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. Cmon 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
