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Nik Bärtsch's Ritual Groove PDX

Friday, October 19th 2018

5pm - Doors open

6-10pm - Nik Bärtsch's ritual groove music workshop

In anticipation to Nik Bärtsch's Ronin show at PDX jazz at The Jack London Revue on Saturday 10/20, Nik will be offering a Ritual Groove Music workshop for musicians of all levels of experience on Friday October 19th from 6pm to 10pm.

The workshops incorporate the practice of the principles and the philosophy of Nik Bärtsch's Ritual Groove Music which is influenced by funk, jazz and new classical music and inspired by the triangle of composition, interpretation and improvisation. Main topics of the workshops are the work with patterns and concepts of played repetitive grooves, improvisation strategies and the band as an organism.

Special emphasis is laid on the influence and combination of music and movement: the training of percussion (mainly shakers) and at the instrument (especially with) and with body techniques like Aikido, Feldenkrais and Gyrotonic.

Participants are encouraged to bring their own instruments, although is not a requirement. Hand shakers and percussion will be available for participants to play during the workshop, courtesy of Backbeat music academy.

Links:

https://youtu.be/CoayGjBdBF0
https://youtu.be/_-myiMTOkPU
http://www.treygunn.com/blog/2013/9/6/nik-bartsch-workshop-part-one-val-mesocco-switzerland.html
https://pdxjazz.com
www.nikbartsch.com
https://backbeatmusicacademy.com

Quote: Groove without any ego - the Swiss musician Nik Bärtsch makes great zen-funk. Süddeutsche Z. (D)

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Born 1971 in Zurich. Pianist, composer and producer. Lives in Zurich. Instruction in piano and percussion from the age 8. 1997 Graduation from the 'Musikhochschule Zürich'. 1998-2001 studies in philosophy, linguistics and musicology at the University of Zurich. 2003/04 stay in japan for half a year.
Ongoing work on his RITUAL GROOVE MUSIC as pianist and composer. Leader of the acoustic music ritual group MOBILE of and the zen-funk quartet RONIN. Instructor for Practical Aesthetics at the 'Musikhochschule Zürich/Winterthur' (2000-2003).
Co-founder of the Music club EXIL in Zurich (2009).
Founder of the label Ronin Rhythm Records, a platform for creative groove music (since 2006). Co-founder and co-artistic director (together with Judd Greenstein and Etienne Abelin) of the Indie-Classcial Festival Zurich Apples and Olives (2014).
Interest in the influence and the combination of music and movement, specially in the following Bodytechniques: Aikido, Feldenkrais, Gyrotonic. Nik trains at Kokoro Aikido Dojo Zurich.
Residencies, workshops and lectures at several institutions (f.e. Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance London (UK), Musikhochschule für Musik und Theater Leipzig (DE), Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts (CH), Zürcher Hochschule der Künste (CH), Conservatorio Die Musica Trieste (IT), Accademia Di Architettura Mendrisio (CH), ETH Zürich (CH)).