Voigt cites his youthful LSD experiences in the Königsforst,
a German forest situated near his hometown of Köln and he has claimed that the
intention of the project is to bring the forest to the disco, or vice-versa.
Voigt is known for his numerous, nearly inexhaustible list of one-off projects,
of these, his best known is arguably Gas, a project that saw the marriage of
ambient music and 4/4 techno. Other names under which Voigt has released
include, but are not limited to, All, Auftrieb, Brom. Decker, Centrifugal
Force, Crocker, Dextro NRG, Dieter Gorny, Digital, Dom, Doppel, Filter,
Freiland, Fuchsbau, Gelb, Grungerman, Kafkatrax, Love Inc. M, I,5, Mike Ink,
Mint, Panthel, Popacid, Riss, RX7, strass, Studio 1, Tal, Vinyl Countdown, W.
V. In 2008, Voigts own label Kompakt re-released all four of his Gas albums,
albeit with changes made to the tracks. A limited double vinyl version of the
set was also released, in 2016, Kompakt reissued Zauberberg, Konigsforst,
Oktember and Pop as a 10-LP box set called Box, again editing or expanding many
of the tracks. Voigt has intermittently revived the project for remixes and
will release a new Gas album entitled Narkopop on April 21,2017, Gas is the
most abstract of Voigts many projects, with each album consisting of several
long tracks of dense, hypnotic, atmospheric sound. 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 Voigts samples
are often of musical origin, encapsulating old pop record stuff as well as
classical music such as Richard Wagner, critics have described Gas music as
similar to hearing a band playing very far away, under water, or from behind
walls. His live performances, which he performs using MIDI controls and Ableton
Live, barring the Modern and Oktember releases, all Gas tracks are untitled.
Άκου το ιδιοφυές Narkopop του Gas βράδυ. ΔΕΝ ενδείκνυται στην οδήγηση
