''Box'' is the second

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released by

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

under his

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alias. The album collects the

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versions of '' Zauberberg'', '' Königsforst '', ''

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'' 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

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(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 ''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 ...

'' 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 Kompakt ( Labelcode: LC 12012) is a Cologne-based electronic music independent record label and vinyl/CD distributor, owned by Wolfgang Voigt, Michael Mayer and Jürgen Paape. They specialize in microhouse and minimal techno, and are known ...

's compilation ''Pop Ambient 2002'', as the original piece is identical to the first piece of ''

''.

Track listing

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* {{Gas (musician) Ambient compilation albums Electronic compilation albums Gas (musician) albums 2016 compilation albums Kompakt compilation albums