Box (Gas album)

Box
Box set by
Released28 October 2016
Recorded1997–2000
GenreAmbient, ambient techno, psychedelia
Length252:18
LabelKompakt
ProducerWolfgang Voigt
Gas chronology
Nah und Fern
(2008)
Box
(2016)
Narkopop
(2017)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic93/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Exclaim!7/10[2]
Drowned in Sound9/10[3]
Mojo[4]
PopMatters9/10[5]
Pitchfork9.5/10[6]
Resident Advisor[7]
Uncut8/10[8]

Box is the second boxed set released by Wolfgang Voigt under his Gas alias. The album collects the compact disc versions of Zauberberg, Königsforst , Pop and Oktember. The album marked Voigt's return to the Gas project, with a new album, Narkopop, seeing release the year after Box. The boxed set consisted of 10 vinyl records (3 per album, 1 for Oktember) as well as 4 compact discs and an art book.

Box contains some differences between its contents and the previously issued versions of each album. Apart from overall remastering of the music, several songs appear in slightly longer versions. Notably, the A1 and D1 songs exclusive to the vinyl version of Königsforst were appended to the end of that disc, marking their first digital appearance. Also, the first song of Oktember was replaced with Tal '90, a piece released on Kompakt's compilation Pop Ambient 2002, as the original piece is identical to the first piece of Königsforst.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt

Disc 1: Zauberberg
No.TitleLength
1."Zauberberg 1"11:45
2."Zauberberg 2"14:15
3."Zauberberg 3"14:31
4."Zauberberg 4"5:56
5."Zauberberg 5"8:00
6."Zauberberg 6"11:02
7."Zauberberg 7"11:59
Total length:77:28
Disc 2: Königsforst
No.TitleLength
1."Königsforst 1"9:40
2."Königsforst 2"13:58
3."Königsforst 3"9:00
4."Königsforst 4"6:32
5."Königsforst 5"15:15
6."Königsforst 6"10:21
7."Königsforst 7"6:20
8."Königsforst 8"7:11
Total length:78:17
Disc 3: Pop
No.TitleLength
1."Pop 1"5:14
2."Pop 2"8:35
3."Pop 3"11:03
4."Pop 4"9:54
5."Pop 5"10:49
6."Pop 6"9:20
7."Pop 7"14:36
Total length:69:31
Disc 4: Oktember
No.TitleLength
1."Tal '90" (originally released under Voigt's alias Tal)11:48
2."Oktember"15:14
Total length:27:02

References

  1. ^ "Reviews for Box by Gas". Metacritic. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  2. ^ Sylvester, Daniel. "Gas – Box". Exclaim!. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Drowned in Sound review". Archived from the original on 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2018-03-20.
  4. ^ Once inside, you discover fresh wonders. [Dec 2016, p.104]
  5. ^ PopMatters review
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ^ Resident Advisor review
  8. ^ Wallace, Wyndham. "Gas – Box". Uncut. Retrieved 5 September 2019.