"This is music that throbs with a pulsating dynamism...The elements of simplicity and purity are both impressive in their momentary effect but they are also musical gestures that reveal their secrets reluctantly. Bartsch's mysterious music will be around for a lot longer than the quick fix that majority taste seems to clamour for." - The Observer Music Monthly
Llyrai is the third album from Nik Bartsch's Ronin and follows on from Stoa and Holon, the recordings that established the exciting young Swiss band on the international scene. Leader Nik Bartsch's "modular" pieces still define the context of the group's music but the committed input of the individual Ronin members has lifted the work to the next level, blurring the distinctions between composition, improvisation and interpretation.