Makaya McCraven has announced four new EPs. Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop each arrive on October 31 via International Anthem, Nonesuch, and XL. The Chicago-based jazz drummer and producer will also release Off the Record, a 2xLP and 2xCD physical release of the collection of EPs, on the same day. McCraven additionally announced a run of tour dates this fall through North America and Europe, and has also shared a song apiece from each of the new EPs—“Technology” from Techno Logic, “Choo Choo” from The People’s Mixtape, “Away” from Hidden Out!, and “Imafan” from PopUp Shop. Check out his itinerary and the new crop of songs below.

Techno Logic, The People’s Mixtape, Hidden Out!, and PopUp Shop are the follow-ups to McCraven’s 2022 album, In These Times. The new EPs are captured from live recordings that McCraven later reworked through editing, overdubs, and post-production. Techno Logic features Ben LaMar Gay and Theon Cross, and includes performances captured in London, Berlin, and New York; The People’s Mixtape draws on a live recording taken at Public Records in Brooklyn in January 2025; Hidden Out! features recordings from McCraven’s June 2017 residency at the Hideout in Chicago, and includes contributions from guitarist Jeff Parker and others; and PopUp Shop was culled from recordings of McCraven’s performance at Los Angeles’ Del Monte Speakeasy in 2015.

“In a time where we’re increasingly connected through phones, in a virtual world where you can’t really tell what’s real or what’s fake, there’s something special where we come together and share space, there is something special where we are sharing music, art,” McCraven shared in press materials. “I want to create an energy that amplifies the magic in the underground moments where we come together and we experience something wild, different, off the cuff, human. What I’m trying to present is a dreamlike alteration of that energy, which only exists in the recorded realm. But to actually have been there, in real life, is the special thing.”

Techno Logic:

01 Gnu Blue
02 Technology
03 Boom Bapped
04 Prime
05 Strikes Again

The People’s Mixtape:

01 Choo Choo
02 The Beat Up
03 What a Life
04 Lake Shore Drive Five

Hidden Out!:

01 Battleships
02 Away
03 Dark Parks
04 Awaze
05 News Feed
06 Braddas

PopUp Shop:

01 YoYoYo Intro
02 Venice
03 Imafan
04 Los Gatos
05 Sweet Stuff

Makaya McCraven:

09-25 Minneapolis, MN – Icehouse
09-26 Milwaukee, WI – Vivarium
10-01 Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
10-02 Somerville, MA – Arts at the Armory
10-03 Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theater
10-4-6 Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth
10-08 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge
10-09 Springfield, MA – HOPE Theatre
10-10 Ann Arbor, MI – UMS at Michigan Theater
10-18 San Diego, CA – Artpower at UC San Diego
10-21 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
10-22 Los Angeles, CA – Jazz Is Dead at Lodge Rooom
10-23-24 Denver, CO – Dazzle
10-25 Portland, OR – The Get Down
10-26 Seattle, WA – Madame Lou’s
10-31 Berlin, Germany – Jazzfest Berlin
11-01 Rome, Italy – Auditorium Parco della Musica
11-03 Prague, Czech Republic – Palác Akropolis
11-04 Brno, Czech Republic – Cabaret des Pêchés
11-05 Katowice, Poland – Ars Camerails / Jazz Club Hipnoza
11-06 Mannheim, Germany – Enjoy Jazz / Alte Feuerwache
11-07 Bremen, Germany – Theater Bremen
11-08 Groningen, Netherlands – Rockit / Oosterport Kleine Zaal
11-10 Utrecht, Netherlands – TivoliVredenburg
11-12 Lisbon, Portugal – Teatro Sao Luiz
11-13 Madrid, Spain – Madrid Jazz Festival / Teatro Fernan Go 
11-14 Namur, Belgium – Le Delta
11-15 Den Bosch, Netherlands – November Music / Willem Twee Poppo
11-17 Lille, France – Aéronef
11-18 Paris, France – New Morning
11-19 London, England – EFG London Jazz Festival / Koko
11-20 Cenon, France – Le Rocher de Palmer
11-22 Athens, Greece – Gazarte
11-23 Oslo, Norway – Cosmopolite