Ritual Groove Music
| Ritual Groove Music | ||||
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| Studio album by Nik Bärtsch's Mobile | ||||
| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | September 2000, Radiostudio Zürich | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:51 | |||
| Label | Tonus Music TON 013 | |||
| Producer | Nik Bärtsch | |||
| Nik Bärtsch chronology | ||||
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Ritual Groove Music is the debut album by Swiss pianist, composer, record producer and author r Nik Bärtsch's band Mobile recorded in Switzerland in 2000 and first released on the Tonus Music label in 2004.[1]
Reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [2] |
The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos called it "A tip-of-the-iceberg recording, in the figurative and literal sense, one can speculate this is a mere beginning, almost child's play, for what Bärtsch and his crew have in store for the future of his compelling and singularly original music".[2] On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "For the most part, the tracks sound spliced together, which only further enhances the trance-like effect the music can have. The album thus sounds like a show with terrific pacing, bringing the listener up and down by changing parameters such as overall pitch and speed of the figures".[3]
Track listing[edit]
All compositions by Nik Bärtsch
- "Modul 5" – 8:56
- "Modul 11" – 9:20
- "Modul 4" – 3:53
- "Modul 12" – 5:41
- "Modul 4II" – 0:46
- "Modul 2" – 7:07
- "Modul 12II" – 8:02
Personnel[edit]
- Nik Bärtsch — piano, prepared piano
- Don Li – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
- Mats Eser – marimba, percussion
- Kaspar Rast – drums
References[edit]
- ^ Discogs album entry accessed 12 February 2014
- ^ a b Nastos, M. G,, Allmusic Review accessed 12 February 2014
- ^ Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, 28 June 2007
