Nik Bartsch - Randori (CD)

Details: Repetition and variation are such exhausted compositional means; what "new" music could they still produce? The question may be asked by those who have not yet heard Nik Bärtsch's quartet. With piano; bass guitar; drums and percussion; they set the stage. First surprise: the jazz line-up plays funk. Second surprise: The funk is on the spot. They always play the same thing! One motif time after time after time... Third surprise: they don't always play the same thing; it does change; but only minimally... After a quarter of an hour; the thing has a name: Steve Reich meets James Brown.

Tracklist:

1. Modul 15
2. Modul 8_9 I
3. Modul 8_9 II
4. Modul 8_9 III
5. Modul 10
6. Modul 13
7. Modul 14
8. Modul 11
9. Modul 15_9