Mellow U Posted March 27, 2013 Share Posted March 27, 2013 GAS is neither good nor bad. GAS simply...is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 hated? whoa. those are both sublime albums that i can play in any mood. there must be albums you now love that you really disliked on first few plays? sure, but they were "difficult" to listen to, abrasive somehow or extremely experimental. hating gas is like hating a warm bath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 This music hurts my head on headphones. Pretty nice on speakers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 hating gas is like hating a warm bath. well that explains it! I cant stand baths, sitting there stewing in your own juices. I'm a power shower man myself. I'm still gonna have another crack at this album though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGW Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Music Has The Right To Children is extremely mediocre to me. I'm sure that will upset EVERYONE ON HERE, but hey ho. Anyway, really enjoying Gas thus far. I've heard it before but never fully/properly. I'm focusing on the first album for now and it's very enjoyable. Track 3 is my favourite atm. I accidently pressed repeat on track 3 (instead of repeat the whole album) the other day whilst tidying my apartment and I didn't even notice for about 40 mins. Funny. I've listened to Zauberberg once and it sounded like it had a something to different to offer (in comparison to the first). I'm don't think I'm ready to move on from the first one yet though. Looking forward to hearing Pop as I've read that's the "sunniest". Edited March 28, 2013 by KGW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Pop is the perfect summer ambient album. so warm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhid Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 (edited) Music Has The Right To Children is extremely mediocre to me. I'm sure that will upset EVERYONE ON HERE, but hey ho. Anyway, really enjoying Gas thus far. I've heard it before but never fully/properly. I'm focusing on the first album for now and it's very enjoyable. Track 3 is my favourite atm. I accidently pressed repeat on track 3 (instead of repeat the whole album) the other day whilst tidying my apartment and I didn't even notice for about 40 mins. Funny. I've listened to Zauberberg once and it sounded like it had a something to different to offer (in comparison to the first). I'm don't think I'm ready to move on from the first one yet though. Looking forward to hearing Pop as I've read that's the "sunniest". Don't forget Königsforst. Edited March 28, 2013 by Tauhid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGW Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 No, of course I won't. I'm listening to them in order. Spending at least a few days to a week with each before moving onto the next one. I just haven't really read much about the style of any of them apart from Pop, which is described as summery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 http://vimeo.com/29219685 Gas talks about his music and the ideas behind it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 transcript: http://www.redbullmusicacademy.com/lectures/wolfgang-voigt-gas-amp-killer?template=RBMA_Lecture%2Ftranscript Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 tight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 can someone ID the classical samples used in that Zauberberg track? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 those red bull lectures are so weird. the guys interviewing the artists seem absurdly relaxed, like this: [youtubehd]zVGC7rz0Y1o[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerwolf Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 those red bull lectures are so weird. the guys interviewing the artists seem absurdly relaxed yeah, some of the ones i've seen border on a bit camp and bit homosexually relaxed with another man. perhaps thats just my imagination, not that I imagine things about gay people.....whatever....... forget I said anything lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Don't listen to Nah und Fern, the tracks have been remastered and don't sound right due to overcompression. It's hard to understand why he would do this :( If you want to taste the sublime magic of GAS, try a vinyl rip of the original individual releases. That complaint aside, I will make a few remarks/claims. 1. Every GAS album is better than the previous ones. 2. The GAS albums are the most profound contributions to the human artistic corpus from the last 25 or so years. Especially Pop. The genius of Pop, I suspect, has not been realized by most listeners. Maybe because they write it off as "soothing ambient music" or "music to fall asleep to", which is bullshit. I don't want to make a list of the specific aspects of Pop that make it such a timeless thing of beauty, because it's something that should be discovered. I can only invite you to give it some careful listens with an open mind. 3. If you really love GAS, you should purchase the book from Raster Noton. The visual component compliments the music very strongly in both a conceptual and aesthetic sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaini Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 GAS is neither good nor bad. GAS simply...is.this is it. GAS is isn't music. GAS is a concept, a series of objects to be admired from various angles. GAS isn't music about a forest, it is the forest. i'm glad someone else besides me and voigt gets it. i have been lost in GAS. because GAS lends itself to being lost in. can someone ID the classical samples used in that Zauberberg track?there's definitely wagner. that's all i'm allowed to say lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 GAS is neither good nor bad. GAS simply...is.this is it. GAS is isn't music. GAS is a concept, a series of objects to be admired from various angles. GAS isn't music about a forest, it is the forest. i'm glad someone else besides me and voigt gets it. i have been lost in GAS. because GAS lends itself to being lost in. Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 I think Gas is my favorite ambient music, and it's possible I've thought this since the first time I've listened to Pop. It's just taken me time to realize it and think "this is above all ambient music." It's a creative endeavor by a musician that doubles as a deep dive into your subconscious mind. For example, SAWII is obviously masterful and snapshots from the mind of RDJ, but Gas has the strange effect of being all about YOU when you listen to it. Hard to explain, but I'm sure some of you know what I mean. Like something that has existed in nature and our brains all along, but Wolfgang Voigt materialized it and made it readily available to us. Hyperbole aside, it's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Thx Kaini. Also, yeah, since I discovered GAS, I think I listen to it more than all the other music I have. It's really just perfect. It should be in the next Voyager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 GAS is neither good nor bad. GAS simply...is.this is it. GAS is isn't music. GAS is a concept, a series of objects to be admired from various angles. GAS isn't music about a forest, it is the forest. i'm glad someone else besides me and voigt gets it. i have been lost in GAS. because GAS lends itself to being lost in. >can someone ID the classical samples used in that Zauberberg track?there's definitely wagner. that's all i'm allowed to say lol. a lot of people get it. i could actually drink this song: [youtubehd]pt-bfSTP5DE[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ron Manager Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 i think the GAS albums are great, but i definitely don't have the same connection with them some of you are describing. but my taste is liable to change, so i'll keep listening and see what happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SR4 Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Konigsforst will always be my no.1. Pop is grand though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
logakght Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 This is my favorite music piece ever: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 Far as I know, Nah und Fern was not remastered. It’s just a repress with repackaging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mellow U Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 GAS is neither good nor bad. GAS simply...is.this is it. GAS is isn't music. GAS is a concept, a series of objects to be admired from various angles. GAS isn't music about a forest, it is the forest. i'm glad someone else besides me and voigt gets it. i have been lost in GAS. because GAS lends itself to being lost in. >can someone ID the classical samples used in that Zauberberg track?there's definitely wagner. that's all i'm allowed to say lol. High five! Yeah, I've spent literally months out of the year with any one of the four LPs on endless repeat in my bedroom. There's simply nothing else like that in my record collection, besides maybe Selected Ambient Works II - music that sounds as if it is outside of time and space. Like really truly alien and self-aware. Even the kickdrums eventually sound more like hearing the heartbeat of some gigantic organism from inside its womb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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