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.
| 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 |
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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