Rituals: Vinyl LP Stills producer Bill Curbishley

producer Bill Curbishley

20 Man Down (ft MIST & IRAH)

3 Seedy Films

The album was written and played more or less entirely by Vance

which saw them land a slot on the main stage at the Bloodstock Festival

Rituals: Vinyl LP Stills producer Bill CurbishleySeptember 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