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Bohren & der Club of Gore
Background information
Also known as	Bohren (1992-1993) Bohren und der Club of Gore (1993-1995)
Origin	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Genres	Dark jazz (Jazz noir), ambient
Years active	1992–present
Labels	PIAS Recordings, Ipecac Recordings
Members	Morten Gass Robin Rodenberg Christoph Clöser
Past members	Reiner Henseleit Thorsten Benning
Website	bohrenundderclubofgore.com

Bohren & der Club of Gore is a German ambient/jazz band from Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

History

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 punk bands such as 7 Inch Boots (all members since 1988) and Chronical Diarrhoea (Thorsten Benning and Reiner Henseleit). 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.

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

• 1995 – Gore Motel
• 1997 – 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

1. Nathalie Vincent-Arnaud (2017). "Music and thrill(er)s: an interview with American novelist Peter Farris". Miranda (15). doi:10.4000/miranda.11125.
2. "Drilling For Doom: And Finding It": Rock journalist Rick McGrath's intro/review of Bohren und der Club of Gore Archived May 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
3. "Geisterfaust": Review by Rick McGrath Archived May 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ "BUDCOG, Index". Bohrenundderclubofgore.de. Archived from the original on 2017-07-11. Retrieved 2013-12-26.
5. "Index". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
6. "Bohren – Langspielkassette (1992, C60, Cassette)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

External links

• Official site
• Bohren & der Club of Gore discography at MusicBrainz
• Bohren & der Club of Gore discography at Discogs

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