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Cat: SEVS 04. Rel: 6 May 19
Broken Beat/Nu Jazz/Nu Soul

Side 1 - Track 1. The Chapel Side 1 - Track 2. Full Circle (feat Holysseus Fly) Side 1 - Track 3. Siren! Side 1 - Track 4. Lapwing Side 1 - Track 5. Yellow House (feat Yama Warashi) Side 2 - Track 1. The River Side 2 - Track 2. First Light Side 2 - Track 3. Waterfall (feat Holysseus Fly) Side 2 - Track 4. Surge

This long promised debut album from Pete Cunningham's hybrid electronic/acoustic jazz collective, Ishmael Ensemble, has already received rave reviews. Listening back, it's easy to see why. The collective specializes in inventive, slow-burn epics that fuse the producer's dance music influences with more traditional jazz and seductive songs that recall the folksy bliss of the Minnie Riperton fronted Rotary Connection. They're capable of laying down bona-fide floor-rockers - see "Siren!" and the sweaty, bass-heavy swirl of "Lapwing" - but it's often the more considered and atmospheric pieces ("The Chapel", "Yellow House (feat Yama Warashi)" and the trumpet-driven brilliance of "The River") that leave the longest lasting impression. Either way, it's a superb debut album that's well worth a listen.