Nik Bartsch's Ronin Live
 | Label: Catalog: RON 004 Format: COMPACT DISC NIK BARTSCH QUARTETThis new release is Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin’s first live album, featuring Bjorn Meyer, Kaspar Rast and Andi Pupato. Despite the multiplicity of the band’s influences, Ronin’s music always possesses a strong individuality. They incorporate elements of disparate musical worlds, be they funk, new classical music or sounds from Japanese ritual music. However, these forms are never merely juxtaposed in a post-modernist fashion but instead amalgamated into a coherent new style. Ultimately, these sounds and rhythms are highly idiosyncratic. The music consists of very few phrases and motives, continually combined and layered in new ways. Ronin thus creates a consistent aesthetic across all levels of musical expression. Composition, phrasing, sound structure, performance, and musical form all combine to form a system of interrelated elements.  Price: $20.98 |