Short Facts
Genre: Doom Jazz
Tracklist:
01. Staub [Dust]
02. Karin [Karin]
03. Schwarze Biene (Black Maya) [Black Bee]
04. Unkerich [Unkerich]
05. Still am Tresen [Quiet at the counter]
06. Welk [Limp]
07. Von Schnäbeln [Of beaks]
08. Orgelblut [Blood of an organ]
09. Faul [Lazy]
10. Welten [Worlds]
Released In: 2008
Musicians:
Thorsten Benning: Drums
Christoph Clöser: Saxophone, Piano, Rhodes
Morten Gass: Piano, Mellotron, Rhodes
Robin Rodenberg: Double Bass
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The inventors of Doom Jazz delivered another masterpiece. As the previous album “Geisterfaust” has been considered as too impenetrable, Bohren & der Club of Gore orientated themselves on the old style again and accomplished it again, to create the atmosphere of smoky underground clubs. “Dolores” is 58 minutes of pure darkness, which crawls in every convolution of the brain and bans every positive thought from the mind. The 10 songs from the CD creep out of the stereo like a piece of gloominess and transfer the listener to a world of lonely jazz clubs filled with cigar smoke. The Rhodes Piano is used more exclusively than on the previous records and the Saxophone has been pushed in the background, but this doesn’t affect the ingenuity of this masterwork. Bohren & der Club of Gore know all about making slow and calm pieces, but they are never boring and create a feeling of anxiety and perdition. Doom Jazz isn’t cushy and friendly music and mental unstable persons should stay away from it, but if you like it, there’s nothing better to listen to than “Dolores”.
