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Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany (1992 – present)

Bohren & der Club of Gore are a band founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany by Thorsten Benning (drums), Morten Gass (keys), Reiner Henseleit (guitar), and Robin Rodenberg (upright / double bass). They play a crossover of and , which they self described as an “unholy ambient mixture of ballads, Black Sabbath and down tuned Autopsy sounds”. Over the years they have continously reduced and compressed their music to extremes.

Originally, the members of Bohren, who were school friends, started out playing in various bands such as 7 Inch Boots and Chronical Diarrhoea in 1988. Driven by the idea of a more unique style of music, they formed Bohren (German word for drilling) in 1992 to play, as they called it, “doom ridden jazz music”. In 1993 the band released a 7-inch EP for Suggestion Records. 1993 also saw the band expand their name to Bohren & der Club of Gore, as a link to the Dutch instrumental band Gore, which inspired Bohren to play instrumental music. 1994 followed the longplayers Gore Motel and the double set Midnight Radio (1995), both on Epistrophy Records, where Bohren introduced its musical vision between slow jazz- ballads and doom-guitars.

Henseleit left the band in 1996 and was replaced by Christoph Clöser, a Cologne-based composer and musician in 1997, replacing the guitar with a saxophone at the same time.
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  • dr_bun

    black earth is such a masterpiece

    17 May 2:21am Reply

  • dr_bun

    i really could do with a new album...

    14 May 2:52am Reply

  • Blaine_The_Mono

    http://d.asset.soup.io/asset/3144/7965_2cff.png

    13 May 8:14am Reply

  • post-wizardry

    unfassbar geil[2]

    7 May 2:44am Reply

  • Ilmakko

    Somehow it seems to me that Bohren has its own niche. In the end there aren't so many dark ambient/ doom jazz music groups, so there isn’t so much comparison and competition. Unfortunately this ''genre'' seems to be quite hard for many people to go into.

    2 May 7:42pm Reply

  • mieserpeter

    unfassbar geil

    28 Apr 8:06pm Reply

  • sonissun

    addictive

    27 Apr 9:12am Reply

  • shallknownofear

    @grimel0rd @DHirst damn rite!

    21 Apr 2:29pm Reply

  • post-wizardry

    Really nice sunny day just hanging out, having fun with a lot of great friends soundtrack.

    18 Apr 10:27pm Reply

  • bieljuca

    Now listen, you're on a roof, drinking something, probably a soda or tea, watching the city lights and thinking, ''where we walk?'' while Midnight Black Earth is growing on your ears

    8 Apr 8:00pm Reply

  • BebopBeatnik

    I've recently discovered PerturBator's album: I Am The Night. Which is not the same genre as Bohren, but I feel has a similar kind of dark neo-noir vibe about it. Sort of. Either way, it's a great album, pure 80's cyberpunk. My favourite album of the year so far (though technically it was released late last Dec)

    7 Apr 12:09am Reply

  • romtyl

    Late at night when I am the only person who's not sleeping...

    5 Apr 1:33pm Reply

  • prometheus66

    fucking dark

    31 Mar 11:09am Reply

  • Rhoda_Derry

    this+ http://www.rainymood.com/ = best thing in years

    20 Mar 9:26pm Reply

  • BynVacum

    (*_*)

    14 Mar 12:30pm Reply

  • BebopBeatnik

    Wish they'd release another album already. There's no band like them.

    14 Mar 12:49am Reply

  • xVictimOfADownx

    I'll give it another shot in the coming months, probably on a warm summer day I think. Thanks for the recommendation.

    10 Mar 10:12pm Reply

  • roaar

    Bohren & Der Club Of Gore proudly presents the clip " Der Fall Merckle", including the song "Welk", taken from the album "Dolores" (Pias) by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore. Music: Bohren & Der Club Of Gore Director: Leon Ullrich Actors: Andreas Leupold, Anne Müller 5:15 Min: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGZWNkVwU70

    6 Mar 10:58am Reply

  • JBThazard

    All I can say regarding Midnight Radio is to listen to it more and gradually. I used to think the exact same thing when I first got into it and never could even enjoy it, but now it's my 3rd fave of theirs, just behind SM and BE. The songs have very similar structures but once you familiarize yourself with the subtleties of differing keyboard and guitar harmonies and rhythms, the individualities of the songs begins to be more apparent.

    1 Mar 12:42am Reply

  • pryngiel

    +1 for Berlin guys!

    27 Feb 9:29pm Reply
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