Open the Gates is the third studio album by American free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements. It was released through Don Giovanni Records and International Anthem in November 2021.
Composition Musically, Open the Gates sees the quintet merge their free jazz roots with "mutant" funk and "angular" post-punk.
Critical reception
Open the Gates was acclaimed by music critics. On Metacritic, it holds a score of 86 out of 100, indicating "universal acclaim", based on five reviews.
Dustin Krcatovich for The Quietus called it "righteous music", seeing it as "an exciting dilation of [the quintet's] sonic universe".
Track listing
Personnel Irreversible Entanglements Camae Ayewa – voice, synth Keir Neuringer – saxophone, synth, percussion Aquiles Navarro – trumpet, synth Luke Stewart – double bass, bass guitar Tcheser Holmes – drums, percussion
Technical Irreversible Entanglements – production Michael Richelle – recording Dave Vettraino – mixing at International Anthem Studios, Chicago Dave Cooley – mastering at Elysian Masters, Los Angeles
Charts + Chart performance for Open the Gates Chart (2021) Peakposition
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