Gas "Pop" Mille Plateaux MPCD 83 2000 (65:42)
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Gas is Wolfgang Voigt.
Gas is Wolfgang Voigt aka Mike Ink, Mint, Digital, Love Inc, Grungerman, etc. and head of the Profan and Studio 1 labels. "Pop" is his 4th full-length release as Gas and judging from the artwork it continues the 'forest' theme of the last few albums. The near 66 minutes are split up into 7 untitled tracks ranging from 5 to 15 minutes in length. Each track has the same basic formula: loop and repeat, ad nauseum. Voigt uses a variety of dense and mildly melodic atmospheres somewhere between gaseous and liquid states. They simply flow on repeat for the duration of the track with little to no change. Add a simple techno beat to 2 tracks and there you have it. "Pop" is relaxing but it's also very tedious, even as 'background' music, due to it's excessive and pointless repetition. Instead of drawing me in it makes me want to play something else that's more fully developed and more interesting. And the title? You've got me ...
Where did I get this cd? - mail order via Riouxs Records.