Wolfgang voigts gassignaturesound seems to be influenced a lot by 1983 omd telegraphs 6. Last year, gas reissued all of his previous albums under critical acclaim. A powerful masterpiece played alive by an ambient mastermindgenius. Without those seminal early recordings its safe to say ambient electronic music would not look quite the same.
Wolfgang voigts groundbreaking project gas is the sound of organic matter and technology living in perfect harmony. Wolfgang voigt s releases under his gas moniker have been hailed as high water marks for not only himself but electronic music as a whole, and now the kompakt label boss is set to take a. Wolfgang voigt, born in 1961 in cologne, germany, is an artist, music producer, label owner and one. This is music without beginning and without end, cushioned contours that fall softly into the space that seem to overrule temporal schemes.
Check out ambient grunge by wolfgang voigt on beatport. Gas, with its baroque classical samples and misty atmospheres, was a tribute to voigt s childhood experiences in german forests, places where he felt most at peace. Gas rausch rausch with no name my beautiful shine you are the sun this is where i want to be rausch with no morning this is where we burn the stars sparkle in a sea. Wolfgang voigt reschedules gas shows in north america following cancelled tour. Wolfgang voigt is an electronic music artist from cologne, germany, known for his output under various aliases on a plethora of record labels, including warp, harvest, rasternoton and force inc.
Dec 09, 2016 nearly twenty years later, wolfgang voigts records under the gas alias still assault our presumptions about electronic music. Wolfgang voigts four legendary gas albums finally made available in digital formats, each album a unique take on the densely hypnotic and endlessly looping forest bound techno. Subscribe to losslessbest news by email real domain to losslessbest hd24bit. Wolfgang voigt is a man of many means and monickers, having engendered a unique take on electronic expressionism across multiple media from riotous early 90s acid to cyberfolkloristic techno or the abstract drama of his current ruckverzauberung project, a pioneering vision to be found on vinyl, canvas or flickering screens. Although widely known as a tireless producer, he is best known for. Wolfgang voigts musical interests have led him to create stark dancefloor minimalism, playful house, and tranceinducing dubtechno. Wolfgang voigt is keeping his gas revival going impressively strong recently, so much so that hes just announced another new album from his highminded electronic project. This is a fine dark adventure that this album brings to you, i imagine myself wandering in obscure dangerous places, peeking at every corner to see if the path is clear for me to find a exit. We find wolfgang voigt in his natural habitat amidst the sweeping, gaslike ambient scenery of ruckverzauberung 10. Wolfgang voigts legendary gas project gets definitive retrospective on kompakt. Albums include las vegas, gas, and ruckverzauberung live in london.
Minimal techno pioneer wolfgang voigt talked about the similarities between german forests and a packed club, paredback production techniques and why minimal. Wolfgang voigts gas project returns with first album in 17 years. It is not meant to be a monolithic retrospective of his visual work, but it features a broad spectrum of photographic images taken between 1995 and 1998, showing many different moods and perspectives of wolfgang voigt s cosmos. This third gas fulllength features the most uptempo, 44kickled. Wolfgang voigt s gas signaturesound seems to be influenced a lot by 1983 omd telegraphs 6. Wolfgang voigts gas when i first heard this record in the mid90s, i was listening out of sheer boredom, mainly to a lot of electronic music on an experimentalnoise axis.
Oct 21, 2016 wolfgang voigt is an electronic music artist from cologne, germany, known for his output under various aliases on a plethora of record labels, including warp, harvest, rasternoton and force inc. He signed on numerous record labels, including warp, harvest, rasternoton, force inc, astral industries and kompakt. Gas stylized as gas or g a s is the main musical project of german electronic musician and composer wolfgang voigt born 1961. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from wolfgang voigt at the discogs marketplace. Wolfgang voigt ruckverzauberung 10 national park boomkat. Mar 19, 20 wolfgang voigts gas when i first heard this record in the mid90s, i was listening out of sheer boredom, mainly to a lot of electronic music on an experimentalnoise axis. Wolfgang voigt born 1961 is an electronic music dj and producer from cologne, germany, known for his output under various aliases, such as gas. Narkopops artwork is also based on voigts photos of the same.
Needless to say this is an essential addition to any electronic connoisseurs collection. Wolfgang voigt, born in 1961 in cologne, germany, is an artist, music producer, label owner and one of the cofounders of the colognebased electronica and techno label kompakt. Ruckverzauberung 10 nationalpark, on the other hand, does almost the reverse. Gas rausch by wolfgang voigt published on 20190207t14. Narkopop is the german musicians fifth album and first since 2000s pop. Wolfgang voigt 20 minuten gas im november 20 to 2000.
Voigt cites his youthful lsd experiences in the konigsforst, a. Nearly twenty years later, wolfgang voigts records under the gas alias still assault our presumptions about electronic music. Download konigsforst by gas wolfgang voigt at juno download. How can music that seems to be monotonous convey such beauty and. Wolfgang voigt lecture barcelona 2008 red bull music. After last years narkopop, the first gas lp since 2000, the legendary ambient techno project returns in may. Gas is there to take you on a seemingly endless march through the under woods and into the discoteque of an imaginary, nebulous forest. His project gas, an intoxicatingly sinister work of sound art based on highly condensed classical sound sources, thrills a global audience far beyond the traditional electronica and techno music scenes since over.
Gas is wagner goes glam rock, and hansel and gretel on acid. Stream gas rausch, a playlist by wolfgang voigt from desktop or your mobile device. Extremely celebrated ambient techno pioneer wolfgang voigt has announced his first album in 17 years under his gas project. Gas rausch by wolfgang voigt free listening on soundcloud. This month, wolfgang voigt revived his legendary ambient techno project with narkopop, the first gas album in 17 years. Wolfgang voigt is the mastermind of the gas project, which has released six albums and two eps of ambient techno since 1996. Wolfgang voigt reveals massive gas box set exclaim. Jun 05, 2008 wolfgang voigt s musical interests have led him to create stark dancefloor minimalism, playful house, and tranceinducing dubtechno.
Wolfgang voigt is keeping his gas revival going impressively strong recently, so much so that hes just announced another new album from his high. Licensed to youtube by kontor new media music on behalf of kompakt, and 2 music rights societies. Wolfgang voigts stream on soundcloud hear the worlds sounds. Here it is, the optimistic underground list of the best dub techno albums ever made. Wolfgang voigt, eminently quotable as ever, once said that his aim was always to bring the german forest into the disco.
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, kompakt 20 was invited to contribute to colognes highly reputed art fair, art cologne. Several artists have released recordings under the name of gas. Gas wolfgang voigt zauberberg kompakt3701d electrobuzz. In his music, wolfgang voigt does not create a direct reference to the original sounds and or even the forest itself. Being the projects first release in 17 years, narkopop marked the return of gas in 2017.
For the first time ever, wolfgang voigt aka gas presents the visual aspect of the comprehensive gas project in print. Gas is a project of cologne, germanybased electronic musician wolfgang voigt. May 25, 2018 wolfgang voigt is the mastermind of the gas project, which has released six albums and two eps of ambient techno since 1996. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Raster noton if you like the album please buy it and support the artist. It is not meant to be a monolithic retrospective of his visual work, but it features a broad spectrum of photographic images taken between 1995 and 1998, showing many different moods and perspectives of wolfgang voigts cosmos. In his music, wolfgang voigt does not create a direct reference to the original sounds and or.
The project was created as an expressive medium inspired by his experiences with taking lsd in the konigsforst, a german forest situated near his hometown of cologne, for long periods in his youth. Wolfgang voigt ruckverzauberung 10 nationalpark music. Wolfgang was incredible a stunning musical and visual delight. Recently i realized there were no definitive lists or guides for ushering new fans into the genre i love most. If there is any producer who needs no introduction on these pages its wolfgang voigt. Join songkick to track gas wolfgang voigt and get concert alerts when they play near you. Aug 04, 2008 check out gas by wolfgang voigt on amazon music. Beatport is the worlds largest electronic music store for djs. Rausch has been produced as a single composition, and it comes as the second release from the legendary ambient project in two years, following up from last years narkopop. Wolfgang voigts gas project is set to release rausch on 18 may via kompakt. Wolfgang voigt presents the legendary and somewhat mythical due to the scarcity of the records gas in a beautifully crafted, deluxe box set featuring the albums zauberberg, konigsforst, pop and the extended player oktember.
Additionally it contains the unreleased album wolfgang voigt mit masch. Written to commemorate the opening of german national park, hunsruckhochwald, where the piece is played through loudspeakers to enchant the woodland and viceversa, it gracefully unfurls just over an hour of deep forested strings and quietly intoxicating atonality in a. For the event, wolfgang voigt designed, inter alia, a sound installation situated in the entrance area of. Wolfgang voigt, born in 1961 in cologne, germany, is an artist, music producer, label owner and one of the cofounders of the colognebased electronica and. Gas, with its baroque classical samples and misty atmospheres, was a tribute to voigts childhood experiences.
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