i am holding this in my hot hot hands right now, listening to GAS as we speak
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 13 June 2008 07:26 (sixteen years ago) link
and when i went in the store to pick it up, they were playing it
immediate reaction: very unhappy w/ the packaging. the box itself is pretty nice, better than some boxes and worse than others. nicer than, say, the masters at work box sets, or the jazzactuel box set, because it's got a really fancy texture that you can feel under your fingers that complements the totally beautiful art.
but then there's no booklet, and there's no info on any of the inserts. there's sleeves for the discs but they're more or less identical. no reproductions of the original art. and there's four paper inserts which seem to be solarized versions of the "POP" album cover. and nothing written on the back.
i dunno, i know minimal rangers are laconic and all but this is sorta OTT.
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 13 June 2008 07:35 (sixteen years ago) link
no info doesn't suprise me but the cover art isn't there? are the discs not in their own sleeves or what?
― am0n, Friday, 13 June 2008 14:55 (sixteen years ago) link
do they sound any different? i'm wondering whether the remastering is noticeable at all? and i've forgotten - is there unreleased stuff in the CD box set?
― toby, Friday, 13 June 2008 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I am buying this tomorrow. I am really excited.
― jonathan - stl, Friday, 13 June 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree w/ m.j. to baja above. packaging disappointing. kinda like they spent all the money on the box, and had to cheap-out on the individual discs. and, really--the reproductions of WVoigt's photographs are blown-out, and on thin coated paper... nowhere near the quality of the original releases.
B U T ,,,, i'm glad it's out; anxious to play the whole thing!
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 14 June 2008 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
and, predictably, i wish i bought the lp version too...
― nerve_pylon, Saturday, 14 June 2008 00:05 (sixteen years ago) link
did they up with the remastering of konigsforst? the final track is now swathed in what sounds like shitty digital reverb, wtf! the difference is really noticeable when i a/b it with an older rip
― am0n, Friday, 20 June 2008 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
oops, did they fuck up...
compare the old one with the new version
its like the bass got sucked out of it
― am0n, Friday, 20 June 2008 04:01 (sixteen years ago) link
fucking christ, how did this happen
― winston, Friday, 20 June 2008 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
rest of the album sounds fine if not better than before. how could he ruin such a good track like that
― am0n, Friday, 20 June 2008 05:11 (sixteen years ago) link
so supposedly some of this has guitar samples? i can't hear it anywhere, it all sounds like horns and strings to me...
― moonship journey to baja, Friday, 20 June 2008 08:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the supposed "backwards disc guitar" samples or whatever are on (what was) track 1 of the first album and its basskick-equipped companion (track 2 disc 1 in the box)
i'm not too happy that he left out that first track. maybe my favorite gas track? i like it better without the kick, personally. it's like stepping into a sauna
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
duh that's supposed to be "backwards disco guitar"
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 18:42 (sixteen years ago) link
missing?
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 26 June 2008 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
quoi?
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
vinyl is gone, gone, gone. "wolfgang refuses to repress" is what i was told. if you see it, grab it!
― BATTAGS, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:06 (sixteen years ago) link
did anybody pre-order the vinyl on amazon (and if so did you receive it)?
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i noticed the track timings on discogs are different between the original CD and disc 1 of the box set. what gives?
― moonship journey to baja, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Looks like the track lengths (as listed on Discogs at least) don't exactly match up for each of the 4 albums, but the self-titled album is especially different.
― lou, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:40 (sixteen years ago) link
oh thats right. track 1 of the s/t is a new track i think. its nice but i agree with winston that it should have been kept. i guess he felt it was superfluous? seriously still pissed at what he did to that last track on konigforst so i'm glad i didn't buy this set. i'd rather just pay out the nose for original discs at this point
― am0n, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:44 (sixteen years ago) link
track 3 is new too i think
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 19:59 (sixteen years ago) link
and the running order is shuffled a bit (on the s/t)
― winston, Thursday, 26 June 2008 20:01 (sixteen years ago) link
wow, glad I kept my original of Konigsforst.
I bought both of these (CD and LP) cuz they were cheap. I'm glad I didn't shell out bigtime because this seems like it has a lot of typical reissue fuckups. Deleting a track and drastically altering another, wtf!
― sleeve, Friday, 27 June 2008 21:08 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.kompakt-net.com/images/utils/gas_werbeflyer_400x550.gif
― am0n, Monday, 1 September 2008 02:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"please click"
dunno if it's been mentioned elsewhere, but the raster-norton thing is out. the book is more of the photos like the little card things that came in the nah und ferd box. no text whatsoever
cd is probably the least of the full-lengths but quite nice nonetheless; a great version of "tal 90", one of my favorite wv tracks
― winston, Monday, 1 September 2008 11:59 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/video-archive/lectures/wolfgang_voigt_gas_amp_killer
― eman, Saturday, 8 November 2008 02:04 (fifteen years ago) link
I never heard anything about how the live debut worked out... anyone?
― ilxor, Saturday, 8 November 2008 04:06 (fifteen years ago) link
here's my review from the show at park güell, in barcelona:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/review-view.aspx?id=5587
― pshrbrn, Saturday, 8 November 2008 09:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Nice review, Philip. It sounds like a great show... if exactly what I'd expect, of course.
― ilxor, Sunday, 9 November 2008 02:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Before today, I had only heard Pop. I liked it, but I mentally filed it away as music to do homework to. Today I listened to Konigsforst over and over again, and I realized I'm going to have to look into everything Voigt has done. Track 5 is AMAZING.
― 2 5 (Z S), Wednesday, 31 December 2008 03:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Was at the show in Chicago tonight. Wow. The ending was one of the most intense things I've ever seen, but the whole thing was incredible - was really surprised at how good the visuals were, and how much they added.
― toby, Wednesday, 27 May 2009 02:11 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone else catch chicago/mutek/nyc?
― toby, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 09:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw him at Mutek, was very good (I was in a very inopportune state to fully enjoy it, though, and others told me it was their festival highlight). Very glad to have seen it, certainly.
― Edward Saroyan, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:20 (fifteen years ago) link
i sent a friend to the NY show, his report was that WVoigt was too loud and relentless, and the visuals were boring—but that the crowd adored it. perhaps i sent the wrong friend?
― nerve_pylon, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:32 (fifteen years ago) link
wanted to go to the ny show but it just wasn't in the cards. bummer.
― original bgm, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 14:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Blogstitude on the Chicago show. I guess he didn't make it in time to see it in the "main room" and wound up in a "side room." Sounds like it would have been incredible in the room it was intended for.
― Trip Maker, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 15:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, I was in the main room (arrived two hours early) and it was indeed amazing. I thought the visuals were fantastic, way more interesting than I'd ever have expected.
― toby, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
reinhardt: is that all the record do?wolfgang: yeah bitch, that's all the record do
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 2 June 2009 21:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Gas19:00, 21:00 / Wolfgang Voigt - one of the most influential figures in contemporary electronic music - brings a stunning audio-visual creation to the Barbican16 October 2009Cinema 1
^ Did you lot know about this already? Apologies if old news.
― Peinlich Manoeuvre (NickB), Wednesday, 9 September 2009 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep this 4cd box close to William Basinski's Disintegration Loops because either one makes me want to listen to the other. Some day, Basinski should do disintegrating Gas loops.
― StanM, Saturday, 28 May 2011 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
the very high pitched sounds on pop bother me
― nuclear power, jet propulsion, radar, laser beams, cordless phone (abanana), Saturday, 28 May 2011 22:21 (thirteen years ago) link
2nd half of pop >>>>>>> 1st half
― blank, Saturday, 28 May 2011 22:31 (thirteen years ago) link
Yea. It's a lot more varied on the latter half and it has Untitled 4, which is by far my favorite Gas track.
― The Sunspots In Your Eyes Are Actually Cataracts, Mr. Rudich (AWALL), Sunday, 29 May 2011 11:14 (thirteen years ago) link
― blank, Sunday, May 29, 2011 1:31 AM (14 hours ago) Bookmark
OTM, in fact I figured this was so obvious that it barely needed to be said.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 29 May 2011 13:22 (thirteen years ago) link
Why haven't I ever listened to this before???
― Sean Carruthers, Sunday, 29 May 2011 15:56 (thirteen years ago) link
Just listened to the first one straight though and damn, so good. Only scored lower here b/c it's less heard I think.
― Mark, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Pop is the first one I heard, and I still love it, but Königsforst will probably always be my fav
― Z S, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 03:17 (thirteen years ago) link
someone gave me a cd of wolfgang voigt and it's all piano and kick drum and i really don't know what to make of it, except i recognise one of the tracks from something, it's just weird, like it makes me want to clean the house a lot
― Crackle Box, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link