Voigt's GAS Project: the Poll

fuck yeah

Oh nice! I’m seeing him next week, hopefully he’ll play some stuff on the new one!

Nice. Does he do his own album art?

i'm pretty sure it's his own photography.

nice to see the new one is half the price of narkopop, not sure why that one was quite so expensive

It came with a book, didn't it?

oh yeah, that's right! (i didn't buy it obv)

Narkopop (CD) was $15, with the book-packaging.

Nice. Does he do his own album art?

Narkopop (CD) was $15, with the book-packaging.

Vinyl was £55 or something daft like that!

lol yeh i got one, deffo around the fifty quid mark

holy shit I went to the show in Philly last night and it was something. Did anyone see him in NY/DC/elsewhere?

crut saw the Big Ears show and said it was amazing, see that thread for details

london last year! hope he comes to uk again soon :)

Agreed on the greatness of the Big Ears show. It was the end of a long festival day so I sort of drifted in and out, which was maybe the perfect way to experience it.

saw him DC and it was exactly what i wanted... a roomful of people transported into the subconscious void staring rapt at dark forest abstractions for an unclear amount of time. it was odd emerging from that into the mid-afternoon sunlight at the wharf.

sounds amazing

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€11.90 EUR for the digital album "Rausch" (no thanks, Wolfgang)

lets hear some samples

cd edition cannot be that much more surely ?

i dont ever buy digital albums but is that bad?

it's approximately the same as paying for the CD (+ booklet)

lovely scarf, though

vinyl arrived today!

sounds quite pacy compared to previous records

listening to the album for the first time, and it's nice to hear these songs again! i heard him a few weeks ago, and i think he pretty much just played this album, or at least large stretches of it (i like gas but sometimes have trouble distinguishing between tracks that aren't on konigsforst or pop, the two i've listened to the most).

for me, 3 is a highlight. this will make it sound terrible, but it's gas as a blissed out droney late 80s reverb rock band, with traces of numan popping in and out.

odd atmospheres going on, on Rausch. Track two sorta reminds me of Tilt, by Scott Walker

Anyone know whether the CD version is supposed to include a booklet? My copy has a slot for one but none present...

same with mine (empty)

So much for singing along

I bet we're missing out on some great tree pictures!

last two comments A+

KOMPAKT.fm seems to indicate that this is just a relatively simple cd release as opposed to the fancy booklet/cd that they did for the last album.

the lyrics are printed on the part (on the inside) of the sleeve that holds the CD

wait, lyrics?

just got my copy via amazon : no booklet.

Every time i see the title for this record it looks like Ranch to me, which them makes me think that Voigt named his record after a mayo-based condiment

I've been listening to this for a couple of days, and it sounds pretty much, like a continuation of the previous album, no? The biggest change is that there's no beatless interludes anymore, which is appreciated... And Voigt seems to have put more variation into the beats in general, the minimal hihats in one of the mid-album tracks sound really really nice, especially considering he hasn't really used them in the Gas project.

But the complaints I made above still apply to this one too: the samples are too clean with recognizable instruments, which makes the tracks sound more like remixes of modern classical music (even if the recordings he samples are of older pieces, the droneyness and atonality makes them feel modern) and less like these organic but alien soundworlds from out of nowhere. The two new albums are still enjoyable music and it's nice he's continuing the project, but I don't think they quite have the magic and oddness of the original Mille Plateaux records.

yeah i'm liking the beats a lot

The album (Rausch) is one big plod, w/minimal variety--dynamically and tonally

tuomas otm, tbh I haven't found anything after the original albums to be that compelling

yeah I don’t need any more of these

Narkopop is up there with the earlier releases, imo. It's a different beast altogether, in its construction and crystalline fidelity, but it's really emotionally charged and resonant. Again, in my experience.

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First time Gas is playing in SF. Also it's, you know, FOUR BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE.

And said show I referred to there just happened. Holy heck was that great.

I will confirm what Ned said: the performance (I attended the 9pm set) was fantastic. Probably true first time I’ve heard gas at a proper volume.

I was also at the 9pm set. What an incredible visual realization of the concept! Basically the music is inspired by a bunch of psychedelic experiences in the pine forests of Germany. Was it me or did it seem that many of the forest shots were entirely CG? Or were they just so excellently filmed and choreographed that it appeared to be the case?

Struck me as just amazing filming and editing. Also how did I not know you were all locals.

I’m such a homebody these days...but a local nonetheless

Yeah, the film was a fully immersive, psychedelic experience and I was only under the influence of a couple of beers. I’d love to have another opportunity to see the performance again and scrutinize the visuals. I was impressed how quickly I fell under the spell of the music and visuals.

I was the only one still reeling from Marcus Schmickler?

Yeah that Schmickler set was, how you say, intense. I had to move seats at one point!

Thank goodness for quality ear plugs! And yeah I'm a local, too. Biked to and from the show! Guessing you're in the Mission, Ned.

very affordable 3LP reissue of Königsforst

https://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/gas-konigsforst-3lp/KOM.370.2LP.html

I recently walked through Königsforst while listening to Narkopop on headphones. Highly recommend. Needed more LSD though