Microscopics

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from Dylan (DF Tram), one of the most respected Chillout DJs/ producers/ remixers out there. He’s also one of the brains behind the band Jumpcut and the Ambisonic Collective. DF Tram is a collaboration between Dylan and Lonely Boy who use found-sound and film to create a powerful and moving audio/visual [...]

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from electronic pioneer Richard Pinhas who first started experimenting with electronics in French band Heldon back in the early 70s.

Richard Pinhas on Gas 0095…

“Music saw genius appearing year by year, decade after decade. In the seventies people like Brian Eno gave a real boost in all areas of music. Then came other genii (in [...]

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from Mancunian electronic musician Peter Hook from New Order and Joy Division.
New Order were famous for mixing Moog sequences and Oberheim drum machines with Peter Saville artwork. Their single ‘Blue Monday’ famously depicted a 5 1/4″ floppy disc that cost more to produce than they made, so they lost money [...]

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from Swedish electronic musician Magnus Birgersson who records as the excellent Solar Fields. He mixes huge organic ambient scapes with broken beats and electronics, released on Ultimae, the sunniest place in France. Magnus also drew one of the winners in our Gas 0095 competition on Monday.

“Gas 0095: A timeless masterpiece that [...]

Many thanks for everyone who took the time to add a comment and for all the kind words on our recent anniversary draw.
The results were drawn at random by fellow artists; Charles Webster (Presence, Furry Phreaks, Symetrix etc), Magnus Birgersson (Solar Fields), and Martin Iveson (Atjazz).

The Gas 0095 collection of CD + t-shirt + MP3 + Flac24 [...]

Today’s Gas 0095 quote comes from Pete Namlook, the prolific electronic German musician. Owner of the classic Fax label, he’s released music with Klaus Schulze, Biosphere, Richie Hawtin, HIA, Mixmaster Morris and many others.
Peter’s laconic quote about Gas 0095…
“Simply a classic”

Pete Namlook and Klaus Schulze – Dark Side of the Moog
Many thanks Pete!
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Everyday for the next week or so we’re going to be posting quotes from fellow electronic musicians about Gas 0095.
Silver Apples were one of the pioneers of electronic music and atonal arrangements, experimenting with oscillators (named The Simeon) on their first two albums in 1968 and 69. They were recently quoted by Portishead as being [...]

I’m interviewed by Paul Frankland (Woob) on his stylish Season 9 blog about my new High Skies – Sounds of Earth release.  We talk about recording; now, then, and the future…
High Skies – Sounds of Earth by  microscopics
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Peter Kirn at CDM has released the Osmos soundtrack as a free download at the excellent CreateDigitalMusic.com site, the  online technology magazine for musicians.
Osmos is the excellent ambient zen game from Hemisphere Games and features a soundtrack by Biosphere, Gas, High Skies, Julien Neto, Loscil and others. It’s available on PC , Mac and soon to [...]

The Gas 0095 album was first released fifteen years ago this month, and was the second artist album on Emit Records. To celebrate, we’re giving away the Gas 0095 Collection, plus we’ll have other posts, interviews, and freebies over the next couple of weeks.
Gas 0095 – giga zoom

A mix of tracks from the Gas 0095 album.
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