MAKAYA MCCRAVEN RELEASES FOUR NEW SINGLES

Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist 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 – that will be 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 now and in stores October 17th via International Anthem / Nonesuch / XL Recordings.

Meanwhile, Makaya McCraven continues to tour across North America. These shows precede a forthcoming UK and EU tour kicking off on 31 October in Berlin. The 18-stop excursion sees him stop off in Utrecht, Lisbon, Madrid, Paris, and more – with a London headline show at Koko on 19 November as part of London Jazz Festival. To give a small preview of the spellbinding show to come, McCraven today releases a live video of “Choo Choo” (from forthcoming EP The People’s Mixtape) captured at his recent October 1st performance at Thalia Hall, Chicago.

The four forthcoming EPs mark McCraven’s first recorded offerings since 2022’s In These Times (“McCraven’s most ambitious set of music” -GRAMMY) and a deep return to the signature “organic beat music” approach that Makaya first debuted on his 2015 album In The Moment and further developed across subsequent releases Highly Rare (2017), Where We Come From (2018), and Universal Beings (2018). Built from live recordings, the music is later reshaped by McCraven via extensive editing, overdubs, and post-production at his home studio in Chicago.

 

OFF THE RECORD TOUR

Fri 10/10 – Ann Arbor, MI – UMS @ Michigan Theater –tickets
Sat 10/18 – San Diego, CA – Artpower at UC San Diego – Price Center East Ballroom – tickets
Tue 10/21 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall – tickets
Wed 10/22 – Los Angeles, CA – Jazz Is Dead @ Lodge Room – tickets
Thu 10/23 – Denver, CO – Dazzle – early tickets / late tickets
Fri 10/24 – Denver, CO – Dazzle – early tickets / late tickets
Sat 10/25 – Portland, OR – The Get Down – tickets
Sun 10/26 – Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s – early tickets / late tickets

Fri 10/31 – Berlin DE – Jazzfest Berlin – tickets
Sat 11/1 – Roma IT – Auditorium Parco della Musica –tickets
Mon 11/3 – Prague CZ – Palác Akropolis – tickets
Tue 11/4 – Brno CZ – Cabaret des Pêchés – tickets
Wed 11/5 – Katowice PL – Ars Camerails / Jazz Club Hipnoza
Thu 11/6 – Mannheim DE – Enjoy Jazz / Alte Feuerwache –tickets
Fri 11/7 – Bremen DE – Theater Bremen – tickets
Sat 11/8 – Groningen NL – Rockit / Oosterport Kleine Zaal –tickets
Mon 11/10 – Utrecht NL – TivoliVredenburg – tickets
Wed 11/12 – Lisboa PT – Teatro Sao Luiz – tickets
Thu 11/13 – Madrid ES – Madrid Jazz Festival / Teatro Fernan Go
Fri 11/14 – Namur BE – Le Delta – tickets
Sat 11/15 – Den Bosch NL – November Music / Willem Twee Poppo – tickets
Mon 11/17 – Lille FR – Aéronef – tickets
Tue 11/18 – Paris FR – New Morning – tickets
Wed 11/19 – London UK – EFG London Jazz Festival / Koko – tickets
Thu 11/20 – Cenon FR – Le Rocher de Palmer – tickets
Sat 11/22 – Athens GR – Gazarte – tickets
Sun 11/23 – Oslo NO – Cosmopolite – tickets

 

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