bohbi - Factory Dimension [Umland Records 071]

Released via the ever active Umland Records label as their cat.no. 071 on November 21st, 2k25 is "Factory Dimension", the debut album by the Anton Zimmermann-led project that is bohbi. Over the course of seven brand new compositions and roughly 42 minutes runtime Zimmermann on drums and his musical collaborators which, amongst others, include Umland staple Jan Klare on sax and flute explore a heavy, relentless and rather obviously Metal- x Doom- x NoiseRock-infused wall-of-sound attitude based on heavy bass and guitar riffing, thundering drums of doom, intense, yet intensely funky guitar solos and screaming feedbacks in the opening cut "What Am I Doing This For?" before syncopated Broken Beats, mesmerizing pianos, enchanted flute lines and silky, smokey vocals take over in the subsequent "Confusion Or Illusion (In A Memory)". With "The Lightbulb Is Everything" the group x ensemble is back into thundering, earth-shaking and most of all haunted DoomJazz madness, "Monday Night" takes the groups raw and unfiltered attitude into the wee hours of the night without losing its muscular edge whereas "Desolation Swing" even throws a little bit of heavy, yet down to earth BluesRock into the mix, evoking faint memories of voodoo magic and uncharted Mississippi swamps. Furthermore "Martys Maeth (Von Flüchen Und Gerüchten)" has bohbi on a Crossover tip, weighing in both elements of scintillating Sludge / Doom as well as surprising German vocals with a not really HipHop-oriented speak-singing attitude before the "24/7 Grind" waves goodbye on a rather deep, nocturnal but still droning and avantgardistic Jazz tip for those who know. If you fondly remember dark, heavy and still somewhat atmospheric projects like Village Of Savoonga and are still listening to DJ Shadow's "Endtroducing..." on a regular you're about to love this for a reason - imagine this to a be a lovechild of these two poles, with more and heavier guitars thrown into the mix.