I’ve been listening for a while now this amazing Bristol band, Ishmael Ensemble, led by Pete Cunningham. I came across Soma Centre, which immediately caught my attention – brilliant tune. Then I listened Visions of Light, their second album, which is fantastic – loads going on in terms of style, ideas, voices, synths and rhythm. Then I went for their first album, A State of Flow – also great, though I’d put it below Visions of Light. Well, last weekend I finally had a chance to seem them live at EARTH in Dalston – brilliant venue btw – and the show was ANOTHER LEVEL. For the first part they brought on guest orchestral players, which worked very well. Then they moved into the more electronic tunes, many from their latest album Rituals. The standout track for me – by far – is Fever Dream.
Pete Cunningham / Sebastian Lewis
Sebastian Lewis 