Today, December 2nd, 2024, is the ten-year anniversary of our first release (IARC0001 Rob Mazurek – Alternate Moon Cycles).

With a full decade under our belt – ten years of commitment to a growing community of artists, commitment to our original mission statement ("to vitalize demand for boundary defying music," among other things), and an overarching commitment to MAKE THINGS TIGHT FOREVER – recently we've spent a lot of time thinking about how we'd like to celebrate this milestone.

What we keep coming back to is: a desire to take this opportunity to revisit and tell the stories behind the music, experiences and growth of the past ten years, while staying true to our ethos. Always looking forward.

So in that spirit, over the next year, we'll be rolling out a series of releases, reissues, miscellaneous media and events under the IA11 banner. Celebrating our eleventh year. Doing our best to retell essential, foundational stories from our past (with as many new/untold perspectives as possible), while keeping our hearts and minds fixed on the present – our 11th year of continued work. Trying to establish new standards that can help carry our mission through another decade of work – and hopefully more.

We’ve created an emblem for IA11 (designed beautifully by Aaron Lowell Denton), with a vibrating interpretation of a chrysanthemum flower as the central symbol. Aside from just loving the delicious golden nectar that comes from the leaves of this flower, for us, the image of the chrysanthemum resonates as a symbol of longevity and rejuvenation. Two of the driving intentions of this whole IA11 effort.

Tonight, at our home away from home in New York (Public Records), we'll have a sort of unofficial IA11 kickoff celebration, as Jeff Parker and his ETA IVtet initiate a 3-night International Anthem residency (also featuring SML on December 3rd and Anna Butterss on December 4th).

It will also be an unofficial/official release party for Parker's new album The Way Out of Easy, which is our eighth collaborative release with the NY-based Nonesuch Records. (On a similar/relevant/coincidental note... five years ago today, December 2nd, 2019, we announced our very first collaborative release with Nonesuch – Jeff Parker's Suite for Max Brown. Guess this is a special date indeed).

For those who will be in the house tonight, please join us in an anniversary toast, as we bathe in the IVtet's beautiful music via the immersive four-corner OJAS system in the Sound Room at PR.

And for all who care: please stay tuned for announcements at the top of 2025 regarding our first IA11 releases and events.

We look forward to a beautiful year of celebrating the past, present and future with you all. Meantime, please accept our eternal gratitude, love, and thanks for listening.