Randori (album)

Randori
Studio album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Released	2002
Recorded	December 10-12, 2001 at Tonus Music Labor, Bern
Genre	Jazz
Length	78:11
Label	Tonus Music TON 004
Producer	Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Nik Bärtsch chronology
Ritual Groove Music (2004) Randori (2002) Hishiryo: Piano Solo (2002)

Randori is an album by Swiss pianist and composer Nik Bärtsch's band Ronin recorded in Switzerland in 2002 and first released on the Tonus Music label.^[1]

Reception

On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "Listening to this would be deliciously unbearable in a live setting since you might not know whether to open your arms to the infinite or bang your head, but maybe that is also the point".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Nik Bärtsch

1. "Modul 15" - 9:23
2. "Modul 8_9 I" - 6:03
3. "Modul 8_9 II" - 5:51
4. "Modul 8_9 III" - 17:15
5. "Modul 10" - 10:08
6. "Modul 13" - 12:12
7. "Modul 14" - 4:58
8. "Modul 11" - 7:59
9. "Modul 15_9" - 4:22

Personnel

• Nik Bärtsch — prepared piano, synthesizer, electric piano, drums
• Björn Meyer — bass
• Kasper Rast - drums, udu
• Andi Pupato — shaker, Indian bells

References

1. Discogs album entry accessed February 14, 2014
2. Kopman, B., Nik Bartsch: The Road To Stoa, June 28, 2007