Name: A State Of Flow
Brand: Ishmael Ensemble

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

SEVS4

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brown

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Ecomix

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: Yes

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-05-06

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

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Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5053760085942

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1 / Extended format: Yes / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / brown

sevs04

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black

Extended format: No

2019-05-03

Prime

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Ishmael Ensemble

Genre GB

Jazz

Label GB

Severn Songs

Following a banner year for Pete Cunningham — best known as dextrous saxophonist Ishmael and leader of the namesake Ishmael Ensemble – 2019 now brings debut album A State of Flow. This new long player builds on Cunningham’s work as proud protector of Bristolian heritage, sketching loving sonic pictures of the South West in his Bristol-inspired Severn Songs series, whilst also incubating local visual and musical talent, within the Ensemble.

It touches on various styles of jazz, stirring ambient invocations, club-ready percussive workouts, spiralling grooves and hazy psychedelic electronica. This would be a confusing melange, but for Cunningham’s excursions as a genre-agnostic DJ – something evident in the real house shuffle of Lapwing – which evokes walking into a smoky after hours haunt and finding a session in full, forward motion or the organic garage beats of Full Circle and classic trip hop style Waterfall fuelled by Holysseus Fly’s honey toned and evocative vocals.

A State Of Flow

Music GB