Name: Black Earth
Brand: Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore

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PIAS 39223302CD

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Format Music US

Limited edition

Release date

2011-09-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier US

Forced Exposure

Tax rate US

Sales:8.875

UPC / Barcode

5414939943997

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Total Cap

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore

Genre US

Jazz

Label US

PIAS

Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore is a dark jazz band founded in 1992 in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany. Originally known as "Bohren", the band later expanded their name to "Bohren und Der Club of Gore" as a tribute to the Dutch band that inspired them to play instrumental music. Their unique sound, which they describe as "doom ridden jazz music", was born out of their members' backgrounds in grindcore/hardcore and death/doom metal bands.

Their first official release, a demo tape titled "Luder, Samba und Tavernen", came out in 1993. Since then, Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore has been captivating audiences with their haunting melodies and atmospheric compositions.

With Morten Gass on electric guitar, vocals (in the early years), piano, and various other instruments; Robin Rodenberg on bass guitar and double bass; and Christoph Clöser on saxophones, piano, vibraphone, and more - this talented trio continues to push boundaries within the genre. Former members Reiner Henseleit (electric guitars) and Thorsten Benning (drums/percussion) also made significant contributions during their time with the band.

With each album, Bohren Und Der Club Of Gore are further approaching the end of the world. There is no documentation of how Morten Gass, Thorsten Benning, Robin Rodenberg left M?lheim an der Ruhr, how they buried their own past as hardcore legend 7 Inch Boots, and how they began to explore the boundaries of time and endless darkness. Perhaps they met one night, in the shade of trees, beneath a cloudy death moon. A rising storm may have carried the howling of wolves or the flutter of black wings. This is the twilight zone of the Bohren mystery, where inconclusive evidence and hearsay strengthen the power of the dark secret. The dark secret: A few scattered film quotes were dragged into the shade without much fuss on their moody debut hit 'Gore Motel'. They called it 'horror jazz'. The addition of Christoph Cl?ser's saxophone brought a deceiving sheen to Bohren 's quicksand of the 'dark mainstream'. On the 'Dark Victory' tour that followed, Bohren expanded their arsenal of horror, in half darkness, with chains dangling from the ceiling like meat hooks. A cold breath could be felt. Morten: 'The goal was to create a quiet heaviness, which is otherwise only achieved using distorted guitars and lots of noise.' Bohren's trip into darkness has found the parking space closest to purgatory yet. The color particles of once-upon-a-time have finally been ground to dust. No kidding around, no excuses, just drums creeping forward with the brushes, the trademark Bohren double bass, detuned to gloomy depths, and with it Fender Rhodes, saxophone and Melotron — for the film in your head and the knife in your back. The various parallel worlds of the Bohren universe flow together into a single seductive stream of blackest velvet. Bohren project the listener back to the horrors of one's own imagination. Chromed bone torches rummage through the scarlet-red shadows. It prefers to remain unnamed. The bridge between Black Sabbath, Autopsy and the smile of Sade. an understanding of the dark side of pop culture. Reduced, abstracted. Cast into timeless shapes. Preserved for eternity. In their early days they burnt their silhouettes onto audiences' retinas with the flickering light of the stroboscope. Now that switch remains turned off, and the senses must get accustomed to a new, intangible darkness. Time is on their side.

Black Earth

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