Makaya McCraven releases four new EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop. Available digitally worldwide and to order as a 2xLP and 2xCD compilation titled Off the Record. In line with the album’s release, the acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist kicks off his European and UK tour in Berlin. The 18-stop excursion sees him stop off in the likes of Utrecht, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris,...
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Makaya McCraven releases four new singles today, one from each of his four upcoming EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – released on all music platforms October 31st. Today’s four singles – ‘What a Life,’ ‘Prime,’ ‘News Feed,’ and ‘Sweet Stuff’ – and subsequent EPs are all compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release titled Off the Record, which is available for preorder...
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Makaya McCraven releases four new singles, one from each of his four upcoming EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – which will be released on October 31st. The new singles – ‘Boom Bapped (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay)’, ‘The Beat Up’, ‘Dark Parks (feat. Jeff Parker)’, ‘Los Gatos’ – and subsequent EPs are all compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release...
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Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven returns to announce four distinct yet interconnected EPs – Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop – to be released on all music platforms 31st October. The four EPs are also compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release titled Off the Record, available for preorder now and in stores 10th October via XL Recordings. In line with the project announcement, Makaya McCraven releases the first single from each EP, ‘Imafan’ (PopUp...
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Interpol announced Interpolations, which sees songs from the band’s latest album, The Other Side Of Make-Believe, reworked by a group of artists encompassing Daniel Avery, Makaya McCraven, Jeff Parker, Jesu and Water From Your Eyes. The first instalment of the series is released, with Makaya McCraven’s interpolation of ‘Big Shot City’. From the Latin drum and bass rhythms applied to ‘Big Shot City’ by Makaya McCraven to the esoteric and propulsive soundscape created by Water From Your Eyes for ‘Something Changed’, Interpolations is an exotic journey that reframes our songs and joins them to the vision of...
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Last month, Chicago-based percussionist, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven announced the details of his new album In These Times, out September 23rd via International Anthem / Nonesuch / XL Recordings. The second offering from the new album is out now: ‘Dream Another,’ which McCraven wrote and recorded in his home studio in Chicago. The track features Brandee Younger on harp, Junius Paul on bass, Matt Gold on guitar/sitar, and De’Sean Jones on flute. An accompanying music visualizer, directed by Nik Arthur, features hand-drawn, digital, and photographic animations composed...
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Chicago-based percussionist, composer and producer Makaya McCraven has announced the details of his new album In These Times, set for release on September 23rd. The first offering from the new album is ‘Seventh String,’ which encapsulates the various musical dimensions present on McCraven’s new album, a career-defining body of work that is a remarkable new peak for the already-soaring McCraven. Listen below! In These Times is a collection of polytemporal compositions inspired as much by broader cultural struggles as McCraven’s...
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We’re New Again, a unique reimagining of Gil Scott-Heron’s final album I’m New Here by the acclaimed Chicago-based jazz musician and producer Makaya McCraven is out now. The release marks the tenth anniversary of Scott-Heron’s original and is the second full-length interpretation of I’m New Here, following Jamie xx’s 2011 We’re New Here album. First conceptualised in 2005, and ultimately produced, by Richard Russell during New York recording sessions commencing in January...
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In December 2019, XL Recordings announced that the acclaimed, Chicago-based jazz musician Makaya McCraven is to release a unique reimagining of I’m New Here, the final album by the late, legendary musician, poet and author Gil Scott-Heron. Titled We’re New Again, the album will be released on 7 February and marks the tenth anniversary of I’m New Here. It’s the second full-length interpretation of the album, following Jamie xx’s 2011 We’re...
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