Irreversible Entanglements - IA11 Edition [Vinyl]

2015 成立，來自紐約布魯克林的 Free Jazz 樂團，標榜自由解放的藝術家集合體，薩克斯風手、詩人與貝斯、小號手及鼓手這夥人在四天不間斷的與靈感共同工作後所製作的即興專輯，Ayewa 的詩描述了黑人的種族創傷、生存與權力，並在各種器樂的行進下，同時回溯與對抗過往音樂曾作為種族自由解放的載體，給予未來新的意義與詮釋。

Irreversible Entanglements are a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart, who came together to perform at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event organized after the slaying of Akai Gurley by the NYPD. Months later the group added trumpeter Aquiles Navarro and drummer Tcheser Holmes (a duo who also performed at the MAPB event) for a single day of recording at Seizure s Palace in Brooklyn, and the full quintet s first time playing together was captured for this debut. In four relentless bouts of inspired fire music the instrumentalists explore and elaborate compositional ideas drawn from their deep individual studies of free jazz improvisation, but the tone of each piece is driven decisively by Ayewa s searing poetic narrations of Black trauma, survival and power. The message is the undeniable essence of the music. Though free jazz with voice is an uncommon approach in the modern day landscape of the genre, the spirit and subject the band channels and explores represent a return to a central tenant of the 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.