Entendre
Nik Bartsch
Nik Bärtsch feels a long way from jazz, but a lot closer to a freewheeling rhythmic spontaneity on this unexpectedly action-packed set.
Entendre
Nik Bartsch
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Nik Bärtsch feels a long way from jazz, but a lot closer to a freewheeling rhythmic spontaneity on this unexpectedly action-packed set.
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180g audiophile vinyl pressing. Tip-On Gatefold packaging.
A fascinating solo album from the Swiss pianist, composer and conceptualist best known as leader of the bands Ronin and Mobile, 'Entendre' offers deeper insight into Nik Brtch's musical thinking.
As the album title implies 'Entendre' is about hearing as a creative process, referencing the patient unfolding of Brtch's modular polymetric pieces, with alertness to the dynamics of touch, finding freedom in aesthetic restriction, serving the flow of each piece's development while also taking the music to new places.
Recorded at Auditorio Stelio Molo RSI, Lugano, in September 2020, and produced by Manfred Eicher.
Nik Brtsch: piano
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- Entendre
Awards and reviews
May 2021
Nik Bärtsch feels a long way from jazz, but a lot closer to a freewheeling rhythmic spontaneity on this unexpectedly action-packed set.
June 2021
His music is inherently mutable, its modular construction allowing Bärtsch to reimagine and reorder his materials with infinite variation.
