Mat P. Jarvis is a British
electronic music
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ian, who released one full-length CD and several other tracks on the
Em:t Records label under the name Gas. Jarvis later released material under the name "Jarman".
Jarvis' work as Gas is often mistakenly credited to an alias used by unrelated German electronic
musician Wolfgang Voigt.
His album ''
Gas 0095
Gas 0095 was the debut album of electronic musician Mat Jarvis (High Skies) released under his Gas moniker. It was written,
performed and recorded in his Nottingham studio during 1994 and released on Em:t Records (Emit Records) in January 1995.
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'', which includes "Microscopic", "Experiments on Live Electricity" and "Discovery", is noted for the inclusion of the track "Timestretch", which is rumoured to be a complete four-minute track shrunk down to one second.
Em:t Records went out of business before the follow-up album ''Gas 2298'' could be released.
Discography
Albums
* ''
Gas 0095
Gas 0095 was the debut album of electronic musician Mat Jarvis (High Skies) released under his Gas moniker. It was written,
performed and recorded in his Nottingham studio during 1994 and released on Em:t Records (Emit Records) in January 1995.
...
'' (
Em:t Records, 1995)
* ''Gas 0095 - remastered'' (
Microscopics
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, 2007)
* ''Gas 2298'' - unreleased
Singles and EPs
* "Particles" (Time Records, 1992)
* "Know Your World" (Time Records, 1992)
* "Sumatra" EP (as High Skies) (Miso Records, 2003)
* "Sounds of Earth" EP (as High Skies) (Microscopics, 2010)
* "The World Forgotten" (as High Skies) (Microscopics, 2012)
Compilation appearances
* Em:t 0094 (tracks "Pixels", "Earthloop") (Em:t Records, 1994)
* Em:t 3394 (track "Microscopic") (Em:t Records, 1994)
* Highway & Landscape (track "Earthshake") (Distance Records, 1995)
* Em:t 2295 (track "Shockwaves") (Em:t Records, 1995)
* Emit 2000 (tracks "Microscopic", "Shockwaves") (Instinct, 1995)
* Emit Explorer (tracks "Experiments On Live Electricity", "Discovery") (Instinct, 1995)
* Em:t 2296 (track "Vapournaut") (Em:t Records, 1996)
* Em:t 1197 (track "Oxygen") (Em:t Records, 1997)
* Em:t Beat Exploration (track "Oxygen") (Instinct, 1997)
* 360° (track "Staars", as High Skies) (The Foundry, 2001)
* Ambient02 (track "Microscopic"), as 'Gas (Mat Jarvis)' (Ambient02, 2002)
* Em:t 0003 (track "Red Green Blue", as High Skies) (Em:t Records, 2003)
* Em:t 0004 (track "Burning Buildings", as High Skies) (Em:t Records, 2004)
* Fluidities (track "The Shipping Forecast", as High Skies) (The Foundry, 2004)
Remixes
* Charles Webster - ''Remixed On The 24th July'' (track "Gift Of Freedom - High Skies remix") (Peacefrog Records)
Video game soundtrack use
The tracks "Discovery" and "The Shape of Things to Come" were used in the 2009 video game
Osmos
''Osmos'' is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Canadian developer Hemisphere Games for various systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, OnLive, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and Android.
Gameplay
The aim of the game is to propel o ...
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References
External links
microscopics.co.ukMat Jarvis' new label for High Skies & Gas
Mat Jarvis interview
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English electronic musicians
English record producers
Ambient musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)