This is episode 20 of Adventures In New Music with Chris & Andy, the new music podcast devoted to discovering new music every week. Welcome along to the adventure, it's great to have you here!

This week we chat about Deuce Ex Machina by Pabst (Andy's choice) and Universal Beings E&F Sides by Makaya McCraven (Chris's choice).

RELATED LINKS

Pabst official website

Makaya McCraven website

Pabst's virtual Rockpalast performance

Cool doc about the making of Universal Beings

Pure Mix website if you fancied having a go at remixing NZCA LINES

McCartney looking very awkward performing Helter Skelter with The Jaded Hearts Club

Marty McFly playing Johnny B Goode and Earth Angel. Just because.

Bassist from the Vines holding things together when the lead singer is destroying the gaff...

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Next weeks featured albums are Halluzinationen by Sophie Hunger and Self Made Man by Larkin Poe. Have a listen to the album and join us on next weeks adventure.

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Andy may or may not have been wearing a back to front baseball cap during the recording of this episode...

Continuing with virtuosic drummers, today we take a shallow dive into the aesthetic world of Makaya McCraven.  I say shallow because there are Carrollesque rabbit holes down which one can dive and become quite lost with Makaya and the musicians with whom he plays.

It is nearly September, 2020, and I will very soon be 46.  Nothing about existence has become easier and I expect a similar trajectory upcoming.  So I, and we, find ways to self-care as we do the work and fight the fights and try to make existence better for all.  And part of my self-care?  Is vibing with music.  So come vibe.

-G

Makaya McCraven is a drummer, composer, and producer whose innovative work draws a creative through-line between generations of seemingly disparate avant-garde movements. He tells Joe about: being raised by musician parents; why he initially resisted pursuing music as a profession; the difference between the "oral musical tradition" in which he was raised and the academic approach he was presented with in college; the decision to start creating work as a bandleader; parenting; and learning when to say yes to collaborative offers.

During the age of social distancing, we're recording remotely and releasing new episodes every day.

On this edition of The Arts Section, host Gary Zidek talks to Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney about his new documentary CITIZEN K. The film offers a glimpse of how power works in Russia. Later in the program, Gary catches up with one of Chicago’s most exciting musicians, drummer and producer Makaya McCraven. Also, music critic Dennis Polkow sits down with Chicago Symphony Orchestra music director Riccardo Muti for an interview about his future plans. The Maestro also discusses his upcoming concert performances of Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana which will take place February 6-8. The Dueling Critics, Kerry Reid and Jonathan Abarbanel, stop by to review a musical titled WHISPER HOUSE. And Gary has the weekly Arts Section calendar.

Damon gets to interview Makaya McCraven and talk about his adventures in life and touring as well as what a beat scientist is. They talk other concepts as well as filling in the gaps in their past. Marcos joins and there is an educational spotlight, gig alerts, an iconic recording, listener letters, a social soundbyte, music news and more!

Drummer, composer, producer, 'Beat Scientist'. Chicago's Makaya McCraven stopped by the Jazz Lounge at Love Supreme to have a chat with Tina Edwards.

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The Cornerstore spoke with Makaya McCraven about his musical upbringing that shaped him into the contemporary jazz drummer he is today, finding his community in Chicago and beyond, his latest project “Universal Beings” and more.

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The Cornerstore spoke with Makaya McCraven about his musical upbringing that shaped him into the contemporary jazz drummer he is today, finding his community in Chicago and beyond, his latest project "Universal Beings" and more.

Drummer Makaya McCraven’s new double album “Universal Beings” mixes the artistry and experimentation of jazz with the irresistible dance beats of hip-hop. It also brings together a dream team of collaborators from London, New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles, including Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Parker, Nubya Garcia, and Brandee Younger. This episode of Mondo Jazz celebrates Makaya McCraven’s musical universe and its brilliant stars from around the world. The playlist includes Makaya McCraven, Nubya Garcia, Brandee Younger, Jeff Parker, The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Shabaka Hutchings, Sons of Kemet, Shabaka and the Ancestors, Isotope 217. Detailed playlist available at https://spinitron.com/radio/index.php?station=rfb&playlist=9040#here Photo credit: Yvonne Schmedemann