Nik Bärtsch specializes in what he calls Zen funk, “somewhere between jazz and modern composition, progressive pop, ritual music, and groove music in general.” In his writing for the bands Ronin and Mobile, the Swiss pianist draws energy from the tension between minimalistic compositional precision and improvisation's promise of freedom.
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