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Ritual Groove Music

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Ritual Groove Music
Studio album by
Nik Bärtsch's Mobile
Released2004
RecordedSeptember 2000, Radiostudio Zürich
GenreJazz
Length43:51
LabelTonus Music
TON 013
ProducerNik Bärtsch
Nik Bärtsch chronology
Ritual Groove Music
(2004)
Randori
(2006)

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.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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".[2] 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".[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Nik Bärtsch

  1. "Modul 5" – 8:56
  2. "Modul 11" – 9:20
  3. "Modul 4" – 3:53
  4. "Modul 12" – 5:41
  5. "Modul 4II" – 0:46
  6. "Modul 2" – 7:07
  7. "Modul 12II" – 8:02

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Discogs album entry accessed 12 February 2014
  2. ^ a b Nastos, M. G,, Allmusic Review accessed 12 February 2014
  3. ^ Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, 28 June 2007