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| Nik Bärtsch's Ronin - Stoa Swiss pianist-composer Nik Bärtsch and his group Ronin (Nik Bärtsch piano, Sha contrabass and bass clarinets, Björn Meyer bass, Kaspar Rast drums & Andi Pupato percussion) debuted February 24th on ECM with Stoa. Bärtsch describes the group’s music as ‘Zen funk’ which gives some index of its precision and joyousness. Ronin’s music is built up of interlocking rhythm patterns and iterative ‘modules’, building blocks of diverse compositional parameter. Inside the tightly organized structure there is room for improvisation – “the pieces are spaces to be entered and inhabited” (Bärtsch) – and the music swings powerfully in a unique ‘ritualistic’way. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Jazz News :: home page |