(06-07-2016, 12:30 AM)Karkassi Wrote:
Found these yesterday. They've been claimed as dark-/doomjazz and frankly it reminds me of Ulver getting jazzy. Can anyone recommend something similiar to this? The whole genre seems surprisingly little and well hidden.
on top of what other people said, some Angelo Badalamenti soundtrack works (the guy who did most of David Lynch's soundtracks). Badalamenti definitely influence Bohren a lot, check out the opening theme to "Fire Walk with Me". I was also tirned on to an old improv project from the legendary Ennio Morricone and some of his Italian friend, they were active in the late 60s, early 70s, called "Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza". I think Ennio's project is the earliest thing I relate to "Doom-Jazz" but it's a mix between the albums, check out the DVD/CD set for live atmospherics.
Also somewhat close are a few albums from Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra and related projects, some of Toby Driver's "Tartar Lamb II". all pretty different but maybe of interest.
Also, but different still, the album "Heresie" by Univers Zéro is a must. I wouldn't really call it any kind of jazz but it's one of the heaviest things you will ever hear and mostly performed on chamber instruments. the first track, "La Faulx", is a super-doomfest and this was 1979. AVOID THE REMASTER AT ALL COSTS, maybe I can upload FLAC of the earlier master as it's long out of print.
