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'Swiss pianist with a mix of patiently layering textures, ghostly grooves, and influences from James Brown to John Cage to avant garde jazz.'

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Irresistible ritual groove music of complex simplicity and subtle, accelerating excitement.

'Steve Reich-style minimalism surfing over James Brown funk ... thoroughly hypnotic.' THE TIMES

Zen-funk and "ritual groove music" from Swiss pianist, composer and ECM Records star Nik Bärtsch and his amazing acoustic quintet.

Named after "the lonely path" taken by Japanese samurai warriors, Ronin is a remarkably disciplined and imaginative attempt to create real living and breathing music through systems that relate to the experience of the city and the architecture of urban environments.

Using various rhythmic modules, repeated beats and phrases, Bärtsch and his musicians layer patterns together to form complex but organically ordered pieces that work equally on both mind and body.

'The vivid music of Bartsch offers new sound vistas ... intricate, mesmeric music.' THE TIMES