B？rtsch’s Ronin is recognized as one of the most exciting musical discoveries of recent years. Ronin follows up directions set in motion and takes them further. Nik B？rtsch’s music occupies a niche all its own, equidistant from contemporary composition, funk/soul grooves and scattered world music’s. In some ways further removed from jazz than the other idioms it has nonetheless been warmly embraced by the jazz community, its grooves and interlocking rhythms now frequently heard also at the jazz festivals – as well as in new music spaces and rock clubs.
