''Nah und Fern'' (English: ''Near and Far'') is a

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collecting the four

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released by

Wolfgang Voigt Wolfgang Voigt (born 1961) is an electronic music DJ and producer from Cologne, Germany, known for his output under various aliases, such as Gas. He signed on numerous record labels, including Warp, Harvest, Raster-Noton, Force Inc, Astral Indu ...

under the

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alias between 1996 and 2000, released on 10 June 2008. An edited double

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edition was also released alongside the

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box set. Voigt noted around the time of release that, during remastering of his work, the music seemed to resist attempts at cleaning up the recordings, with the muffled or

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nature of some elements of the music forming an integral part of the characteristic Gas sound. All four albums were originally released on the label

Mille Plateaux ''A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia'' (french: link=no, Mille plateaux) is a 1980 book by the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze and the French psychoanalyst Félix Guattari. It is the second and final volume of their collaborativ ...

. The box set reached #13 on the ''

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'' Top World Music Albums chart. ''Nah und Fern'' 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, tracks 1 and 3 on ''Gas'' are replaced by entirely new compositions, while track 4 is highly remixed. Track 6 of '' Zauberberg'' also appears in a much longer extended version. A double vinyl LP version of ''Nah und Fern'' was also released, featuring one song each from ''Zauberberg'', ''

Königsforst ''Königsforst'' is the third album by Wolfgang Voigt's Gas project. It was released in December 1998 on the Mille Plateaux label. The album is named after Königsforst recreation park, near Voigt's hometown of Köln, in which his youthful exp ...

'' and '' Pop'', along with a new song, "Nah und Fern".

Track listing

Compact disc box set

Vinyl pressing

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nah Und Fern Ambient compilation albums Electronic compilation albums Gas (musician) albums 2008 compilation albums Kompakt compilation albums