Albums by Nik Bärtsch

MOBILE AER

Ritual Groove Music 6

The difference between Nik Bärtsch's Mobile and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin is underlined here with this follow-up ro Ronin's REA - the titles of each of these albums are an inversion/reversal of the other.

To mark the difference in simple musical terms, though, is less straightforward. However, if you look at Ritual Groove Music as a unique concept, and then look at the two groups' places within thatr, you can see Mobile as leaning towards Ritual, while Ronin leans towards Groove. The diptych created by the two albums REA and AER suggests a mode of listening required by the listener, and indeed, the two albums compliment eachother in very unexpected ways.

Again, "Modul 8" and "Modul 11" make an appearance, and in this permutation they give this album the majority of the groove within it.

 

I love it I love it

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Nik Bärtsch

Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
Jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600036
Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600037
Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600038
Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600039
Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600040
Artist: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Author: Nik Bärtsch
Performer: Nik Bärtch Mobile
Genre: contemporary
jazz
Studio: Recorded by Hanspeter Ehrsam at Radiostudio Zurich
Publisher: Ronin Rythm Productions GMHB
ISRC: CH5140600041

About Nik Bärtsch:

Born 1971 in Zurich. Pianist, composer and producer. Instruction in piano and percussion from the age 8. 1997 Graduation from the 'Musikhoch-schule Zürich'. 1989-2001 studies in philosophy, linguistics and musico-logy at the University of Zurich. 2003-04 stay in Japan. Ongoing work on his RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC as pianist and composer. Leader of zen-funk quintet RONIN (since 2001; with Kaspar Rast, Björn Meyer, Andi Pupato & Sha) and MOBILE (since 1997). Teacher for ‘practical aesthetics’ at the 'Musikhochschule Zürich/Winterthur' (2000-03). Numerous awards from 1999, including the jazz priority award of Swiss Arts Council in 2006.

Ecstasy through asceticism


RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC, the title of my first CD, also points to the fundamental concept of my musical thinking. The music shows a close affinity to architecturally organized space and is governed by the principles of repetition and reduction as well as by interlocking rhythms. A piece of music can be en...
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