Nah und Fern

Nah und Fern (English: Near and Far) is a boxed set collecting the four albums released by Wolfgang Voigt under the Gas alias between 1996 and 2000, released on 10 June 2008. An edited double vinyl edition was also released alongside the compact disc 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 lo-fi 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.[9][10] The box set reached #13 on the Billboard Top World Music Albums chart.[11]

Nah und Fern
Box set by Gas
Released	10 June 2008
Recorded	1996–2000
Genre	Ambient, ambient techno, psychedelia
Length	264:04 (4CD box set) 54:24 (2LP vinyl)
Label	Kompakt
Producer	Wolfgang Voigt
Gas chronology
Pop (2000) Nah und Fern (2008) Gas (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	A[2]
Drowned in Sound	9/10[3]
PopMatters	9/10[4]
Pitchfork	9.2/10[5]
Prefix	9.5/10[6]
Record Collector	[7]
Resident Advisor	[8]

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

Track listing

Compact disc box set

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt.

Disc 1: Gas

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	6:28
2.	"Untitled"	14:08
3.	"Untitled"	8:21
4.	"Untitled"	11:50
5.	"Untitled"	13:57
6.	"Untitled"	13:51
Total length:		67:35

Disc 2: Zauberberg

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	7:46
2.	"Untitled"	14:10
3.	"Untitled"	12:47
4.	"Untitled"	6:00
5.	"Untitled"	8:01
6.	"Untitled"	11:05
7.	"Untitled"	9:12
Total length:		69:01

Disc 3: Königsforst

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	9:49
2.	"Untitled"	13:56
3.	"Untitled"	9:01
4.	"Untitled"	6:32
5.	"Untitled"	15:19
6.	"Untitled"	10:20
Total length:		64:57

Disc 4: Pop

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Untitled"	5:30
2.	"Untitled"	8:36
3.	"Untitled"	7:26
4.	"Untitled"	9:28
5.	"Untitled"	10:51
6.	"Untitled"	9:18
7.	"Untitled"	15:02
Total length:		66:11

Vinyl pressing

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt.

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Nah und Fern"	10:11
Total length:		10:11

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zauberberg" (track 2 from Zauberberg)	14:05
Total length:		14:05

Side C

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Königsforst" (track 5 from Königsforst)	15:16
Total length:		15:16

Side D

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pop" (track 7 from Pop)	14:52
Total length:		14:52

References

1. AllMusic review
2. The A.V. Club review
3. Drowned in Sound review
4. PopMatters review
5. Pitchfork Media review
6. "GAS - Nah und Fern". Prefix Magazine. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
7. Grady, Spencer. "GAS - NAH UND FERN". Record Collector. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
8. Resident Advisor review
9. Bolle, Susanna (2008-06-05). "Reviews: Gas: Nah und Fern". Dusted Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
10. Bussolini, Brandon (2008-06-12). "GAS: Nah und Fern". Prefix. Retrieved 2009-03-16.
11. "Nah und Fern >> Charts & Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2009-03-16.

External links

• Nah und Fern at Discogs