Bohren & der Club of Gore is a German dark jazz / ambient band from Mülheim, North Rhine-Westphalia.
History The band was formed in 1988 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 punk bands such as 7 Inch Boots (all members since 1988) and Chronical Diarrhoea (Thorsten Benning and Reiner Henseleit)."Drilling For Doom: And Finding It": Rock journalist Rick McGrath's intro/review of Bohren und der Club of Gore 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". In 1993, the band expanded their name to Bohren & der Club of Gore as a tribute to the Dutch group Gore, whose work had inspired them to pursue instrumental music.
Henseleit left the band in 1996 and was replaced by Christoph Clöser in 1997, replacing the guitar with a saxophone at the same time."Geisterfaust": Review by Rick McGrath Thorsten Benning departed the group in late 2015. Since his departure, the remaining members have continued to work as a trio.
Members Current members Morten Gass – electric guitar (1992–1997), vocals (1992–1993), piano, electric organ, synthesizer, Moog synthesizer, mellotron, Fender Rhodes electric piano (1997–present), 8-string bass (2004–present), vocoder (2007–2008), baritone guitar (2013–present), drums (2016–present) Robin Rodenberg – bass guitar, double bass (1992–present), drums (2016–present) Christoph Clöser – saxophones (1997–present), piano (2001–present), Fender Rhodes electric piano (2001–present), vibraphone (2004–present), drums (2016–present)
Former members Reiner Henseleit – electric guitars (1992–1996) Thorsten Benning – drums, percussion (1992–2015)
Timeline
Discography Albums 1993 – Gore Motel 1995 – Midnight Radio 2000 – Sunset Mission 2002 – Black Earth 2005 – Geisterfaust 2008 – Dolores 2014 – Piano Nights 2020 – Patchouli Blue
EPs 1994 – Bohren & der Club of Gore 1995 – Schwarzer Sabbat für Dean Martin (split with Wald) 2009 – Mitleid Lady 2011 – Beileid
Demos 1992 – Langspielkassette (as Bohren) 1993 – Luder, Samba und Tavernen
Compilations 2016 – Bohren for Beginners
Compilation appearances 2022 – "Plateau" on The Others (Lustmord remix/covers album, 2022)
See also List of ambient music artists
References
External links Official site Bohren & der Club of Gore discography at MusicBrainz Bohren & der Club of Gore discography at Discogs