Gas(2)

(This page is about the German artist. For the British band of the same name, see Gas).

Gas (stylized as GAS or G A S) is the main musical project of German electronic musician and composer Wolfgang Voigt (born 1961). The project was created as an expressive medium inspired by his experiences with taking LSD in the Königsforst, a German forest situated near his hometown of Cologne, for long periods in his youth. He has claimed that the intention of the project is to "bring the forest to the disco, or vice-versa".

Wolfgang Voigt began creating music under the name of Gas starting in 1995, when he released the EP Modern on the label Profan. However, he has regarded individual pieces created from 1989 onward as being part of the Gas project, marked by a compiled 2008 release under his real name. A hiatus for the Gas project started after the release of Pop in 2000, but this concluded when in 2008, Voigt's own label Kompakt re-released all four of his Gas albums, albeit with subtle changes made to the tracks, as a four-CD box set entitled Nah und Fern. A limited double vinyl version of the set was also released, with one track from each album per side.

In 2016, Kompakt reissued Zauberberg, Königsforst, 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 released new Gas albums since, including Narkopop on April 21, 2017 and Rausch in 2018.

He is the brother of Reinhard Voigt.

Links to Peel[]

Peel has played various tunes from Wolfgang Voigt on his radio programmes under different names in the 90's and early 00's.

Shows Played[]

Love Inc. - The Comeback Love Inc.

09 May 1992: The Comeback (12 inch) Force inc
28 November 1992: Dark Side Of The Moon (12" - Trance Atlantic XS (E.P.)) Rising High
08 January 1993: ‘Dark Side Of The Moon (12 inch - Trance Atlantic XS EP) Rising High
15 December 1995: How Deep Is Your Love (12") Force Inc. Music Works

Mike Ink

13 August 1994 (BFBS): The Spoken Word Is Weak (v/a 12" - Energy 94 & Street Parade E.P.) Superstition
17 February 1995: 'The Spoken Word Is Weak (12 inch EP-Energy '94-Streetparade)' (Superstition)
25 February 1995 (BFBS): 'The Spoken Word Is Weak (2x Compilation LP-Energy 94 & Street Parade - The Double LP)' (Superstition)