Universal Beings E&F Sides

by Makaya McCraven

Universal Beings E&F Sides cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 31 July 2020
  • Label: International Anthem
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:22
  • Community rating: 3.4/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Functioning as an expansive epilogue to his acclaimed 2018 masterwork, the Chicago-based 'beat scientist' curates a brilliant selection of unreleased material from those original global sessions. The project maintains his signature method of cutting, looping, and reassembling live jazz improvisation into intricate, hip-hop-influenced grooves.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, rhythmic, instrumental

Tracklist

  1. Everybody Cool (4:36)
  2. Half Steppin' (3:40)
  3. Mak Attack (2:09)
  4. The Hunt (2:29)
  5. Beat Science (3:55)
  6. Dadada (2:06)
  7. Isms (3:15)
  8. Traveling Space (1:27)
  9. Kings and Queens (4:40)
  10. The Loneliness (3:22)
  11. Her Name (3:13)
  12. Universal Beings Pt. 2 (2:07)
  13. Butterss Fly (3:19)
  14. The Way Home (2:59)

Credits

  • 賳丕丿賷丕 噩賲丕賱 - primary artist
  • 賮賷氐賱 丕賱賲氐乇賷 - composed by
  • Setrak Sarkissian - percussion [rythm]

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