September 2024 sees the release of Ishmael Ensembles 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. Tracklist: 1. C\’mon 2. Blinded 3. Dust 4. Cold Light 5. Ezekiel 6. Fever Dream 7. Grounded 8. Madrid 9. Leviathan 10. The Rush / Let Go 11 Butterflies 12. In Time

September 2024 sees the release of Ishmael Ensembles 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.

Tracklist:

1. C’mon
2. Blinded
3. Dust
4. Cold Light
5. Ezekiel
6. Fever Dream
7. Grounded
8. Madrid
9. Leviathan
10. The Rush / Let Go
11 Butterflies
12. In Time