Matthew D. Mercer | Chicago, IL United States | 06/06/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Gas is the ambient alter-ego of Wolfgang Voigt (aka Mike Ink). While his two past albums as Gas (Zauberberg and Konigforst) were brooding and dark, the new one Pop is much more radiant. It breathes hope throughout its duration, with its light, airy washes of tones and drones and the signature pulsing undercurrent. Gas is a very distinctly new kind of ambient music, bridging the gap between pure atmosphere (Eno, Satie) and the so-called "ambient techno" of the early nineties."
Symphonic Ambient
Mons | Norrpan | 10/17/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Probably the most interesting record I have heard in a long time. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in ambient music, simply because it is primarily a work of texture rather than melodies or grooves, (see also Brian Enos Music for Airports) In ot her words, Pop has a tactile quality that gives rise to a different kind of listening experience. On the surface, Pop is a pretty smooth ride. Think: a string section of a huge symphony orchestra playing the same chord repeatedly, forming a sweeping expanse of noise. Think: Wagner with severe short-term memory loss. All the tracks on this album are just variations of one theme: beat, no beat, slowed-down, speeded-up, different instruments coming in, but always the same steady orchestral pulse (and white noise?), which makes this good to have on while you are working, for example. Repeated listening, however, reveals superstructural details - harmonies, fragments of melody, a constantly evolving sound picture. Gas, incidentally, is one of German electro nica pioneer Wolfgang Voigts (Mike Ink) aliases .Vorsprung durch teknik, indeed."
Zonked Out on Pop Tunes
Avant S. | Woodland Hills, CA | 11/04/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This album is insanely good. I bought it in 12th grade because it was on the staff picks at Tower Records. It's fantastic. If you have any tasks you want to get done, this fills out the rest of your brain and lets you get to work while giving you just a tiny bit of propulsion half way through to keep going. It's like a zen fountain."
GAS
noisepoetnobody | seattle wa | 06/06/2002
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Some GAS disks sound like a rave is down the hall but you are in the dark closet trippng on powders with your head in your knees. This one has less 4-4 beats and is a good CD to dream to. It will require at lest 5 or 6 times of playback to hear all the layers and is well worth the time spent."
