Nik Bärtsch’s Entendre (ECM) may be a solo piano release but it contains all the dazzling richness and elegant interlocking spirals that twist within his zen funk band, Ronin. Bärtsch’s deft touch adds a heightened sensitivity to the disciplined rigour underpinning his work ensuring a reflective, human dimension isn’t lost within the metronomic pulsations driving these pieces. Even stripped back to a single voice, the momentum of his polymetric compositions, whose trance-like repetitions and unfurling variations cleave the air with exacting precision, cast an enthralling spell.