Holon

Nik Bartsch's Ronin - Holon

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Artist: Nik Bartsch's Ronin
Brand: Ronin
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2008-02-05
Music Label: Ecm Records
Soundtracks:
  1. Modul 42
  2. Modul 41-17
  3. Modul 39-8
  4. Modul 46
  5. Modul 45
  6. Modul 44

Music reviews of Holon

Music Review: More Jazzlike than "Stoa"
Rating: 4 Stars

Swiss pianist Nik B?rtsch is back with his ensemble Ronin, featuring Sha on bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet, and alto saxophone; Bj?rn Meyer on bass; Kaspar Rast on drums; and Andi Puato on percussion. Back too are the snappy song titles such as "Modul 42"and "Modul 41...37." What is new on this outing is the increased emphasis on acoustic sounds, with B?rtsch now employing an acoustic piano. Overall, though, the music has the relentless rhythmic pulse and minimalist structure that characterized the group's ECM debut recording, Stoa.

Perhaps because of the sound of the acoustic piano, however, Holon makes a different musical impression than did Stoa, the newer release sounding more like jazz and less like minimalism. When I reviewed Stoa back in Issue 105 of The $ensible Sound, I said it sounded more like jazz than classical minimalism; with Holon, that claim can be made more emphatically, meaning that Holon is the release more likely to be embraced by more traditional jazz fans.

Description of Holon

* Eagerly-anticipated second ECM album from Swiss pianist-composer Nik B?rtsch and his committed young `Zen-funk' or `ritual groove" band Ronin, whose label debut Stoa received rave reviews all around the world. * B?rtsch's Ronin is recognized as one of the most exciting discoveries of recent years. * Holon follows up directions set in motion by Stoa and takes them further, thanks both to the band's growing confidence and also to ECM's glowing sound-mix. * Nik B?rtsch's music occupies a niche all its own, equidistant from contemporary composition, funk/soul grooves and scattered world musics. In some ways further removed from jazz than the other idioms it has nonetheless been warmly embraced by the jazz community, its grooves and interlocking rhythms now frequently heard also at the jazz festivals - as well as in new music spaces and rock clubs. * CD booklet includes artist photos and a liner note by Nik B?rtsch in German and English

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