Future Present Past
Irreversible Entanglements
This fifth studio album doesn't necessarily break any new ground, but it continues the good fight with characteristic commitment and grit. Its 10 tracks are mostly short, punchy and accessible,...
Future Present Past
Irreversible Entanglements
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This fifth studio album doesn't necessarily break any new ground, but it continues the good fight with characteristic commitment and grit. Its 10 tracks are mostly short, punchy and accessible,...
About
Free jazz collective, Irreversible Entanglements, return with their second Impulse! recording, Future, Present, Past.
Largely recorded at the historic Van Gelder Studio, the album sees the quintet meld atmospheric jazz, global music traditions and spoken word into our shared story of existence - futures full of possibility, the present with all its uncertainties, and pasts as wellsprings of ancestral wisdom.
Formed spontaneously in Brooklyn, NY in 2015, Irreversible Entanglements consists of poet vocalist Camae Ayewa (often known as Moor Mother), bassist Luke Stewart, trumpeter Aquiles Navarro, saxophonist Keir Neuringer, and drummer Tcheser Holmes.
This album is five standing on the shoulders of legions: the healers, the alchemists, the rebels, the mothers and fathers who have fought and weaved and invented new ways of being, seeing and balancing the frequencies of this planet towards trans-dimensional liberation and universal understanding.
Contents and tracklist
- Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Camae Ayewa (percussion), Aquiles Navarro (horn), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (percussion), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Helado Negro (vocalist), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- MOTHERBOARD (vocalist), Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (trumpet), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (sopranosaxophone), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- MOTHERBOARD (vocalist), Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (trumpet), Keir Neuringer (altosaxophone), Keir Neuringer (synthesizer), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (trumpet), Aquiles Navarro (piano), Aquiles Navarro (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (altosaxophone), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- MOTHERBOARD (vocalist), Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (trumpet), Keir Neuringer (altosaxophone), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- MOTHERBOARD (vocalist), Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Camae Ayewa (percussion), Aquiles Navarro (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (vocalist), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (whistle), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Luke Stewart (percussion), Tcheser Holmes (vocalist), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- MOTHERBOARD (vocalist), Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (sopranosaxophone), Keir Neuringer (rhodes), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (whistle), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (trumpet), Keir Neuringer (altosaxophone), Keir Neuringer (sopranosaxophone), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (vocalist), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (sopranosaxophone), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (uprightbass), Luke Stewart (kalimba), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Tcheser Holmes (drum), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
- Irreversible Entanglements, Camae Ayewa (percussion), Aquiles Navarro (horn), Aquiles Navarro (percussion), Keir Neuringer (percussion), Luke Stewart (percussion), Tcheser Holmes (percussion), Helado Negro (vocalist), Jonathan Schenke (additionalproducer), Andrew Lappin (additionalproducer)
- Recorded: 2025-08
Awards and reviews
June 2026
This fifth studio album doesn't necessarily break any new ground, but it continues the good fight with characteristic commitment and grit. Its 10 tracks are mostly short, punchy and accessible, with a marked emphasis on buoyant Afro- Brazilian rhythms, and Ayewa's vocal delivery leaning closer to rap than on previous releases.