German darkjazz outfit Bohren & Der Club of Gore have announced a new album. On January 10, the group will release Patchouli Blue via Ipecac. It’s the group’s first new album in six years, and their ninth overall, and the first single from the album is “Sollen Es Doch Alle Wissen”. Hear it below.
The band said in a statement, “Dear friends of music where hardly anything happens, Bohren & der Club of Gore is happy and proud, to announce their new album. You may have already given up hope, but miracles happen: Patchouli Blue – instrumental, slow, uneventful – as always. Love it, hate it, listen to it.”

作为工业噪音的鼻祖——EN，岁月并没有褪去他们神话般的“珠光宝气”。他们还是悄悄地从骨灰盒里爬出来，金光闪闪，连带新专辑的名字，也叫“珠宝”。这究竟是一次奢侈的实验，一次华丽的冒险，还是别的什么？或许他们早已被人遗忘，尽管那28年的辉煌过去，尽管对中国文化怀有极大热忱的主唱Blixa Bargeld先生，那颗似乎从来都不肯安分的心……

Majouré – majeure – french for force. One might explain the 14 tracks on Parra for Cuvas upcoming album that way, and they definetely deserve it. All of the songs feature distinct foundations of electronica mixed with a grand variety of musical influences of other genres. Bringing up guest musicians such as the Los Angeles-based hip hop artist Nieve, electric soul diva Casey K. and the indian-based Monsoonsiren to form a wider space of musical aspects and influences around the tracks. Electronic world music at it’s best!

Written and recorded over a period of more than two years, Paraphrases is a collection of chamber music compositions for violin, piano, double bass and field recordings.

After six years, The Notwist return with three new tracks on Morr Music. It’s both an exposition of the the band’s musical variety and a prospect on a forthcoming album.
Six years have passed since The Notwist released their last regular studio album, but that doesn’t mean that the members of this outstanding band have been idle in the meantime. There have been side projects, movie scoring, and other activities, like programming four editions of „Alien Disko“, a festival taking place in Munich, Germany. One of that event’s regular guests was the Japanese duo Tenniscoats – and a lovely side effect from that was an evolving friendship between the two bands. It lead to various collaborations: most recently in a new album by international band „Spirit Fest“ (featuring Tenniscoats singer Saya & The Notwist’s Markus & Cico) & a deep digging compilation of Japanese indie music called „Minna Miteru“.
The title track of this new EP is another step in this collaboration – and a first step to an upcoming album by The Notwist – as it features Saya, who lends her voice to the percussive song. It is build around a slightly detuned synthline, which is contrasted by more pragmatic guitar work. „It neither sounds like The Notwist, Tenniscoats, nor Spirit Fest“, tells Markus Acher. „Just like Saya is saying in the lyrics: ‘I want to go outside, I want to meet people’, „Ship“ is another chapter in what The Notwist always tries to do: redefining itself, exploring something new, integrating different styles of music and collaborating with musicians they admire.“
The second song „Loose Ends“ is, in contrast, more classic Notwist material. A gently expanding ballad, this time featuring the distinctive voice of Markus Acher. The song came out of recording sessions for the soundtrack for „One Of These Days“, a movie by Bastian Günther. The EP then closes with „Avalanche“ a carefully optimistic instrumental.
With its variety of styles, „Ship“ also serves as an outlook on an upcoming album, which will be influenced by the band’s experiences from their detailed work of creating sounds and moods for film soundtracks, and it will include more collaborations with international guest musicians.

Recorded in Wuppertal-Elberfeld between May and July 2020.

When a close friend took an in-advance listen to Hachiku’s debut album, I’ll Probably Be Asleep, she had one question for bandleader Anika Ostendorf: “why are you so angry?”. It’s not the first reaction that most people would have to the Melbourne-based outfit, whose dream-pop jams —all dewy guitars, rickety drum-machines, and layered ambience, topped off with Ostendorf’s oft-breathy voice— would seem to contain no sharp edges.
But, following Hachiku’s self-titled 2017 debut EP, Ostendorf found herself dealing with darker themes; which reflected the 25-year-old growing up, changing, and feeling mounting frustrations.