{"title":"Gas","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pop-1","title":"Pop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e – the album that has become widely recognized as the defining moment in which Wolfgang Voigt brought us into a clearing of his deep, psychedelic forest. A landmark release in the Gas odyssey that drew international attention,\u003ci\u003e Pop \u003c\/i\u003ewas originally released in 2000 on the iconic Frankfurt imprint Mille Plateaux. \u003ci\u003ePop \u003c\/i\u003ewas heralded by Pitchfork at the time of release as being “an exercise in sonic texture... pure sonic velvet, the layered drone radiating a palpable warmth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePop\u003c\/i\u003e has since been reissued in 2016 as a part of Gas Box (now out of print) and finally now, \u003ci\u003ePop \u003c\/i\u003eis released on Kompakt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kompakt","offers":[{"title":"3LP - Black","offer_id":50380151030091,"sku":"1079661","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2fe13691-32c3-491e-a911-6e4077715edd_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726209432"},{"product_id":"zauberberg","title":"Zauberberg","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eZauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e – Wolfgang Voigt’s most fundamental (and foreboding) release under his alias Gas and perhaps of all in his untold discography – finally stands alone once again and is released in the way its original splendour. Originally released in 1997 on the iconic Frankfurt imprint Mille Plateaux, and then reissued in 2016 as a part of the Gas box, \u003ci\u003eZauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e is now released on his own label Kompkat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough this narcotic symphony is not the first release under the Gas moniker, \u003ci\u003eZauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e is the first to disclose the true nature of Wolfgang Voigt’s unified sound and ideology as Gas. Layers of ominous intensity supported by muffled kick drums as classical music loops incessantly swirl with no direction, \u003ci\u003eZauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e is the definitive Gas album and a perfect starting point for those not familiar with his music.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kompakt","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx3","offer_id":50454225256779,"sku":"1052180","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/77e73154-f3e4-4e3e-aed0-6dd89328d7d7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727182180"},{"product_id":"der-lange-marsch","title":"Der Lange Marsch","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe album \u003cem\u003eDer Lang Marsch\u003c\/em\u003e once again invites us to follow the deep sounding bass drum, to give in to its irresistible pull into a psychedelic world of 1000 promises.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the process, the journey leads us past stations of memories sounding from afar, from \"\u003cem\u003eZauberberg\u003c\/em\u003e\" to \"\u003cem\u003eKönigsforst\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003ePop\u003c\/em\u003e\", from \"\u003cem\u003eOktember\u003c\/em\u003e\" to \"\u003cem\u003eNarkopop\u003c\/em\u003e\" and \"\u003cem\u003eRausch\u003c\/em\u003e\", back and forth, now and forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kompakt","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx2","offer_id":50454564667723,"sku":"2210506","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50454561685835,"sku":"2210505","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Der_Lange_Marsch_ebcaaa16_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727184704"},{"product_id":"konigsforst","title":"Konigsforst","description":"\u003cp\u003eFollowing the 1997 release of\u003ci\u003e Zauberberg\u003c\/i\u003e, Wolfgang Voigt’s GAS project returned with \u003ci\u003eKonigsforst,\u003c\/i\u003e a full length that has stood the test of time as a template forintroducing fundamentals of 90’s techno into the principles of contemporary electronic music. Originally released in 1998 on the iconic Frankfurt imprint Mille Plateaux, and then reissued in 2016 as a part of GAS Box, Zauberberg is now released on his own label Kompakt. \u003ci\u003eKonigsforst \u003c\/i\u003ebrings glimmers of light into Voigt’s dark, magnificent forest. Melodic strings andbrass are added to his signature layers of ominous intensity. The forest path is laid out by muffled kick drums as classical music loops incessantly swirl with no direction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kompakt","offers":[{"title":"Black LPx3","offer_id":50455162487115,"sku":"1064073","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f6fdda32-b2ce-43af-b357-1ce79e3aca41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727188760"},{"product_id":"oktember","title":"Oktember","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOktember \u003c\/i\u003eis the second EP release under Wolfgang Voigt’s mythical Gas project. Originally released in 1999 on the iconic Frankfurt imprint Mille Plateaux, and then reissued in 2016 as a part of Gas Box, \u003ci\u003eOktember\u003c\/i\u003e is now released on his own label Kompakt on 180 gram LP vinyl in its original artwork. This reissue features the single \u003ci\u003eTal ‘90 \u003c\/i\u003e– originally released as a part of the Pop Ambient 2002 collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis two-track long player starts with A-Side \u003ci\u003eTal 90\u003c\/i\u003e. Sampled strings and guitars soundtrack a more uplifting side to what is typically accustomed to being the sound of Gas. The title track \u003ci\u003eOktember\u003c\/i\u003e is a dense, hypnotic affair that conjures a unique vision of dub techno that few have been able to replicate. 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Back in 1995, Voigt essayed the first Gas release, a slender, yet remarkable four-track EP, Modern. Its centre label featured a reduced symbol – an overhead or lamp light, switched on, its glow radiating outwards in four bold black lines – a perfect representation of the tight, stylised ambient electronic pop contained on that 12”. A few curious compilation tracks were floating around, too, for Mille Plateaux’s Modulation and Transformation and Electric Ladyland series. If you were attentive enough, you could tell something was up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut nothing quite prepared us for the languorous, effervescing loops and regular-like-clockwork beats that Voigt folded together on Gas. Its six long tracks, all untitled, neither begin nor end but hazily fade into earshot, vibrate majestically in your cochlea for fifteen-or-so minutes – some a bit shorter, some longer – and then meander away, reading the mise-en-scène for the next example of Voigt’s drift and dream logic to unfold. The material is referential in the most distant way, and you can sense only the most evanescent of ghostly presences, haunting these six compositions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGas feels, also, like a more pliable hint at what’s to come, as the Gas concept really solidified on its successor, 1997’s Zauberberg, and reach its apotheosis on Königsforst and Pop. Those three albums share a very similar palette – blurred, hazy samples, often of classical music, stacked and cross-thatched across a muted 4\/4 thud. Gas, then, is an outlier of sorts: it’s more expansive in its remit, lighter in its mood, perhaps more fleet of foot. 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