Ritual Groove Music is the debut album by Swiss pianist, composer, record producer and author r Nik Bärtsch's band Mobile recorded in Switzerland in 2000 and first released on the Tonus Music label in 2004.[1]

Ritual Groove Music
Studio album by Nik Bärtsch's Mobile
Released	2004
Recorded	September 2000, Radiostudio Zürich
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:51
Label	Tonus Music TON 013
Producer	Nik Bärtsch
Nik Bärtsch chronology
Ritual Groove Music (2004) Randori (2006)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Michael G. Nastos called it "A tip-of-the-iceberg recording, in the figurative and literal sense, one can speculate this is a mere beginning, almost child's play, for what Bärtsch and his crew have in store for the future of his compelling and singularly original music".[2] On All About Jazz Budd Kopman noted "For the most part, the tracks sound spliced together, which only further enhances the trance-like effect the music can have. The album thus sounds like a show with terrific pacing, bringing the listener up and down by changing parameters such as overall pitch and speed of the figures".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Nik Bärtsch

1. "Modul 5" – 8:56
2. "Modul 11" – 9:20
3. "Modul 4" – 3:53
4. "Modul 12" – 5:41
5. "Modul 4II" – 0:46
6. "Modul 2" – 7:07
7. "Modul 12II" – 8:02

Personnel

• Nik Bärtsch — piano, prepared piano
• Don Li – bass clarinet, alto saxophone
• Mats Eser – marimba, percussion
• Kaspar Rast – drums

References