Rituals (CD)

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. 

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