manmower Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Haha, I can hear it now, on the 2nd track on the cd for instance. Had to put my ear right next to a tweeter to detect it at first but it's more obvious on headphones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 Digging this more than narkopop as well, more engaging overall I had earbuds in when I listened to it at work and I didn't so notice a high-pitch noise specifically but it did seem more "wall of sound" ish than some other stuff I heard that day - maybe it's there to fill in the spectrum more fully? I dunno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pcock Posted May 23, 2018 Share Posted May 23, 2018 i just had a listen to the samples and its clear as day on my monitors. perfectly in time with the bass drums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Yeah there's a pretty obvious high pitches rhythm thing going on in Rausch 5 actually. It's bearable but not exactly pleasant! Still adore this all the same. Beautiful and disconcerting all at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 Rausch 5 is like a soldiers march Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 That is def my favorite track but I cant get past the high frequencies. Its killing me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 thx jules i didnt even noticed until your post now its ruined for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
species8472 Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 thx jules i didnt even noticed until your post now its ruined for me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirm Posted May 24, 2018 Share Posted May 24, 2018 This is lovely.. not hearing these high frequencies..or if I am there not bothering me! Though also a tinnitus sufferer so maybe he made this one for the tinnitus heads as someone mentioned. Really must check out the early Gas Albums I'm a newb and somehow only got into him when Narkopop came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 It's possible he doesn't even know it's there. Techno overlords such as Wolfie have got to be getting a bit of a tin ear after all these years. What if it was a frequency associated with a sample that was never filtered out and no engineer was willing to ask during mastering? Jules took exquisite care of his receivers and now suffers through techno like a dog howling at frequencies unheard. Nail on the head. This is an epic album — but with a high pitched tone that follows every beat. I’d agree that no one dared question his artistic vision. I wonder if this will ever come out in an interview or how he’d react to react to reading this criticism online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ascdi Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Yup, it sounds like the kick is running through a decimator (it always sounds cool at first) and no one filtered out the “reflected” energy at the top. Can’t say I mind it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hello spiral Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 lol yep. Just put it on for the first time. Clear as day from 2mins into track 2. Like it's a collab with ryoji ikeda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Extralife Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 The shame of it is that I think I would listen to this regularly aside from it having this tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kavinsky Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I can't hear anything even remotely close to a high frequency so I've been depressed and paranoid all evening as I face impending debility. track 5 ? no ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahnfried Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I wouldn't completely rule out this "working as intended" either.Voigt's been accused of sloppy sample editing before (the sixth and closing track on the selftitled Gas debut being a prime example) but what if he's doing and has been doing this on purpose, as stylistic dissonance or just to fuck with people's expectations and listening habits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azatoth Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Didn't hear it the first time, but now that I read about it, I can hear it now. Thanks WATMM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatrixECV Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 The high pitch is definitely deliberate. And for me it wasn't really that hi, or grating after weeks of listening to NTS 1-4. I kinda dig it actually. Reminds more a bit of the brief high pitched beeps in Comfortably Numb. PS I think I officially like this one better than Narkopop as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manmower Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 Yeah I don't find it unpleasant or distracting, and can still only hear it with deliberate attention on anything but my "good" headphones to be honest. I'm almost relieved I can hear it at all; swear I'm going to end up with a fucking ear trumpet one of these days. Is it a mere coincidence that he brought up his tinnitus in that Rolling Stone interview Extralife linked to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 tried listening to this. I’ll just listen to life’s a gas for the 1000x time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wahnfried Posted May 27, 2018 Share Posted May 27, 2018 English subtitles available now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
someguy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 With the release of Rausch, Nah und Fern (the CD version, without that vinyl-version track) is now streaming on Spotify. Pretty cool. It's probably the closest we'll get to the original Gas album on streaming services (because of the replacement of Gas 1 and 3). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spptrl alt del Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 This is a bit of a monotonous plod, following Narkopop. It's not unpleasant, it just doesn't seem* to cover much ground along its duration.. feels like one long, steady crescendo, or a gradual transformation. *on the surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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