Just discovered them via the Ulver thread. Wow! Thick, dark, mahogany jacket wearing . Some of this sounds really familiar to me in a way. Why on earth is it making me think of eighties UK TV, Only Fools and Horses or something? I'm listening to Sunset Mission. Is the other stuff different?
― The Robotic Policeman II (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 09:24 (ten years ago) link
I think Sunset Mission is the best of theirs, sometimes I think it's the best record, ever. Dolores is great too, kind of similar late nite smokey vibe to sunset mission, also has great sax playing. I don't think any of the others have the jazzy sax, but they have their moments, more dark and brooding. I think Black Earth is the darkest one, I don't remember. I don't play them as much as Sunset Mission, and I still haven't heard their first record. I'm excited they have a new one and what a great cover!!!
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 10:08 (ten years ago) link
i couldn't imagine this music working without the sax, but i'll give em a try.
― The Robotic Policeman II (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:44 (ten years ago) link
I was wrong it's Geisterfaust, not Black Earth that I found the darkest. I can't even make it through the whole album. Really heavy somber music. I'm listening to Beileid right now and it's really nice and lazy.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 11:51 (ten years ago) link
geisterfaust is my favorite. i don't like the debut much, it has the best song titles though.
― groovemaaan, Tuesday, 28 January 2014 12:12 (ten years ago) link
cheers Jacob.
― The Robotic Policeman II (dog latin), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 12:23 (ten years ago) link
impressed by people who can tell their albums apart (no diss to their albums)
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 13:11 (ten years ago) link
i have just only discovered them with the new album which i enjoy - if that is the right word - very much. their extremely slow music in between jazz and ambient also reminds of someone else but i don't know whom. the slow motion draws me in like crazy, it is like a maelstroem turning around which swallows me. it is late night music for sure, i can imagine it matching perfectly with a joint. in a way this music seems to destroy or better to annihilate time. gorgeous stuff, i am very much looking forward in discovering the earlier albums.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Tuesday, 28 January 2014 19:18 (ten years ago) link
i kind of hate the vocals on the new one
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 31 January 2014 05:16 (ten years ago) link
vocals? uh oh
― original bgm, Friday, 31 January 2014 05:35 (ten years ago) link
vocals? i am sure i'd hate them too if i heard them, gr8080.
― it's the distortion, stupid! (alex in mainhattan), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:26 (ten years ago) link
ok i guess it was just a mike patton guest appearance on the 2011 album i was thinking about:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXHPkug85Qk
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:30 (ten years ago) link
still not a great move
DARK JAZZ
― avant gardener (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:34 (ten years ago) link
― ciderpress, Friday, 31 January 2014 22:46 (ten years ago) link
DRAKE JAYZ
― |$̲̅(̲̅ιοο̲̅)̲̅$̲̅| (gr8080), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:48 (ten years ago) link
― i have the new brutal HOOS if you want it (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
DARK effing JAZZ
― doglato dozzy (dog latin), Friday, 31 January 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/etienne_saint/image_zpsba4a46f7.jpg
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
― ciderpress, Saturday, 15 November 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
I mentioned this to jazz fans and they admonished me for calling it jazz.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Saturday, 15 November 2014 19:58 (nine years ago) link
tonight is definitely a DARK JAZZ night
― ciderpress, Friday, 18 September 2015 01:30 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xu-Cjil-20o
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 00:54 (eight years ago) link
Should of listened to that song all the way through before posting it here, sorry about that. The vocals come in and ruin the heroin jazz vibes.
― JacobSanders, Tuesday, 1 March 2016 01:16 (eight years ago) link
BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE/ official5 hrs ·
You patient friends of uneventful music,after years of gloom and desperation, the day has come.No more illegal copies, no more unauthorized releases, no more grotesque Schwarzmarktpreise, here is the real (and legal) stuff - Today we announce the following vinyl reissues and release dates:
11.11. “Sunset Mission“ // first time on vinyl02.12. “Black Earth“13.01. “Geisterfaust“ // first time on vinyl
Available around these dates in all fine record stores around the world. For more details get in touch with our distributors in your market. Or order via our website: http://found.ee/BohrenShop
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Spread the word!
― nomar, Friday, 28 October 2016 16:27 (seven years ago) link
whenever I'm listening to Black Earth I'm convinced they're the best band in the world
― Simon H., Sunday, 13 May 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
Do Bohren translate their stage banter when touring abroad?
"Hallo, wir sind Bohren und der Club of Gore. Wir spielen heute 2 Stücke mehr. Allerdings sind die neuen kürzer. Im Endeffekt kommt es also auf's selbe heraus.""Als nächstes kommt eins unserer Protestlieder. Es richtet sich gegen Teilnahmslosigkeit,""Das nächste Stück ist nach dem selben Prinzip aufgebaut wie alle unsere Stücke: Keine Möbel, aber 'ne Putzfrau!"
"Als nächstes kommt eins unserer Protestlieder. Es richtet sich gegen Teilnahmslosigkeit,"
"Das nächste Stück ist nach dem selben Prinzip aufgebaut wie alle unsere Stücke: Keine Möbel, aber 'ne Putzfrau!"
― Wes Brodicus, Sunday, 13 May 2018 18:43 (six years ago) link
We will never poll this record, unfortunately, so let me just say "MAXIMUM BLACK" FTW
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:38 (six years ago) link
A discography poll would be more fun I think
― Simon H., Sunday, 13 May 2018 21:40 (six years ago) link
New track:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_d31HP34MQ
Album out January 2020
― Brad C., Wednesday, 16 October 2019 18:55 (four years ago) link
very nice, thanks!
― blue light or electric light (the table is the table), Wednesday, 16 October 2019 21:21 (four years ago) link
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 16 October 2019 22:07 (four years ago) link
This was our dog the first time she heard Bohren on the stereo. It very much got her attention.
Zita hearing doom jazz for the first time. pic.twitter.com/pJ9P9emVKS— Caustic Cover Critic (@Unwise_Trousers) January 15, 2019
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Thursday, 17 October 2019 00:33 (four years ago) link
They were very moody last night at the Round Chapel in east London, as ever (they're there again tonight). Down to a trio now, the keys guy and double bass guy share the percussive duties between playing notes on their respective instruments, which seems easy enough when you're playing at 0.01 mph. Sax dude was very chatty too in a self-parodic lugubrious German kind of way - "this is a song about a girl who went to America...(long pause)...she's dead now".
― Cornelius Fondue (Matt #2), Friday, 1 November 2019 17:41 (four years ago) link
New album out today
― Brad C., Friday, 24 January 2020 23:55 (four years ago) link
I like it
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, 25 January 2020 07:22 (four years ago) link
i am a little burned out on their slomo shtick. apparently the drummer left. probably he fell asleep while drumming.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 25 January 2020 07:33 (four years ago) link
btw i saw them a while ago in the columbia theater in berlin. it was packed. and i think there were quite a lot of musicians there. i even talked to some. on the whole not a vey memorable concert. their song banter is half funny but their music is just too slow so that i can enjoy it live. it works better at home late at night with dimmed lights or candles, a glass of wine, maybe a joint and some deep conversations.
― walking towards the sun since 2007 (alex in mainhattan), Saturday, 25 January 2020 11:39 (four years ago) link