Zauberberg (album)

Zauberberg
Studio album by Gas
Released	December 1997
Genre	Dark ambient [1] ambient techno [1]
Length	55:05(vinyl) 65:52 (CD) 77:12 (Box version)
Label	Mille Plateaux MP CD 45
Producer	Wolfgang Voigt
Gas chronology
Gas (1996) Zauberberg (1997) Königsforst (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork	8.7/10 [3]

Zauberberg (English: Magic Mountain) is the second album by Wolfgang Voigt's Gas project. It was first released on vinyl in December 1997 on the Mille Plateaux label, with a CD release following in February 1998. The album is named in reference to the Thomas Mann novel The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg). ^[4] It is the first Gas album to incorporate the forest imagery that would become a trademark of the project. Reviews generally cite Zauberberg as the darkest, most dissonant Gas release.

The CD and vinyl pressings feature notable differences. The songs are re-ordered for the CD format, with several presented as extended versions. For Zauberberg's inclusion in the Nah und Fern boxed set, track 6 of the CD was replaced with an extended version of the same piece. Gas' second boxed set, Box , features tracks 1, 3, 6 and 7 of the CD in extended format.

Track listing

Vinyl pressing

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled (2 on CD)	14:02
Total length:		14:02

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled (4 on CD)	5:54
2.	Untitled (5 on CD)	7:18
Total length:		13:12

Side C

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled (3 on CD)	12:36
Total length:		12:36

Side D

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled (6 on CD)	6:42
2.	Untitled (7 on CD)	8:33
Total length:		15:15

Compact disc pressing

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt

No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	7:50
2.	Untitled (A1 on vinyl)	14:12
3.	Untitled (C1 on vinyl)	12:50
4.	Untitled (B1 on vinyl)	6:01
5.	Untitled (B2 on vinyl)	8:04
6.	Untitled (D1 on vinyl)	7:23
7.	Untitled (D2 on vinyl)	9:32
Total length:		65:52

Box version (2016)

All tracks are written by Wolfgang Voigt

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Zauberberg 1" (extended version)	11:42
2.	"Zauberberg 2"	14:12
3.	"Zauberberg 3" (extended version)	14:28
4.	"Zauberberg 4"	5:53
5.	"Zauberberg 5"	7:56
6.	"Zauberberg 6" (extended version)	10:58
7.	"Zauberberg 7" (extended version)	11:58
Total length:		77:12

References

1. Treble Staff (September 9, 2024). "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Paste . Retrieved March 30, 2025. ...its origin point is Zauberberg, a dense and blurry pulse of dark ambient techno...
2. Birchmeier, Jason. "Zauberberg – Gas". AllMusic . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. Beta, Andy (9 December 2016). "GAS: BOX". Pitchfork . Retrieved 9 December 2016.
4. Red Bull Music Academy interview with Wolfgang Voigt