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NIK BÄRTSCH’S RONIN (CH) Duration: 90 min / Free entrance CULTURESCAPES IN STUDENT CENTRE, concert In collaboration with FESTIVAL CULTURESCAPES BALKAN 2013. & SWISS ARTS COUNCIL PROHELVETIA, www.culturescapes.ch With the zen-funk quartet RONIN founded in 2001, Zürich composer and pianist Nik Bärtsch proceeds with the work on his RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC, together with Kaspar Rast (drums), Sha (bass- and contrabass clarinet, alto sax) and Thomy Jordi (bass, replaced Björn Meyer in 2011. Percussionist Andi Pupato was a band member 2002-2012). Their music consistently follows the same aesthetic vision under various instrumental guises: creating the maximum effect by minimal means. In addition to its tours and performances, for six years RONIN has held a concert every Monday evening at its own club in Zürich - since 2009 at the club EXIL cofounded by Nik Bärtsch. This longterm experiment encourages and demands constant musical evolution – the result of interaction, attentive listening, and critical, even ironic musical and verbal dialogue. On these Mondays the musicians eat and play together. In this way RONIN has, over the years, independently created its own phraseology and proceeded blithely but consistently on its own path as a socio-musical organism. Nik Bärtsch as the band’s composer precisely sets down most of the pieces in notation; but in live performances it becomes, at some point, impossible to tell what is composed, interpreted or improvised. The band has to discover the right tension and the suitable dramatic structure for a piece on the spur of the moment. The band-organism thus outwits not only the composition, but itself. In this way RONIN works politely but radical and in the long run on a collective phrasing which cannot be captured in notation. It can only be gained through training and patience, through mutual respect and interest, through the ability to resonate with each other. Then familiar phrases, curious and vivid turns of phrase, webs of ghost notes and rhythmic punch lines will arise as if by themselves. Despite the multiplicity of the band’s influences, Ronin’s music always possesses a strong individuality. They incorporate elements of disparate musical worlds, be they funk, new classical music or sounds from Japanese ritual music. However, these forms are never merely juxtaposed in a postmodernist fashion but instead amalgamated into a coherent new style. Ultimately, these sounds and rhythms are highly idiosyncratic. The music consists of very few phrases and motives, continually combined and layered in new ways. Ronin thus creates a consistent aesthetic across all levels of musical expression. Composition, phrasing, sound structure, performance, and musical form all combine to form a system of interrelated elements. (Michel Mettler) The Wall Street Journal has chosen RONIN’s live show as one of the six best live shows in 2011 (together with Björk, Radiohead, Patti Smith, Feist and Anna Calvi).
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Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN zatvara Ganz! Ganz ćemo zatvoriti 22.10. koncertom švicarskog zen funk kvarteta Nik Bärtsch’s RONIN koji se po The Wall Street Journalu ubraja u 6 NAJBOLJIH ŽIVIH IZVEDBI 2011. (uz Björk, Radiohead, Patti Smith, Feist i Annu Calvi). ULAZ JE BESPLATAN! CULTURESCAPES U STUDENTSKOM CENTRU, koncert u suradnji s FESTIVALOM CULTURESCAPES BALKAN 2013. I SWISS ARTS COUNCILOM PROHELVETIA, www.culturescapes.ch Sa svojim zen-funk kvartetom RONIN osnovanim 2001., ciriški kompozitor i pijanist Nik Bärtsch počinje rad na svom RITUAL GROOVE MUSICu, zajedno s Kasparom Rastom (bubnjevi), Shaom (bas i kontrabas, klarinet, alto sax) i Thomyjem Jordijem (bas, zamjenio Björn Meyer 2011.). Njihova glazba dosljedno prati istu estetsku viziju u raznim instrumentalnim oblicima – kreirajući maksimalan efekt minimalnim sredstvima. Uz turneje i izvedbe, RONIN posljednjih 6 godina svakog ponedjeljka navečer održava koncerte u vlastitom klubu u Zürichu, a od 2009. u klubu EXIL kojeg je suosnovao Nik Bärtsch. Ovaj dugotrajni eksperiment potiče i zahtijeva kontinuiranu glazbenu evoluciju – rezultat je interakcije, pažljivog slušanja, i kritičkog, čak i ironičnog glazbenog i verbalnog dijaloga. Tih ponedjeljaka glazbenici jedu i sviraju zajedno. Na ovaj je način RONIN, tijekom godina, samostalno kreirao vlastitu frazeologiju i veselo, ali dosljedno, nastavio svoj put društveno-glazbenog organizma. Nik Bärtsch kao kompozitor benda zapisuje većinu kompozicija u notaciji, ali u živim izvedbama postaje, u nekom trenutku, nemoguće reći što je komponirano, interpretirano ili improvizirano. Bend treba otkriti pravu tenziju i prikladnu dramsku strukturu za kompoziciju u trenutku izvedbe. Bend-organizam tako nadmudruje ne samo svoju kompoziciju, već i samoga sebe. Na ovaj način RONIN ljubazno, ali radikalno kontinuirano, radi na kolektivnom fraziranju koje ne može biti uhvaćeno u notaciji. Može se postići kroz vježbanje i strpljenje, kroz zajedničko poštivanje i zanimanje, te kroz sposobnost da glazbenici rezoniraju jedni s drugima. Tada se poznate fraze, čudni i životni preokreti fraza, mreže duhova nota i ritmičke poante pojavljuju kao same od sebe. Usprkos raznim utjecajima, glazba benda Ronin uvijek posjeduje snažnu individualnost. Uključuju elemente različitih glazbenih svjetova, bili oni funk, nova klasična glazba ili zvuci japanske ritualne glazbe. Ipak, ove forme nisu nikad samo suprostavljene na postmodernistički način već su amalgamirane u koherentan novi stil. Konačno, ovi zvuci i ritmovi su krajnje idiosinkrastički. Glazba se sastoji od nekoliko fraza i motiva koji se kontinuirano kombiniraju i uslojavaju na nove načine. Ronin tako stvara dosljednu estetiku putem svih razina glazbene ekspresije. Kompozicija, fraziranje, zvukovna struktura, izvedba i glazbena forma su kombinirane kako bi tvorile sistem međusobno povezanih elemenata. (Michel Mettler) The Wall Street Journal odabrao je živu izvedbu RONIN-a kao jednu od šest najboljih živih izvedbi 2011. godine (zajedno s Björk, Radiohead, Patti Smith, Feist i Anna Calvi).