Patchouli blue is the bands eighth longplayer, the first album without drummer thorsten benning, who left the group in 2015. Steeped in oneiric, badalamentiesque atmospheres and played with the. After emerging from hardcore punk and metal bands during the late 1980s, these musicians sought and discovered a new direction that reveled in sheer unhurried lethargy, a music. They released mitleid lady on southern records in 2010, and followed it with beileid on mike pattons ipecac imprint in the summer of 2011. Black earth was rereleased on the american label ipecac recordings in 2004, increasing the bands exposure in the united states.
Every offer there is illegal, without any knowledge of the band and bohren does not profit on these sales. After 20 years in operation, the german quartet are essentially peerless in their shadowy field and the exquisite piano nights. Originally, group members started out playing in various hardcore bands such as 7 inch boots and chronical diarrhoea. It is especially nice since we havent had a full length bohren release in six years. In to their sound has subtly crept the presence of a giant, and the name of the album shows nothing but exemplary respect. Or, for those driven by the more extreme side of noirish ambient material, these cats lay it out with musical instruments and a mellotron, painfully slow and muted tempos, unventful compostions, and a relentlessly gloomy atmosphere. Inimitable jazzambient doom troupe budcog dim the lights for their first full length lp in more than half a decade. We try to take legal proceedings against the operators of bandcamp. Welcome to the further adventures of bohren and his crew of axe carrying jazz deconstructionalists. Flac 16 bit jazz downtempo ambient new age instrumental 23032019, 15. Like its predecessor, sunset mission, the tone and feel of black earth is steeped in a smoky history of noirish soundtracks, european. In other words, piano nights may be reminiscent of dolores, but it is definitely piano nights and not dolores part two. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at.
Though its musicians came from various hardcore punk bands, their coming together resulted in the collective decision to explore a noirish, latenight loungejazz quartet sound, wrapped in spooky ambient music and doomy atmospherics. As you can tell, i love piano nights and will be playing it for many years to come. Thorsten benning drums christoph closer piano, saxophones, vibraphone morten gass organ, mellotron, baritone guitar, piano robin rodenberg double bass. Returning with the suggestively titled piano nights, bohren have not departed from their obdurate approach, yet in its title, much is revealed about the content. Almost six years have passed since their latest release piano nights, even for a band that considers slowness as a key element of their artistic approach this is a relatively long break. Steeped in oneiric, badalamentiesque atmospheres and played with the opiating. Saxophones answers gentle piano chords with rich, poetic sentences, while the hiss. The german quartet, whose members have a variety of doom metal origins, has morphed their earlier inclinations into a hybrid that has little to suggest the players roots. Friends gathered around the instrument, drinks in hand, some people singing, others imploring that you dont make them sing. After an international tour and an extended break, the group emerged with piano nights in early 2014.
There are some old download links on their website but. It has the ambivalent and seductive title patchouli blue and has more tracks than usual. Umg, merlin pias on behalf of pias recordings germany. Like its predecessor, sunset mission, the tone and feel of black earth is steeped in a smoky history of noirish soundtracks, european minimalism and the intensity of. Latinautor, ascap, the royalty network publishing, uniao. Though its musicians came from various hardcore punk bands, their coming together resulted in the collective decision to explore a noirish, latenight loungejazz quartet sound, wrapped in spooky ambient music and doomy. The original band name was only bohren, in german drilling. Its music for hopelessly sleepless nights that burst with anxiety and suspense, where its impossible to think clearly or channel your intentions into a cohesive pattern. Piano nights cddolp 2014 piano nights sounds like the loneliest jazz cafe in the world. Of the many hardtodefine subgenres of jazz, dark jazz may be the most challenging to classify. The record has been rereleased in 2016 by pias recordings.
In the cast benning, closer, gass, rodenberg the band plays hundreds of shows in more than 20 countries and released the following cdslps. Both gatefold picture sleeve and vinyl remain in near as new condition piasd50lp. Rather than replace him, they downsized and became a trio. They play 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. After 20 years in operation, the german quartet are essentially peerless in their shadowy field and the exquisite piano nights is a perfect example of their slowcooked cinematic soundscapes.
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