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]

Randori
Studio album by Nik Bärtsch's Ronin
Released	2002
Recorded	December 10–12, 2001
Studio	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)

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
• Kaspar Rast – drums, udu
• Andi Pupato – shaker, Indian bells

References