Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin – Awase

Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin Awase Nik Bärtsch: piano Sha: bass clarinet, alto saxophone Thomy Jordi: bass Kaspar Rast: drums CD / LP / Download / Streaming: “Awase”, a term from martial arts, means “moving together” in the sense of matching energies, a fitting metaphor for the dynamic precision, tessellated grooves and balletic minimalism of Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin. Six years have passed since the last release from the Swiss group. In the interim, trimmed from quintet to quartet siz