Nik Bärtsch’s Ronin – Live

The first time I heard a Nik Bärtsch's Ronin track was in one of Sid Smith's (always enjoyable) podcasts. I was working on something, casually listening to Sid's selection in the background. At first the Ronin track made little impression, it seemed rather repetitive and harmonically bland. Gradually, though, it began to tug at my …

trioVD – Maze

In describing trioVD's latest album, Maze, it's difficult to be sufficiently outrageous to match the thrilling, explosive shock of the music. Robert Shore's short description in Metro gives it a go:- ...listening to their second album, Maze (Naim Edge), it's hard to imagine how anyone could resist the Leeds group's battering-ram charms. It takes guile …