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Bohren & Der Club Of Gore • Sunset Mission

 



Sunset Mission Review by James Mason
The music that Bohren makes has fallen under the heavy metal/doom rubric, but this is both inaccurate and unfair to the band and its music. While the former members of hardcore legends 7 Inch Boots, Chronical Diarrhoea, and Macabre Farmhouse may have once played fast and heavy, on Sunset Mission they completely drop the metal overtones that appeared on Gore Motel and stand resolutely in the late-night jazz-noir camp. The cover of the album shows night descending on the wet streets of a residential/industrial landscape. The music included within is for a couple of hours later, when there is only darkness and the breath of a saxophone to keep you company. Reminiscent of Trevor Jones (Angel Heart) or Angelo Badalamenti's soundtrack work (especially for Mulholland Drive), Bohren & der Club of Gore rely on understated Fender Rhodes, piano, double bass, gentle brush work on drums, and a lilting tenor saxophone. Sounding like a long suite collectively improvised and not a collection of individually composed songs, Sunset Mission showcases the contributions of each member equally. Morten Gass' stunning keyboard work is balanced by Christoph Closer's emotional tenor sax. Underlining each track are Thorsten Benning's subtle kit work and the slow-motion groove of Robin Rodenberg's double bass. And while it is easy to fall into hyperbole when describing Bohren's music, they themselves are masters of the restraint necessary for this type of jazz to work and be compelling. This is slow, dark, and especially lush jazz, perfect for a booth at the back of a narcoleptic lounge, with a cigarette slowly burning down past the filter, watching secret lies being passed between one-night lovers. 
https://www.allmusic.com/album/sunset-mission-mw0000065860

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Reseña de James Mason
La música que hace Bohren suele ser encasillada dentro del heavy metal o el doom, pero eso resulta tanto inexacto como injusto para la banda y su obra. Aunque los antiguos miembros de las leyendas hardcore 7 Inch Boots, Chronical Diarrhoea y Macabre Farmhouse alguna vez tocaron música rápida y agresivamente pesada, en *Sunset Mission* abandonan por completo los matices metálicos presentes en *Gore Motel* y se instalan decididamente en un territorio de jazz noir nocturno.

La portada del álbum muestra la noche descendiendo sobre calles mojadas de un paisaje residencial e industrial. La música contenida en el disco pertenece a un par de horas más tarde, cuando sólo quedan la oscuridad y el aliento de un saxofón como compañía. Recordando el trabajo de Trevor Jones en *Angel Heart* o las composiciones para bandas sonoras de Angelo Badalamenti —especialmente en *Mulholland Drive*—, Bohren & der Club of Gore se apoyan en un sobrio Fender Rhodes, piano, contrabajo, delicados escobillazos de batería y un saxofón tenor de fraseo suave y ondulante.

Más que sonar como una colección de piezas compuestas individualmente, *Sunset Mission* se desarrolla como una extensa suite improvisada colectivamente, mostrando por igual el aporte de cada integrante. El extraordinario trabajo de teclados de Morten Gass se equilibra perfectamente con el tenor profundamente expresivo de Christoph Clöser. Sosteniendo cada tema aparecen la sutil batería de Thorsten Benning y el groove en cámara lenta del contrabajo de Robin Rodenberg.

Y aunque resulta fácil caer en la hipérbole al describir la música de Bohren, la propia banda es maestra de la contención necesaria para que este tipo de jazz funcione y conserve su poder de atracción. Se trata de un jazz lento, oscuro y exuberantemente atmosférico, ideal para una mesa al fondo de un lounge semivacío, con un cigarrillo consumiéndose lentamente más allá del filtro, mientras mentiras secretas se deslizan silenciosamente entre amantes destinados a compartir apenas una noche.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/sunset-mission-mw0000065860




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Tracks:
1 - Prowler
2 - On Demon Wings
3 - Midnight Walker
4 - Street Tattoo
5 - Painless Steel
6 - Darkstalker
7 - Nightwolf
8 - Black City Skyline
9 - Dead End Angels


Credits:
Personnel:
Christoph Clöser - Tenor Saxophone
Morten Gass - Piano, Fender Rhodes, Engineer, Producer
Robin Rodenberg - Bass
Thorsten Benning - Drums

Production:
Produced by Morten Gass and Bohren & Der Club of Gore
Engineered by Morten Gass
Mastered by Michael Schwabe
Cover Design by Hans Löffler
All compositions written by Bohren & Der Club of Gore

Recorded at Dark Victory Studios

Label: Wonder Records won 01CD
Country: Germany
Released: February 20, 2000
Genre: Jazz, Experimental
Style: Dark Jazz, Doom Jazz, Ambient Jazz, Lounge
Duration: 73:28





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