yeah I don’t need any more of these
― sciatica, Sunday, 29 July 2018 17:41 (five years ago) link
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.
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Sunday, 29 July 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
jrtl;jwrtjrwqjkergjertgn;ert
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.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 30 September 2018 19:36 (five years ago) link
And said show I referred to there just happened. Holy heck was that great.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 05:09 (five years ago) link
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.
― sknybrg, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 07:52 (five years ago) link
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?
― octobeard, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
Struck me as just amazing filming and editing. Also how did I not know you were all locals.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 04:23 (five years ago) link
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.
― sknybrg, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 04:38 (five years ago) link
I was the only one still reeling from Marcus Schmickler?
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 05:02 (five years ago) link
Yeah that Schmickler set was, how you say, intense. I had to move seats at one point!
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 05:08 (five years ago) link
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.
― octobeard, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 05:30 (five years ago) link
very affordable 3LP reissue of Königsforst
https://forcedexposure.com/Catalog/gas-konigsforst-3lp/KOM.370.2LP.html
― Ambient Police (sleeve), Wednesday, 5 June 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
I recently walked through Königsforst while listening to Narkopop on headphones. Highly recommend. Needed more LSD though
― octobeard, Wednesday, 5 June 2019 18:25 (five years ago) link
Königsforst NarkopopPopZauberbergGasRausch
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 June 2019 04:53 (four years ago) link
also thanks for the head's up on the Königsforst reissue, sleeve! it should arrive in the mail this weekend! :)
― i will never make a typo ever again (Karl Malone), Friday, 14 June 2019 04:54 (four years ago) link
Sure, if we wanna do this...
1. Königsforst2. Gas (the original version, not the Nah und Fern version with two tracks replaced with inferior ones)3. Zauberberg4. Pop5. Rausch6. 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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 14 June 2019 06:28 (four years ago) link
100% agree
― StanM, Friday, 14 June 2019 07:12 (four years ago) link
63% agree
― braunld (Lowell N. Behold'n), Wednesday, 31 July 2019 07:19 (four years ago) link
I agree but maybe swap Konigforst with the s/t
― brimstead, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 19:49 (four years ago) link
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
― willem, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 11:53 (three years ago) link
Only available as MP3, not FLAC or WAV? Fuck that.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 12:24 (three years ago) link
AIFF
― willem, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:33 (three years ago) link
You already did a red cover Wolfgang you dope
― Evan, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
I've never had any Apple products so I don't know anything about AIFFs, are they lossless?
― Tuomas, Monday, 22 June 2020 06:38 (three years ago) link
yes
― j., Monday, 22 June 2020 07:08 (three years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Monday, 22 June 2020 07:11 (three years ago) link
that really seems like the kind of thing you ought to write them a letter about
― j., Monday, 22 June 2020 07:30 (three years ago) link
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
― solo scampito (mh), Monday, 22 June 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
Congrats on having a cool kid!
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
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, 14 October 2020 19:24 (three years ago) link
(Those are my two favorite Gas albums, so kudos to your baby on her discerning taste)
― J. Sam, Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:25 (three years ago) link
Hahaha thanks. I’ve played all sort of music and so far it seems those are her favorite albums.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:28 (three years ago) link
definitely wonderwall
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 14 October 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
<3 to your baby, Moka!
― mh, Thursday, 15 October 2020 01:58 (three years ago) link
That's great Moka, many congrats! <3
― Ilxor in the streets, Scampo in the sheets (Le Bateau Ivre), Thursday, 15 October 2020 07:18 (three years ago) link
― ✖✖✖ (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.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:13 (three years ago) link
did raymond scott ever have children? because i bet they're fucked up because of his music
― president of my cat (Karl Malone), Thursday, 15 October 2020 19:23 (three years ago) link
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.
― beard papa, Friday, 16 October 2020 01:34 (three years ago) link
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.
― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Friday, 16 October 2020 07:20 (three years ago) link
naw cute thread updates :)
― nxd, Friday, 16 October 2020 10:37 (three years ago) link
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. :(
― Tuomas, Friday, 29 January 2021 07:23 (three years ago) link
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.
― Tuomas, Friday, 29 January 2021 07:35 (three years ago) link
I noticed that. A real shame. Glad I have the Mille Plateaux cd.
― brimstead, Friday, 29 January 2021 16:23 (three years ago) link
xp
Wolfgang Voigt just released a new GAS album on @Kompakt https://t.co/bKQsxt4o14— Resident Advisor (@residentadvisor) December 3, 2021
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Saturday, 4 December 2021 00:43 (two years ago) link
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.
― J. Sam, Saturday, 4 December 2021 01:01 (two years ago) link
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
― skull. kneel. kneel. kneel. kneel. (Karl Malone), Saturday, 4 December 2021 07:35 (two years ago) link
really enjoyed diving into thisnever really returned to rausch but this i much prefer
― nxd, Monday, 6 December 2021 12:00 (two years ago) link
This is lovely except some of the track transitions really fuck up the ongoing flow
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 6 December 2021 12:05 (two years ago) link