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7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 11 Ratings

  • Summary: The four disc box set of Wolfgang Voight's techno project includes reissues of three album (his 1996 self-titled debut and 1995's Modern EP are not in this set) as well as the EP, Oktember.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. The Wire
    Dec 21, 2016
    100
    The vinyl pressing is high quality and these albums deserve every extra crumb of clarity analogue can muster. ... Clear the shelves. [Dec 2017, p.74]
  2. Dec 7, 2016
    100
    Gas is the sound of a man freeing his mind and allowing it to wander. To listen to Box is to seize that same opportunity.
  3. Dec 9, 2016
    95
    Nearly twenty years later, GAS still assaults our presumptions about electronic music.
  4. Dec 7, 2016
    90
    As great as Box is, it’s yet another incomplete box set as Nah Und Fern was before it. There’s a GAS release album out there somewhere with a perfect 10 nailed to it, and it’ll have all six releases inside, waiting for us.
  5. Dec 7, 2016
    80
    This gradual sense of revelation is reflected in Gas’ musical development. Each album has its own characteristics.
  6. Mojo
    Dec 7, 2016
    80
    Once inside, you discover fresh wonders. [Dec 2016, p.104]
  7. Dec 7, 2016
    70
    Although Box oddly and quite disappointingly omits Voigt's 1995 Modern EP and 1996 self-titled debut, the vinyl version adds in tracks that were previously unavailable in the format, along with the inclusion of 1999's Oktember EP and the hard-to-find "Tal 90" single.

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  1. Oct 21, 2021
    7
    This 'Box' compiles GAS' major hit records 'Zauberberg', 'Königsforst' and 'Pop' in addition to the EP including 'Tal 90' and 'Oktember'.This 'Box' compiles GAS' major hit records 'Zauberberg', 'Königsforst' and 'Pop' in addition to the EP including 'Tal 90' and 'Oktember'. Needless to say that the content is just gigantic.

    'Pop' album all by itself deserves not less than a nin out if ten. The tracks it showcases are vivid, changing, mind-blowing. It evokes undeniable emotions while telling an endless mysterious story paved with rain and sunshines. So touching. So beautiful.
    'Königsforst' on its side left me way less impressed with its continuous electronic beat. This feels like mist and dust. Also very questioning but in my opinion it lacked of grandiosity and hope. Violins on 'Königsforst 6' however were interesting and very pleasant. I just can't help but notice the movements GAS proposed were quite similar to those staged on 'Zauberberg'.
    Speaking about this last particular project, I also regret the constant banging techno beat on it. Tracks appear to sound very similar despite the several listenings excepted the noticeable exception of tracks one and seven.
    'Tal 90' offers something clearer than other GAS' works, something brighter, more peaceful. On the other hand the song 'Oktember' unfortunately sees GAS slipping again in his darker sides. It sounds very close to his previous material on the less appealing and poorer 'Königsforst'.

    In conclusion this 'Box' remains a major collection for all experimental techno ambient lovers. If you are one of them you absolutely have to stop to listen to 'Pop'. If you are more curious, let's discover the rest but for me it is simply incomparable.
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