Tuesday 03.31.09: BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE / VOID OV VOICES (Attila Csihar of Mayhem)

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Bohren & Der Club of Gore’s great strength is in their extreme simplicity, as the quartet base each song around Robin Rodenberg’s massive double bass playing, which slowly, lugubriously creeps along, holding down the rhythm with single thrums on the strings, which are tuned so low, you can hear the vibrations in your gut. Morten Gass and Christoph Closer provide accompaniment on piano, Rhodes piano, and tenor saxophone, displaying only the barest minimum of improvisational flair, while drummer Thorsten Benning accentuates the basslines with subtle beats, sounding more atmospheric than rhythmic, like a somnambulistic Elvin Jones. The overall effect is hypnotic, enthralling, sounding like a demonic hybrid of the Bad Plus and Candlemass. These musicians could easily be Satan’s own jazz combo. – Pop Matters

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Void of Voices (Attila Csihar of Mayhem)