Hugehair Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Over the past few months I've been immensely enjoying a style called doom jazz. Here is a short definition on last.fm. Doom jazz is a form of music that combines the slow tempos, and sense of despair of doom metal with jazz style and sensibility. The music usually conveys an aura of pessimistic introspection, and many of the artists incorporate dark ambient influences into their music. Some of my favourite artists are Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble, The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, Dale Cooper Quartet, etc. Here is a clip from Bohren & Der Club Of Gore, hope someone here share the same interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcDfVsQ-qhY 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddyev Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thats pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundfan Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 You've come to the right place, a few fans here, and am sure they'll be along sooner or later. I was playing the Dale Cooper Quartet album "Parole de navarre" just last week. Others here put me onto Bohren & Der Club Of Gore. They've been mentioned here many times. And for the record..............I hate metal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tubularbells Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Big fan of Bohren ( still waiting for there latest LP to arrive) and I would go so far as to say there Sunset Mission album is even better than A Kind Of Blue [ducks quickly] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackangus Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I know Kilimanjaro but was unaware of the others, cheers! Actually I own an album titled Doom Jazz by local two piece Agonhymn It doesn't sound like the above clip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willow Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Another fan here , have only recently courtesy of the CS thread discovered Bohren , but have a few Kilimanjaros & a Povarovo. Headphones on in the dark this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djb Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 I know nothing of this genre Thank you will investigate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demondes Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Hmm doesn't sound much different from a lot of ECM jazz. Still, a nice slow smoky flavour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gparker777 Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bohren & Der Club Of Gore is quite sedate compared to some of the other artists in the genre who represent a more "Dark Ambient" sound a bit like Lustmord with the occasional brass instrument - Try Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corp - Succubus album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugehair Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Headphones on in the dark this stuff. Spot on! Boundless darkness, though Grados are no good match for this style of jazz. Hmm doesn't sound much different from a lot of ECM jazz. ECM experimental jazz is more towards improvisational "free jazz" direction with far less predictable slow tempo beats & more agile saxophones/trumpets, though sometimes no less darkness. Scandinavian jazzmen Deathprod and Supersilent are my top picks considering Rune Grammofon as an ECM sub-label. I actually found very few musicians are dedicated to this style. Some related electronic jazz musicians I found no less attractive such as Kammerflimmer Kollektief and Tied & Tickled Trio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houdinifangs Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Doom jazz GTG? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gullintanni Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 I know Kilimanjaro but was unaware of the others, cheers! Actually I own an album titled Doom Jazz by local two piece Agonhymn It doesn't sound like the above clip One of the two (Dav) is a mate of mine from High School - what did you think of Doom Jazz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khanh Hoang Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Enjoying some Dale Cooper Quartet right now. Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilNZ Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 This is a genre I want to know more about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Johnny Heathen Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Yeah, it's one I'm just finding my way into too - so post away, name names and give pointers please... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronin6 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 I like it, has a Sin City feel. Will have to do some more in depth listening, thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronin6 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Been listening to Sunset Mission on YouTube, bugger that Tidal doesn't have this title. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeilNZ Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Grails is another band worth checking out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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