Wolfgang Voigt / Gas

I always really liked his pop ambient stuff and konigsforst.

  On 12/6/2010 at 11:17 AM, 40days said:

Other artists that sound somewhat similar to Gas:

 

- Ulf Lohmann / Because Before. This one's got the muddy sound of Gas in most of the tracks.

Great album.

Another (not Wolfgang Voigt) album with a similar Gas sound. This was actually recorded in the same year as first Gas album, but the CD never was released until ten years later.

Already mentioned, but needs to get heard by more people.

lol, I didn't even see your post. Sorry! It's a fantastic album though. Everything I've heard from Silentes has been good.

As much as I hate spamming, I thought about it and I think the Gas-heads in this thread would possibly enjoy this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdk8oYvUgic

While not specifically sounding like Gas, I took a lot of influence from Gas when I made it. Think Gas meets Casino Versus Japan, strung out on nitrous in the tropics, and you're there. Also, worth noting that Henry Mancini's "Theme From A Summer Place" is sampled really prominently in that piece, but good luck trying to spot it!

/spam

For those who have listened to both, would you recommend the vinyl or CD version of Konigsforst?

  On 12/30/2010 at 8:21 PM, schizobullet said:

For those who have listened to both, would you recommend the vinyl or CD version of Konigsforst?

Vinyl for sure.

doesn't the vinyl demand ridiculous prices though?

its better to just get the Nah Und Fern and download whatever isnt on there.

  On 12/31/2010 at 3:21 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

doesn't the vinyl demand ridiculous prices though?

 

its better to just get the Nah Und Fern and download whatever isnt on there.

Practically speaking, yes.

However much of the ripped stuff circulating is poor/half-decent quality, so those of us who are a bit more fickle about audio are probably willing to fork over the ridiculous cash.

Cheapest I can find Konigsforst for is around 50 dollars

Considering I dropped $40 on Autechre's Garbage EP alone, I would absolutely get that for $50.

  On 12/31/2010 at 8:40 PM, Mellow U said:

Considering I dropped $40 on Autechre's Garbage EP alone, I would absolutely get that for $50.

  On 12/31/2010 at 10:34 PM, Capsaicin said:

  On 12/31/2010 at 8:40 PM, Mellow U said:

Considering I dropped $40 on Autechre's Garbage EP alone, I would absolutely get that for $50.

wtf 50? im seeing everyone of his releases around 200 and up, USD.

  On 1/1/2011 at 12:16 AM, Smettingham Rutherford IV said:

  On 12/31/2010 at 10:34 PM, Capsaicin said:

  On 12/31/2010 at 8:40 PM, Mellow U said:

Considering I dropped $40 on Autechre's Garbage EP alone, I would absolutely get that for $50.

 

 

wtf 50? im seeing everyone of his releases around 200 and up, USD.

Exactly my point - considering the usual market for Gas vinyl, that $50 is either an extinct listing, extremely dinged up, or (if you're lucky) from a seller who has no idea what they have. Esp. since Konigsforst is considered by many to be one of the best albums!

I like the CD version more, but the LP version is not a bad bonus to have on top of that. I must admit though that I do not own the vinyl itself, I just have a rip of it. Listening to everything through my wireless headphones, though, is the best listening environment for me - but I'm not denying the vinyl experience from the artwork to the player needle.

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/23821077?ev=bp_titl

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/20432177?ev=bp_rel_det

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/31072360?ev=bp_rel_det

Also, there are absolutely no good scans of the Zauberberg cover, which kinda annoys me.

  On 1/1/2011 at 10:30 AM, Capsaicin said:

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/23821077?ev=bp_titl

 

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/20432177?ev=bp_rel_det

 

http://www.discogs.com/sell/item/31072360?ev=bp_rel_det

 

Also, there are absolutely no good scans of the Zauberberg cover, which kinda annoys me.

http://www.albumartexchange.com/covers.php?sort=4&q=zauberberg&fltr=1&bgc=&page=

Well nevermind then. Thanks!

  On 1/6/2011 at 3:00 AM, xxx said:

I listened to Zauberberg via slsk, instantly baleeted and sprung for Nah Und Fern from Forced Exposure because its ludicrous to not pay for that righteous collection. Here on Friday--plan to go deep into the forest

  On 1/6/2011 at 3:00 AM, xxx said:

I listened to Zauberberg via slsk, instantly baleeted and sprung for Nah Und Fern from Forced Exposure because its ludicrous to not pay for that righteous collection. Here on Friday--plan to go deep into the forest

Nice! Welcome to the fold!

I am currently lost in the deep of the black forest with GAS.

seriously .. i can't listen to any other music . ahgghaghaghgjklriurhgljr

Someone should make a 4-hours loop of this track.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYRp284shE&playnext=1&list=PLEF476C7E015C77D6&index=3

Of any Pop track, I say! One of the best ambient albums for me.

  On 1/19/2011 at 12:05 AM, Boxing Day said:

Someone should make a 4-hours loop of this track.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riYRp284shE&playnext=1&list=PLEF476C7E015C77D6&index=3

Marvellous

thats fucking awesome....such simple ideas make such great music

  On 3/9/2011 at 3:54 AM, xxx said:

OK, I'm not looking to be a copyist or anything but I stumbled onto something fun. Aphex only wishes the Analord binder could compare to this 3LP "Isle Of The Dead" by Rachmaninoff I found at a thrift store for $0.25. The records must be pressed lead; literally the heaviest 33 RPM discs I've ever held in my life. It's built just like a book with a bound spine and cardboard sheathes for the records. It was released in the 60's and the records and binders are in absolutely horrible condition...maybe the worst shape I've ever seen records in that could still be played.

 

I used an old sacrificial stylus to encode them digitally just for the novelty of it. I revisited it tonight and now that I know Nah und Fern front to back, I was shocked by how much the beginning of the third movement sounded very Gas(sy) I selected out the intro and crafted a reverbed kick drum reminiscent of the Gas series to add. Except for the kick, the sample is completely untouched--everything you hear is the sum total of artifacts from a 45 year old trashed record. It's truncated for looping so Choose Your Own Gas