Sounds from Innerspace

innerspaceboy · 12-18-2016, 03:49 PM

Wolfgang Voigt's Gas Box 10LP +4CD set has just arrived. Of Voigt's*countless one-off side project monikers, it is his work as Gas which has gained the most critical acclaim. And for good reason - this is some of the finest dark ambient minimal techno you could ever hope to find. And after sixteen years of various abridged and modified reissues, Voigt has presented the albums Zauberberg,*Königsforst, and Pop in their entirety, along with a bonus disc featuring "Tal 90", (previously released in Various - Pop Ambient 2002) and "Oktember*B" from the Oktember EP from 1999.

The set is housed in a sturdy slipcase with embossed jackets for each release.*The discs are contained in glossy black paper sleeves with GAS logo printed on both sides. The accompanying hardcover 12" x 12" art book with digital images of the Königsforst also contains four CDs of the music from the set.

Inspired by Voigt's youthful LSD experiences in the Königsforst (a German forest situated near his hometown of Köln), served as the inspiration behind these releases. Voigt claimed that he wanted to "bring the forest to the disco, or vice-versa".

Wikipedia offers an excellent description of the Gas sound:

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Each album consisting of several long tracks of dense, hypnotic, atmospheric sound. All Gas material shares a characteristic sound, consisting of an ambient wash of drones and loops, usually accompanied by a repetitive four-on-the-floor kick drum underneath the multiple layers of music. Occasionally a song will just drift on its own ambience.

Indeed, most of the time there is no clear musical progression in a Gas track, as Voigt seems to be more interested in exploring depth of the stereo field, utilizing subtle shifts in sound. Because music under the Gas alias lacks any trace of orthodox melody or chord change many would not describe it as musical. However, the sources of Voigt's samples are often of musical origin, encapsulating "old pop record stuff" as well as classical music such as Richard Wagner and Arnold Schoenberg.

It also notes that critics have described Gas music as, "similar to hearing a band playing very far away, underwater, or from behind walls." By any measure, this is a milestone ambient box set and an essential piece of any ambient record collection.

Ninetales · 12-18-2016, 03:56 PM

ahhhh was going to ask you if got that. I am super jealous. wish it included his first album as well, which is for whatever reason underappreciated.

innerspaceboy · 12-18-2016, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninetales

ahhhh was going to ask you if got that. I am super jealous. wish it included his first album as well, which is for whatever reason underappreciated.

I was similarly surprised when I saw that it wasn't included. The Nah Und Fern 2LP comp is similarly lacking in that dept.

**Frownland** · 12-19-2016, 09:04 AM

Excellent grab, my man.

innerspaceboy · 12-19-2016, 06:52 PM

Just arrived from the UK - after years of stalking this rarity it's finally mine. Distributed in France in 1991, this is the limited edition picture disc of the most monumentally epic hip house / electro-thrash single ever to destroy a pair of speakers.

It is complete with relentlessly thumping dance beats, over-the-top sampled cheeseball guitar riffs, and Deep Purple's Glenn Hughes screaming to the storm, "I WANNA SEE YOU SWEAT!" ad infinitum. Throw in the bizarre historical mythos of The KLF discovering the lost continent of America in the year 992 and you've got a ridiculous dance hit that only The KLF could concoct.

Don't miss the insane video for the single - "America, What Time is Love?"

"This is what the KLF is about. Over and out."

innerspaceboy · 12-21-2016, 06:39 PM

Stopping in quickly to share a bit of happiness from my world. I've just finished framing four newly-acquired pieces for my office.

Below the limited edition Eno & Hyde art print is the aforementioned KLF pic disc.

And long-overdue, I've added two essential female electronic music composers to my 20th-century wall - Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire!

But the most exciting piece is the giant Electric Love theremin schematic mapping all of the great pioneers of electronic sound in beautiful silver foil ink.

This office truly is my sanctuary!

The Batlord · 12-23-2016, 11:00 AM

Just had a seizure from looking at ISB's nerd room.

innerspaceboy · 12-23-2016, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Just had a seizure from looking at ISB's nerd room.

Oh you just wait, Batty. I'll post the other 3 walls shortly... it's dork central.

The Batlord · 12-23-2016, 11:08 AM

And I officially request that you change your username to "innerspacecowboy" cause that's how I always see it anyway.

Ol’ Qwerty Bastard · 12-23-2016, 11:16 AM

im super jealous, that's an awesome set-up. +1 for the famous lamp we get to look at in all of your vinyl shots

12-19-2016, 09:04 AM	#444 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Excellent grab, my man. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

12-18-2016, 03:56 PM	#442 (permalink)
Ninetales Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: livin wild Posts: 2,179	ahhhh was going to ask you if got that. I am super jealous. wish it included his first album as well, which is for whatever reason underappreciated.