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Nik Bartsch
Entendre
(ECM)
★★★★
SWISS pianist and composer Nik Bartsch is best-known for leading the groups Ronin and Mobile and for the avant-garde work he crafts.
Sometimes called Zen funk, his music sits somewhere between European jazz and contemporary classical, with his trademark sound full of precise, verging on mathematical, rhythms, beats and hooks.
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