Wolfgang Voigt's GAS Project: the Poll

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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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gas-live-recombinant-festival-2018-opening-night-tickets-49798056327

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

Königsforst
Narkopop
Pop
Zauberberg
Gas
Rausch

also thanks for the head's up on the Königsforst reissue, sleeve! it should arrive in the mail this weekend! :)

Sure, if we wanna do this...

1. Königsforst
2. Gas (the original version, not the Nah und Fern version with two tracks replaced with inferior ones)
3. Zauberberg
4. Pop
5. Rausch
6. Narkopop

Like I've said above, the two comeback albums are still nice, but they don't feel essential and magical the way the original quartet does.

100% agree

63% agree

I agree but maybe swap Konigforst with the s/t

BREAKING NEWS: #WolfgangVoigt releases brand new #GAS track as exclusive download. The track that is coming out today worldwide is called »Zeit« and is accompanied by a video clip taken out of Voigts legendary GAS live performances.

https://kompakt.fm/releases/zeit

BREAKING NEWS: #WolfgangVoigt releases brand new #GAS track as exclusive download. The track that is coming out today worldwide is called »Zeit« and is accompanied by a video clip taken out of Voigts legendary GAS live performances.https://t.co/YeHhMZoGjo pic.twitter.com/ci1xVai3dm

— KOMPAKT (@KOMPAKTREC) June 17, 2020

Only available as MP3, not FLAC or WAV? Fuck that.

AIFF

You already did a red cover Wolfgang you dope

AIFF

I've never had any Apple products so I don't know anything about AIFFs, are they lossless?

yes

Ok, I guess these days many non-Apple players support Apple formats too, so I could give a try... Still don't understand why the Kompakt site doesn't sell any digital music in FLAC or WAV, like most stores do these days.

that really seems like the kind of thing you ought to write them a letter about

otm

aiff on music sites is an oddball one but it’s nearly certainly the format that was used all the way back to pre-1990 and is comparable to .wav, just uncompressed pcm

So I’ve found out that my newborn baby relaxes when I play Konigsforst or Pop loudly. If she’s crying beyond reason I play either those or white noise and she calms down almost instantly. I guess it makes sense since it has the same repetitiveness and sort of textures as white noise which babies love.

Congrats on having a cool kid!

Is there a thread on ILM about which albums or music ilxors have found to relax their babies? I’d love to try some options.

(Those are my two favorite Gas albums, so kudos to your baby on her discerning taste)

Hahaha thanks. I’ve played all sort of music and so far it seems those are her favorite albums.

definitely wonderwall

<3 to your baby, Moka!

That's great Moka, many congrats! <3

Is there a thread on ILM about which albums or music ilxors have found to relax their babies? I’d love to try some options.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, October 14, 2020 bookmarkflaglink

You wanna know which album didn't work at all, with either of my kids? Raymond Fucking Scott's Soothing Sounds for Baby.

did raymond scott ever have children? because i bet they're fucked up because of his music

my daughter went through a brief Pop phase, but as she got older it started to creep her out. Recently, she loves Marconi Union’s “Weightless”, which imo owes a bit to Pop stylistically.

Thank you mh and LBI!

I had completely forgotten about that Raymond Scott album but yeah I would never play that one. Too sharp sounding, it’s hilariously wrong it’s described as soothing.

Speaking of Raymond Scott, I was listening earlier a spotify playlist called MoogTube and she did not seem to enjoy the Raymond Scott track in there (Portofino 2) which I ended up skipping but she relaxed to Chrome Country by Oneohtrix and to Isao Tomita’s Clair de Lune. The later made me particularly glad because I adore Clair de Lune in all its forms.

naw cute thread updates :)

I noticed from the rolling reissues thread that Kompakt has reissued Zauberberg, Königsforst, and Pop as individual CDs, but the first album is again missing, like it was missing from that box set a few years ago. Seems like Voigt has truly decided to excise it from the Gas canon. :(

And here's how the reissues of Zauberberg and Königsforst are described on the Kompakt site:

CLASSIC Wolfgang Voigt production from 1997 reissued via Kompakt! 'Zauberberg' laid the foundations for the GAS sound - a noxious blend of dragging orchestral arrangement with the weight of dread-heavy dub.

Following the 1997 release of ZAUBERBERG, Wolfgang Voigt’s ambient GAS project returned with KÖNIGSFORST, a full length that has stood the test of time as a template for introducing fundamentals of 90’s techno into the principles of contemporary electronic music.

I noticed that. A real shame. Glad I have the Mille Plateaux cd.

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Wolfgang Voigt just released a new GAS album on @Kompakt https://t.co/bKQsxt4o14

— Resident Advisor (@residentadvisor) December 3, 2021

The new one is more of the same (track 8 even samples Pop 1) but it's always great to visit the psychedelic techno forest.

i'm still trying to figure it out. it's new. at first glance, it seems like a "best of" for new gas listeners. but yes, we know this territory very well

really enjoyed diving into this
never really returned to rausch but this i much prefer

This is lovely except some of the track transitions really fuck up the ongoing flow

They released a single track version with the fadeouts removed as well.