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AESTAS IN TENEBRIS

A relentless ritual of mathematical precision and noir-zen mystery. Nik Bärtsch’s discipline evolved into a haunting 2026 masterpiece of interlocking shadows and liquid gears.
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10 songs
4:42Song Image
6 minutes long, Dry mix, Unmastered" / "Raw mix, High dynamic range, Analog recording" [[ Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Minimalist Noir-Jazz, 88 BPM, PERFORMANCE: Prepared Piano (metallic/muted), Dry Percussive Contrabass Clarinet, Woody Upright Bass, Simmons Simmons SDS-V Drums (dry/snappy), STRUCTURE: 6-minute duration, 17/16 Polyrhythm, Slow-burn layering, Extreme Dynamic Range, PRODUCTION: Pristine 3D Spatial Audio, High-End Transparency, Deep Sub-Lows, No Compression, Cold "Concrete Room" Reverb, MOOD: Mysterious, Ancient, Mechanical, Transcendent, ]]
6:24Song Image
6 minutes long, Dry mix, Unmastered" / "Raw mix, High dynamic range, Analog recording" [[ Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Noir-Zen, Minimalist Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Muted Prepared Piano, Guttural Contrabass Clarinet, Heavy Percussive Bass, Dead-room Simmons Drums, STRUCTURE: 6-minute duration, 19/16 and 13/8 Overlapping Time Signatures, Kinetic Tension, Extreme Silence vs, Brutal Precision, PRODUCTION: Binaural 3D Audio, Zero Compression, Sub-Bass focus, Cold Metallic Textures, MOOD: Haunting, Ancestral, Robotic, Occult, ]]
4:44Song Image
6 minutes long, Dry mix, Unmastered" / "Raw mix, High dynamic range, Analog recording" [[ Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Noir-Zen, Minimalist Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Muted Prepared Piano, Guttural Contrabass Clarinet, Heavy Percussive Bass, Dead-room Simmons Drums, STRUCTURE: 6-minute duration, 19/16 and 13/8 Overlapping Time Signatures, Kinetic Tension, Extreme Silence vs, Brutal Precision, PRODUCTION: Binaural 3D Audio, Zero Compression, Sub-Bass focus, Cold Metallic Textures, MOOD: Haunting, Ancestral, Robotic, Occult, ]]
5:12Song Image
6 minutes long, Dry mix, Unmastered" / "Raw mix, High dynamic range, Analog recording" [[ Style: Dark Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Industrial Zen-Funk, 72 BPM, PERFORMANCE: Distorted Sub-Bass Chapman Stick, Guttural Slap-tongue Contrabass Clarinet, Muted Industrial Piano, Heavy Floor Tom percussion, STRUCTURE: 6:30 duration, 9/4 Overlapping 7/8, Tectonic slow build-up, Extreme Low-End pressure, PRODUCTION: Ultra-High Fidelity, Sub-woofer workout, 3D Binaural Soundstage, Dry percussive textures vs, Infinite abyssal reverb, MOOD: Oppressive, Majestic, Primordial, Terrifyingly Beautiful, ]]
5:48Song Image
[[ Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Noir-Ambient, 21/16 Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: High-pitched Prepared Piano, Airy Contrabass Clarinet, Fretless "Breathing" Bass, Brushed Metal Percussion, STRUCTURE: 6:30 duration, Hypnotic circular build-up, Extreme use of silence and space, Microtonal Choir textures, PRODUCTION: Binaural 3D Audio, Pristine transparency, Ethereal vs, Industrial textures, MOOD: Meditative, Tense, Sacred, Ghostly, ]]
2:42Song Image
Dry, dark, anti-jazz [[ Style: Nik Bärtsch Ritual Groove, 2026 Noir-Zen, 21/16 Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Muted high-pitched Prepared Piano, Airy Contrabass Clarinet, Fretless "Breathing" Bass, Brushed Metal Percussion, Whispered Mantras, STRUCTURE: 6:30 duration, Hypnotic circular build-up, Extreme use of silence, Sound-design (water drops on steel), PRODUCTION: Binaural 3D Audio, Zero Compression, Cold Metallic Textures, MOOD: Meditative, Tense, Sacred, Ghostly, ]]
4:26Song Image
6 minutes long, [[ Style: Nik Bärtsch Ritual Groove, 2026 Math-Rock, 13/16 Polyrhythmic Minimalism, PERFORMANCE: Sharp Prepared Piano (staccato), Dry Popping Bass, Clinical Woodblock percussion, Snappy Simmons drums (no reverb), STRUCTURE: 6:00 duration, Constant phase-shifting, Mathematical precision, Relentless repetition, PRODUCTION: Ultra-Dry "Laboratory" Acoustics, Crystal Clear separation, 3D Spatial Audio, Zero room-ambience, MOOD: Cold, Clinical, Obsessive, Virtuoso, ]]
6:47Song Image
6 minutes long, Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Liquid Jazz, Noir-Zen, 11/4 Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Fluid Fretless Bass, Subtone Contrabass Clarinet, Mallet Percussion, Prepared Piano with "watery" reverb, STRUCTURE: 6:30 duration, Undulating dynamics, Shifting chromaticism, Melodic but haunting, PRODUCTION: Deep "Underwater" Acoustics, Extreme use of Chorus and Flanger effects, 3D Spatial Audio, High-End Transparency, MOOD: Ethereal, Bântuitor (Haunting), Liquid, Surreal
6:15Song Image
6 minutes long, [[ Style: 2026 Avant-Garde Ritual Groove, Colossal Minimalism, 31/16 Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Low-frequency Prepared Piano, Skeleton-bass (drumsticks on strings), Multi-phonic Contrabass Clarinet, Taiko-style slow heavy drums, STRUCTURE: 8-minute epic, Phantom rhythms, Massive sound-mass swells, Extreme 3D depth, PRODUCTION: Ultra-Deep Sub-bass, Vast "Desert" Reverberation vs Close-mic dry clicks, High Dynamic Range, MOOD: Enigmatic, Colossal, Ancient-Future, Terrifyingly Sacred, ]]
6:02Song Image
7 minutes long, Style: Nik Bärtsch Ritual Groove, Hyper-Minimalism, 168 BPM, 27/16 Polyrhythm, PERFORMANCE: Blazing speed Prepared Piano, Surgical drum precision, Aggressive percussive Bass, Staccato Contrabass Clarinet, STRUCTURE: 7-minute grand finale, Hyper-kinetic build-up, 4/4 Over 27/16 poly-meter, Sudden implosion, PRODUCTION: Extreme High-Fidelity, Zero room-noise, Massive Dynamic Range, "Surgical" separation of 50+ tracks, MOOD: Explosive, Virtuoso, Majestic, Final