"Bohren & der Club of Gore is a German ambient/jazz band from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
The band was founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany by Thorsten Benning, Morten Gass, Robin Rodenberg and Reiner Henseleit. Originally, group members started out playing in various hardcore bands such as 7 Inch Boots and Chronical Diarrhoea. In 1992 they produced a crossover of jazz and ambient, which they self-described as an "unholy ambient mixture of slow jazz ballads, Black Sabbath doom and down-tuned Autopsy sounds". Henseleit left the band in 1996 and was replaced by Christoph Clöser in 1997, replacing the guitar with a saxophone at the same time.
Christoph Clöser – saxophones, piano, Fender Rhodes electric piano, vibraphone (1997-) Morten Gass – organ, synthesizer, mellotron, Fender Rhodes electric piano, 8-string bass, vocoder Robin Rodenberg – bass guitar, double bass
Former members Reiner Henseleit – electric guitars (-1996) Thorsten Benning – drums (-2015)"
Albums
Langspielkassette (Cass) Not On Label (Bohren & Der Club Of Gore Self-released) none 1992 Gore Motel - Epistrophy 1995 Midnight Radio - Epistrophy 1997 Sunset Mission - Wonder 2000 Black Earth - Wonder 2002 Geisterfaust - Wonder 2005 Dolores - [PIAS] Recordings 2008 Beileid - [PIAS] Recordings 2011 Piano Nights - [PIAS] Recordings 2013
Singles & EPs
Untitled - Burt Reynolds Moustache Records 1994 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore / Wald - Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin Epistrophy 1995 Mitleid Lady - Latitudes 2009
Compilations
Bohren For Beginners (2xCD, Comp) [PIAS] Recordings PIASD5016CD 2016
Label: Epistrophy – EPI 008 CD Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: Mar 1995 Genre: Jazz Style: Contemporary Jazz
Tracklist
Autoseite
1 Die Nahtanznummer, Teil 2 6:33 2 Sabbat Schwarzer Highway 8:16 3 Gore Motel 6:45 4 Dandys Lungern Durch Die Nacht 5:05 5 Dangerflirt Mit Der Schlägerbitch 6:21 6 Conway Twitty Zieh Mit Mir 6:02
Messerseite
7 Die Fulci Nummer 4:57 8 Der Maggot Tango 4:15 9 Texas Keller 4:43 10 Thrash Altenessen 4:35 11 Cairo Keller 9:00 12 Gore Musik 7:56
Companies, etc. Published By – Sempex Musikverlag Glass Mastered At – P+O Pallas – 23794
Credits Cover [Covergstaltung] – Stefan Heyer Music By [Alle Titel] – Thorsten Benning Performer [Aufgenommen Mit] – M. Gass, R. Henseleit, R. Rodenberg, T. Benning
Notes Aufgenommen am 2.8.94 in Duisburg Alle Titel verlegt bei: Sempex Musikverlag (GEMA) Epistrophy dankt: Mark Sikora und Jörg Follert
Bohren & Der Club Of Gore / Wald – Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin (1995)
Label: Epistrophy – EPI 006 Format: Vinyl, 7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP, Limited Edition Country: Germany Released: 1995 Genre: Rock Style: Art Rock, Noise
Tracklist
A1 Wald – Menschenstaub - Music By [Grundbollern] – Bohren & Der Club Of Gore 0:35 A2 Wald – Dermfräser - Music By [Grundbollern] – Bohren & Der Club Of Gore 2:41 A3 Wald – Äste - Music By [Grundbollern] – Bohren & Der Club Of Gore; Vocals [Stimme] – Frieda Luzcak 0:50 A4 Wald – Madenmeer - Music By [Grundbollern] – Bohren & Der Club Of Gore 1:01 A5 Wald – Gemaltes Seegrab - Lyrics By [Wörter], Vocals [Stimme], Guitar [Gitarre] – Mark Sikora 1:12 A6 Wald – Gefroren - Lyrics By [Wörter], Vocals [Stimme], Guitar [Gitarre] – Mark Sikora 1:28
B Bohren & Der Club Of Gore – Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin 6:56
Credits Design – Jörg Follert Illustration [Girl On Backcover, Uncredited] – Mark Sikora Mixed By – Andreas Oster (tracks: A1 to A6)
Label: Wonder – WON 01 CD Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 25 Feb 2000 Genre: Jazz Style: Contemporary Jazz
Tracklist
1 Prowler 5:03 2 On Demon Wings 7:02 3 Midnight Walker 7:18 4 Street Tattoo 9:51 5 Painless Steel 5:41 6 Darkstalker 5:44 7 Nightwolf 16:31 8 Black City Skyline 5:51 9 Dead End Angels 10:26
Companies, etc. Recorded At – Dark Victory Distributed By – EfA – 64151-2 Published By – Sempex Musikverlag
Credits Bass – Robin Rodenberg Cover [Cover Design] – Hans Loffler Drums – Thorten Benning Mastered By – Michael Schwabe Piano, Engineer, Producer – Morten Gass Tenor Saxophone – Christoph Clöser Written-By – C. Clöser, M. Gass, T. Benning
Notes Recorded at Dark Victory Studios, Mülheim a. d. Ruhr. Mastered at Skyline Studios, Düsseldorf.
Label: Wonder – won 08 Cd, Indigo – INDIGO CD 4212-2 Format: CD, Album Country: Europe Released: 2002 Genre: Electronic, Jazz Style: Dark Ambient, Future Jazz
Tracklist
1 Midnight Black Earth 8:45 2 Crimson Ways 6:39 3 Maximum Black 7:38 4 Vigilante Crusade 7:30 5 Destroying Angels 7:10 6 Grave Wisdom 6:32 7 Constant Fear 6:27 8 Skeletal Remains 7:58 9 The Art Of Coffins 12:04
Companies, etc. Recorded At – Dark Victory Mixed At – Dark Victory Mastered At – Calyx Mastering
Credits Double Bass – Robin Rodenberg Drums – Thorsten Benning Piano, Mellotron, Electric Piano [Rhodes], Producer, Engineer – Morten Gass Saxophone, Piano, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Christoph Clöser
Notes Recorded at Dark Victory, Mühlheim/Ruhr, Germany. Mixed at Dark Victory. Mastered at Calyx Mastering Service, Berlin, Germany.
Label: Wonder – WON 17 CD Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 02 May 2005 Genre: Electronic, Jazz Style: Downtempo, Experimental
Tracklist
1 Zeigefinger - Bass Trombone [Bass Posaune] – Peter Hoffmann; Choir – Heide Kröger, Helena Ax, Hilde Weyler, Karin Paula Müller, Karin Stein, Maria Humger-Klein, Renate Golzarandi, Traudl Jarchow, Vera Voigt; Tuba – Daiki Takahashi, Joseph Barth 20:28 2 Daumen 8:06 3 Ringfinger 10:22 4 Mittelfinger - Bass Trombone [Bass Posaune] – Peter Hoffmann; Tuba – Daiki Takahashi, Joseph Barth 12:10 5 Kleiner Finger 7:46
Companies, etc. Distributed By – Indigo – INDIGO 5850-2 Recorded At – Dark Victory Recorded At – Solaris Sound Studio Mixed At – Studio Bleibeil Mastered At – Calyx Mastering
Credits Bass [8-saiter], Electronics [Volumen Pedal] – Morten Gass Contrabass [Kontrabass], Bass [Fretless] – Robin Rodenberg Drums [Schlagzeug], Percussion – Thorsten Benning Guitar [Fender Rhodes], Vibraphone, Saxophone – Christoph Clöser Mixed By – Bernd Jestram Mixed By, Producer, Recorded By – Bohren Recorded By [Choir] – Wolfram Burgdorf
Notes Recorded and produced at Dark Victory Studio, Mülheim an der Ruhr. Choir recorded at Solaris Sound Studio, Cologne. Mixed at Bleibeil Studio, Berlin. Mastered by Calyx Mastering Service, Berlin.
Many thanks to Nicole Schmeier, Annette Focks, Mark Sikora, Wonder, Headquarter and Ipecac. Special thanks to Gisela & Willi Gass for their patience of a saint.
Label: [PIAS] Recordings – PIASR 145 CD, 945.0145.020 Format: CD, Album Country: Germany Released: 10 Oct 2008 Genre: Electronic, Jazz Style: Ambient
Tracklist
1 Staub 7:50 2 Karin 3:36 3 Schwarze Biene (Black Maja) 8:12 4 Unkerich 5:29 5 Still Am Tresen 3:57 6 Welk 6:15 7 Von Schnäbeln 3:55 8 Orgelblut 6:12 9 Faul 5:55 10 Welten 6:51
Companies, etc. Licensed To – [PIAS] Recordings Recorded At – Dark Victory Engineered At – Dark Victory Mixed At – Piethopraxis Mastered At – Piethopraxis
Credits Artwork, Illustration [Drawing] – Melanie Höhner Artwork, Typography – Jörg Follert Bass – Robin Rodenberg Bass, Organ, Vocoder, Synthesizer – Morten Gass Drums – Thorsten Benning Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Vibraphone, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone – Christoph Clöser Mixed By, Mastered By – Bohren, Marcus Schmickler Music By, Recorded By, Engineer – Clöser, Gass Producer – Bohren
Label: Latitudes – GMT 0:11 V Format: Vinyl, 12", 45 RPM, Limited Edition Country: UK Released: 2009 Genre: Jazz Style: Contemporary Jazz
Tracklist
A Mitleid Lady 10:27 B Mitleid Lady 10:27
Companies, etc. Distributed By – Southern Records Recorded At – Southern Studios Mixed At – Southern Studios
Credits Engineer – Christian Wieland, Harvey Birrell
Notes Packaged in a die cut, printed Latitude card sleeve, in a stickered polythene outer sleeve. 700 copies on black and 300 on clear vinyl. Recorded and mixed at Southern Studios.
// dark jazz. Germany
