Ecm 2603

Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Awase (2018)  Music

Posted by SERTiL at May 16, 2018
Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Awase (2018)

Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Awase (2018)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks)+cue, log, m3u, artwork | 393 MB
Label: ECM – ECM 2603 | Tracks: 06 | Time: 65:19 min
Modern Jazz

“Awase”, a term from martial arts, means “moving together” in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated grooves and balletic minimalism of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin. Six years have passed since the last release from the Swiss group. In the interim, trimmed from quintet to quartet size and with new bassist Thomy Jordi fully integrated, Ronin has become a subtly different band. Bärtsch speaks of a new-found freedom and flexibility in the approach to the material, with “greater transparency, more interaction, more joy in every performance”.