Makaya McCraven - In the Moment - 2 LP set

Makaya McCraven
In the Moment
International Anthem 0003 - 2 LP set 

Makaya McCraven’s new album is pared from nearly 48 hours of live, improvised performance, recorded at one venue over 12 months and 28 shows. Makaya culled, cut, rendered and remixed the mass of sounds into 19 potent pieces of organic beat music and, as constructed, thusly named, In the Moment.

In January of 2013, Makaya set to mapping out a weekly residency from within a reclaimed bank vault turned contemporary restaurant in the heart of Chicago’s Ukrainian Village. Recruiting friends and frequent collaborators, over the course of the year, the residency became a hotbed for a rotation of Chicago improvisers multifarious in specialization. From local luminaries of post-rock to left-field hip-hop, the stage was made as a proving ground for style experiments based in jazz and hip-hop but faithfully receiving the spontaneous summoning of a host of subconscious influences. From free jazz to krautrock to downtempo house, what they arrived at was a new lexicon within an improvisational framework.

Jeff Parker (Tortoise, Chicago Underground), Joshua Abrams (Natural Information Society, Prefuse 73), and De’Sean Jones (Underground Resistance) were among those who accepted Makaya’s invitation over the course of the residency. Public House Sound Recordings’ founder Dave Vettraino committed himself to the task of recording and mixing every performance that occurred. From those raw hours of performance, Makaya trimmed and hewed the honey pot into an armory of beats, vamps, hooks and arresting moments of instrumental revelation.

Also appearing are Matt Ulery, Marquis Hill, Junius Paul, Justefan, and Tony Barbra

     Contains: 
Exploration Intro
The Jaunt 
Slightest Right 
First Thing First 
Lonely 
Gnawa 
On the Spot 
Butterscotch 
TomTom 
Three Fifths a Man 
In the Moment 
Quartz 
Just Stay Right There 
Untitled 
Requests
Time Travel 
The Encore 
The Drop 
Finances

NEW SEALED 2 LP set in a thick gatefold jacket