Ishmael Ensemble – “The Rituals” (Released 6th September 2024)

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//Sevvern Songs Ltd//

£23.99 – 1xLP

September 2024 sees the release of Ishmael Ensemble’s third longplayer ‘Rituals’, which marks a significant leap for the Bristolian musicians. With their live-instrumentation-meets-electronic merging of styles, the group were always broader than the ‘new UK jazz’ tag which they were often given, but here their scope and boundary-pushing ambition is more evident than ever before.

Still maintaining a blend of spiritual jazz, dub, experimental and electronic soundscapes, here those elements are vigorously whipped-up into huge cyclones of sound, more song-based and accessible than before, but also almost psychedelic in its euphonic blend of colours, textures, facets and moods.

Tracklisting:

A1 C’mon
A2 Blinded
A3 Dust
A4 Cold Light
A5 Ezekiel
A6 Fever Dream

B1 Grounded
B2 Madrid
B3 Leviathan
B4 The Rush / Let Go
B5 Butterflies
B6 In Time