UPC: 075597894523 Internationally acclaimed drummer, producer, and sonic collagist Makaya McCraven returns with four distinct yet interconnected EPs - Techno Logic, The People's Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop. The four EPs are compiled on a 2xLP and 2xCD release titled Off the Record. Together they 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. The source material from each EP is drawn from moments of pure improvisation, recorded live in performance, shaped as much by the room and audience as by the musicians themselves. Techno Logic features Ben LaMar Gay and Theon Cross, and draws from performances in London (2017), Berlin (2024), and New York (2025), showcasing nearly eight years of developing rapport between the three musicians, starting with their very first session at Worldwide FM's former North London studio. The People's Mixtape has its foundation in a live recording from Brooklyn's Public Records in January of 2025, where McCraven celebrated the 10 year anniversary of In The Moment with an intentional return to the improvisational language he developed over that album's sessions. For the occasion, McCraven played with bassist Junius Paul and trumpeter Marquis Hill (two musicians who are majorly present on In The Moment), as well as vibraphonist Joel Ross (who has been a regular collaborator of McCraven's since the 2017 sessions for Universal Beings), and synthesist Jeremiah Chiu (marking the first occas...