Wolfgang Voigt's GAS Project: the Poll

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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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