Off the Record |

Makaya McCraven – Off The Record (2LP / 2CD)

Off The Record compiles four brand-new EPs—Techno Logic, PopUp Shop, Hidden Out!, and The People’s Mixtape—produced in Makaya McCraven’s signature organic beat music process: heavy post-production sculpted from live, improvised performances he leads from the drum kit. The sets pull from McCraven’s LA debut in 2015, a 2017 Chicago Hideout residency, and performances in London (2017), Berlin (2024), New York (2025), and Brooklyn (2025), featuring collaborators including Ben LaMar Gay, Theon Cross, Junius Paul, Marquis Hill, Joel Ross, Jeremiah Chiu, Jeff Parker, Justefan, and Benjamin J Shepherd. Releasing October 10, it’s a widescreen portrait of McCraven’s evolving live-to-tape alchemy.

Highlights

• Four EPs collected: Techno Logic, PopUp Shop, Hidden Out!, The People’s Mixtape

• Live improvisations transformed via post-production—McCraven’s hallmark method

• Performances from 2015–2025 across LA, Chicago, London, Berlin, NYC/Brooklyn

• Guests: Ben LaMar Gay, Theon Cross, Junius Paul, Marquis Hill, Joel Ross, Jeremiah Chiu, Jeff Parker, Justefan, Benjamin J Shepherd

• 2CD 

Track Listing 

21:37 (PopUp Shop EP)

1. YoYoYo Intro (0:30)

2. Venice (3:38)

3. Imafan (6:53)

4. Los Gatos (3:58)

5. Sweet Stuff (6:38)

1. Battleships (feat. Jeff Parker) (4:55)

2. Away (3:19)

3. Dark Parks (feat. Jeff Parker) (3:37)

4. Awaze (feat. Josh Johnson) (4:16)

5. News Feed (feat. Junius Paul) (4:47)

6. Braddas (2:18)

1. Gnu Blue (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) (4:52)

2. Technology (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) (3:48)

3. Boom Bapped (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) (3:00)

4. Prime (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) (4:30)

5. Strikes Again (feat. Theon Cross & Ben LaMar Gay) (6:07)

1. Choo Choo (3:55)

2. The Beat Up (5:06)

3. What a Life (5:07)

4. Lake Shore Drive Five (7:02)

• Format: CD
• Released: 10/10/2025