LINEUP

Camae Ayewa (spoken word, electronics); Keir Neuringer (saxophone, keyboards, percussion); Aquiles Navarro (trumpet, keyboards); Luke Stewart (double bass); Tcheser Holmes (drums, percussion).

ABOUT

Five-piece collective Irreversible Entanglements got together to play at a Musicians Against Police Brutality event in Brooklyn, New York, organized to protest the death of Akai Gurley at the hands of the NYPD. Since then, this groundbreaking group has been all about addressing urgent current events. At the heart of the band is poet and spoken word artist Camae Ayewa, aka Moor Mother. The self-titled 2017 debut album Irreversible Entanglements received rave reviews from major media outlets. The contemporary free-jazz sound is in keeping with spiritual jazz traditions, such as those of Alice Coltrane, Sun Ra and Charles Mingus. Taking an experimental punk approach, the collective mixes these influences with grinding electronics and futuristic poetry in a melancholic exploration of “post-colonial debris”. Their latest album Protect Your Light was released on the famed label Impulse! Records. This is music that cuts and abrades and is full of rhythm, love, and social commentary.