''Königsforst'' is the third album 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 ...
's
Gas
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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
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, in which his youthful experiments with
LSD
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provided inspiration for the entire Gas project.
The CD and vinyl pressings feature notable differences. The first songs on the vinyl's A and D sides were exclusive to this pressing until the 2016 release of Gas' second box set, ''
Box
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'', where they were added to the end of the CD version of ''Königsforst''. The CD features a re-arranged track listing, with tracks B2 and D2 gaining noticeable extensions; B2 gains nearly eight minutes of runtime. The first track on CD was also released as "Oktember A" on the ''
Oktember'' EP; because of this, "Oktember A" was replaced with "Tal '90" – a piece Voigt wrote under the alias of Tal – when ''Oktember'' was included in ''Box'' alongside ''Königsforst''.
Track listing
Vinyl pressing
Compact disc pressing
''
Box
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'' version (2016)
References
Gas (musician) albums
1998 albums
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