{"product_id":"irreversible-entanglements-irreversible-entanglements-ia11-edition","title":"Irreversible Entanglements - Irreversible Entanglements (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eIrreversible Entanglements’s self-titled debut album was originally released in September 2017, and features the first music ever played together by the freshly assembled Philly\/NY\/DC-based quintet of poet Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother), bassist Luke Stewart, saxophonist Keir Neuringer, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, and drummer Tcheser Holmes. The explosive collection of improvised free-jazz with spoken word accompaniment was born after the group's initial meeting at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event (organized by musicians\/comrades Amirtha Kidambi and Peter Evans following the state-sponsored killing of Akai Gurley).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the original press release puts it: “the spirit and subject the band channels and explores represent a return to a central tenet of the free jazz sound as it was founded—to be a vehicle for Black liberation. As creative and adventurous as any recording of contemporary avant-garde jazz but offering listeners no abstractions to hide behind, this is music that both honors and defies tradition, speaking to the present while insisting on the future.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt’s that balance of honor and defiance that is so palpable in this early music of Irreversible Entanglements which, despite its system-shocking effect, sits squarely in the lineage of East\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eCoast free jazz (often echoing the mid-1960s work of The New York Art Quartet and Amiri Baraka, among others). That line can be traced through all of the band’s recordings, including two other albums released by International Anthem (2020's Who Sent You? and 2021's Open The Gates), and their 2023 album Protect Your Light (released by Impulse! Records). Now ten years on from their first collective sound captured in the recording session for this self-titled debut, it’s clear that Irreversible Entanglements's intensity of spirit and purity of purpose influenced our label as much as it did its own community.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus a new 8-page 11x11\" insert booklet with unpublished session photos and new liner notes by Irreversible Entanglements bassist Luke Stewart.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased June 27, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCamae Ayewa - voice\u003cbr\u003eKeir Neuringer - alto saxophone\u003cbr\u003eAquiles Navarro - trumpet\u003cbr\u003eLuke Stewart - double bass\u003cbr\u003eTcheser Holmes - drums\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll words by Camae Ayewa.\u003cbr\u003e\"Fireworks\" composed by Keir Neuringer.\u003cbr\u003e\"Enough\" composed by Aquiles Navarro.\u003cbr\u003e\"Chicago to Texas\" and \"Projects\" collaboratively composed in performance by Keir Neuringer, Aquiles Navarro, Luke Stewart, and Tcheser Holmes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded August 26, 2015 at Seizure’s Palace, Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003eEngineered by Jason LaFarge.\u003cbr\u003eMixed by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Helge Sten.\u003cbr\u003eArt by Damon Locks.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Liner Notes by Luke Stewart.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Insert Photos by Reuben Radding.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Layout by Craig Hansen.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Layout by Aaron Lowell Denton.\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Keir Neuringer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you: Scottie McNiece, Amirtha Kidambi, Peter Evans.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**digital-only bonus track \"Woman\" same credits as above, except mixed by Dave Vettraino, and mastered by David Allen.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"IARC014 Classic Black vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":52121002639634,"sku":"IARC0014LP11","price":20.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"IARC0014 Digital Download","offer_id":52121002672402,"sku":null,"price":8.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0751\/6989\/0578\/files\/a1279672079_10.jpg?v=1773719396","url":"https:\/\/shop.intlanthem.com\/products\/irreversible-entanglements-irreversible-entanglements-ia11-edition","provider":"International Anthem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}