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.Discogs album entry accessed 12 February 2014
Reception
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".Nastos, M. G,, Allmusic Review accessed 12 February 2014 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".Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, 28 June 2007
Track listing 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 Nik Bärtsch — piano, prepared piano Don Li – bass clarinet, alto saxophone Mats Eser – marimba, percussion Kaspar Rast – drums
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