Deafening ambient. For example, the four albums that the Cologne producer Wolgang Voigt released between 1996 and 2000 under the alias Gas were sometimes labeled. Voigt built a revolutionary bridge between ambient music and minimal techno. He himself said that he was mainly influenced by the LSD trips he took as a teenager in the woods. Now his fifth musical trip Narkopop appeared. Where his previous
… albums still had emphatic beats or pulses, rhythm is as good as let go. But again he builds on soundscapes of Teutonic cathedrals and ancient forests, with swelling and fading away, sampled orchestras and ominous electronic effects. Gas's work is timeless and unique. The magisterial Narkopop is a grateful new chapter in his oeuvre. (MR)more
