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{{Short description|German ambient/jazz band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Bohren & der Club of Gore
| image           = Bohren dcog (12843586343).jpg
| caption         =
| origin          = [[Mülheim an der Ruhr]], [[Germany]]
| genre           = [[List of jazz genres|Dark jazz (Jazz noir)]],<ref>{{cite journal|title=Music and thrill(er)s: an interview with American novelist Peter Farris|doi=10.4000/miranda.11125|author=Nathalie Vincent-Arnaud|year=2017|journal=Miranda|issue=15 |doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Ambient music|ambient]]
| alias           = Bohren (1992-1993)<br />Bohren und der Club of Gore (1993-1995)
| years_active    = 1992&ndash;present
| label           = [[Play It Again Sam (record label)|PIAS Recordings]], [[Ipecac Recordings]]
| website         = [http://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.com/ bohrenundderclubofgore.com]
| current_members = Morten Gass<br />Robin Rodenberg<br />Christoph Clöser
| past_members    = Reiner Henseleit<br />Thorsten Benning
}}
'''Bohren & der Club of Gore''' is a German [[Ambient music|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).<ref>[http://www.rickmcgrath.com/bohren_introreview.html "Drilling For Doom: And Finding It": Rock journalist Rick McGrath's intro/review of Bohren und der Club of Gore] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501131721/http://www.rickmcgrath.com/bohren_introreview.html |date=May 1, 2008 }}</ref> In 1992 they produced a crossover of [[jazz]] and [[ambient music|ambient]], which they self-described as an "unholy ambient mixture of slow jazz ballads, [[Black Sabbath]] doom and down-tuned [[Autopsy (band)|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.<ref>[http://www.rickmcgrath.com/bohren_geisterfaustreview.html "Geisterfaust": Review by Rick McGrath] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509103041/http://www.rickmcgrath.com/bohren_geisterfaustreview.html |date=May 9, 2008 }}</ref>
==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 guitar|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 – [[saxophone]]s (1997–present), [[piano]] (2001–present), [[Fender Rhodes]] electric piano (2001–present), [[vibraphone]] (2004–present),  [[drums]] (2016–present)
===Former members===
* Reiner Henseleit – [[electric guitar]]s (1992–1996)
* Thorsten Benning – [[drums]], [[percussion instrument|percussion]] (1992–2015)
===Timeline===
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==Discography==
===Albums===
* 1995 – ''[[Gore Motel]]''
* 1997 – ''[[Midnight Radio (Bohren & der Club of Gore album)|Midnight Radio]]''
* 2000 – ''[[Sunset Mission]]''
* 2002 – ''[[Black Earth (Bohren & der Club of Gore album)|Black Earth]]''
* 2005 – ''[[Geisterfaust]]''
* 2008 – ''[[Dolores (album)|Dolores]]''
* 2014 – ''Piano Nights''<ref name="bohrenundderclubofgore.de">{{cite web|url=http://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.de/html/budcog__index.html|title=BUDCOG, Index|website=Bohrenundderclubofgore.de|access-date=2013-12-26|archive-date=2017-07-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711120244/http://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.de/html/budcog__index.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2020 – ''Patchouli Blue''
===EPs===
* 1994 – ''Bohren & der Club of Gore''
* 1995 – ''Schwarzer Sabbat für Dean Martin'' (split with Wald)
* 2009 – ''Mitleid Lady''
* 2011 – ''[[Beileid]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.de/html/index.html |title=Index |access-date=2011-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125042657/http://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.de/html/index.html |archive-date=2010-11-25 }}</ref>
===Demos===
* 1992 – ''Langspielkassette'' (as '''Bohren''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/6576444-Bohren-Langspielkassette|title=Bohren – Langspielkassette (1992, C60, Cassette)|access-date=17 December 2021|website=Discogs.com}}</ref>
* 1993 – ''Luder, Samba und Tavernen''
===Compilations===
* 2016 – ''Bohren for Beginners''<ref name="bohrenundderclubofgore.de"/>
===Compilation appearances===
* 2022 – "Plateau" on ''The Others'' ([[Lustmord]] remix/covers album, 2022)
== See also ==
*[[List of ambient music artists]]
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* [https://www.bohrenundderclubofgore.com/ Official site]
* [https://musicbrainz.org/artist/938df0a0-c650-4cf8-9b23-5ad8a5cb4805 Bohren & der Club of Gore] discography at [[MusicBrainz]]
* [https://www.discogs.com/artist/68140-Bohren-Der-Club-Of-Gore Bohren & der Club of Gore] discography at [[Discogs]]
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