Bärtsch studied piano and percussion before the age of ten, then went to the Zurich Musikhochschule where he graduated in 1997. Additionally, he studied linguistics, musicology, and philosophy at the University of Zurich from 1998 to 2001. He grew interested in the work of avant-garde composers John Cage, Steve Reich, and Morton Feldman He formed his band Mobile in 1997, and his band Ronin in 2001.
Tracks
1. Modul 27 (Hunziker/Bärtsch)
2. Modul 22
3. Modul 18
4. Modul 26
5. Modul 23
NIK BÄRTSCH piano, fender rhodes
ANDI PURATO percussion
KASPAR RAST drums
BJÖRN MEYER bass
Guests:
SHA bass clarinet
THOMY GEIGER tenor saxophone
MICHAEL GASSMANN trumpet
All music composed by Nik Bärtsch
Recorded at Radiostudio, Zurich May 2003
Tonus-Music-Records - TON 015 Switzerland