Bohren & der Club of Gore

Bohren & der Club of Gore
Background information
Origin	Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Genres	Ambient, dark ambient, jazz
Years active	1992–present
Labels	PIAS Recordings
Website	bohrenundderclubofgore.de
Members	Christoph Clöser Morten Gass Robin Rodenberg
Past members	Reiner Henseleit Thorsten Benning

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 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.

Members

• 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)

Discography

Albums

• Gore Motel (1994)
• Midnight Radio (1995)
• Sunset Mission (2000)
• Black Earth (2002)
• Geisterfaust (2005)
• Dolores (2008)
• Beileid (2011)
• Piano Nights (2014)

EPs

• Bohren & der Club of Gore (1994)
• Schwarzer Sabbat Für Dean Martin (1994)
• Mitleid Lady (2010)

Demos

• Luder, Samba und Tavernen (1993)

External links

• Official site
• Official MySpace