{"title":"IA11 Edition","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"rob-mazurek-alternate-moon-cycles-ia11-edition","title":"Rob Mazurek - Alternate Moon Cycles (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eRob Mazurek’s 'Alternate Moon Cycles' was International Anthem's first release. The incredibly spare single-note-centered cornet, bass and organ chant was recorded to tape at pint-sized Chicago bar Curio as part of a performance series that predates any notion of our label’s existence. Documenting this performance – highly unique even within the depths of Mazurek’s vast catalog – stirred those notions, and soon talks began of releasing the recording on a fresh imprint.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerformed by Mazurek with Matthew Lux and Mikel Patrick Avery, the music unfolds glacially amongst the gentle creaks, clinks, whispers, and scuffles of the active room. It’s difficult to imagine a more honest rendering of the two sidelong pieces of organic minimal music, and nearly impossible to separate the sounds from their performance context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow this long-gone gem of supernatural frequency excavation is back in print, wrapped in our IARC 2025 obi strip, with a new 4-page insert booklet featuring additional session photos and fresh liner notes by Mikel Patrick Avery.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased March 28, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRob Mazurek - cornet\u003cbr\u003eMatt Lux - electric bass\u003cbr\u003eMikel Patrick Avery - organ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded December 17th, 2012, at Curio, Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Scott McNiece\u003cbr\u003eRecorded \u0026amp; Mixed by David Allen\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Shelly Steffens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaintings by Rob Mazurek\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Design by Craig Hansen\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Design by Aaron Lowell Denton\u003cbr\u003ePhotos by Kari Skaflen\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Liner Notes by Joe Darling\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Liner Notes by Mikel Patrick Avery\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpecial Thanks to Brittany Mazurek, Dave Vettraino, Brendan Sodikoff, and the Gilt Bar family.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":53919330730325,"sku":"IARC0001LP11","price":25.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a0098276373_10.jpg?v=1779293524"},{"product_id":"ben-lamar-gay-downtown-castles-can-never-block-the-sun-ia11-edition","title":"Ben LaMar Gay - Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eBen LaMar Gay’s de facto debut album, 'Downtown Castles Can Never Block The Sun', was our attempt to introduce the legendary Chicago composer \/ improviser \/ renaissance man to the rest of the world with a compilation of tracks from 7 albums he made over 7 years (though he hadn’t yet made the effort to actually release). The material showcases Gay’s penchant for genre-hopping – from Steve Reich-ian soundscape voyages to Don Cherry-esque polyrhythm treks to Jorge Ben-style vocal-and-string earworms – while keeping his singular musical voice in focus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the years since its release, this long OOP collection has become a touchstone, foreshadowing the breadth and scope of Gay’s output since. The songs-between-the-songs warped Soul Americana madness and beauty of 'Open Arms To Open Us', the unhinged long form freedom of 'Certain Reveries' – each fresh mode would defy expectation if without the context established by Downtown Castles. To quote our OG announcement of the album: “to call it ‘eclectic’ would only scratch the surface. This music is everything.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition of this LP comes with an IARC2025 obi strip plus a 4-page insert booklet featuring new (old) photos and new liner notes by musician (and longtime BLG friend\/collaborator) Gira Dahnee.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased March 28, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompiled \u0026amp; Sequenced by Scott McNiece \u0026amp; Ben LaMar Gay.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art \u0026amp; Photos by Maren Celest.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Liner Notes by Gira Dahnee.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Layout by Craig Hansen.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Layout by Aaron Lowell Denton.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eAll rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919335285077,"sku":"IARC0017LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/0038963340_10_1.jpg?v=1779457984"},{"product_id":"makaya-mccraven-in-the-moment-ia11-edition","title":"Makaya McCraven - In The Moment (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eMakaya McCraven’s International Anthem debut 'In The Moment' is the album that properly introduced the then-burgeoning drummer\/producer to the world. In many ways, it also laid the groundwork for a working method that both McCraven and the label have returned to again and again over the years: nearly 48 hours of live improvised performance recorded by IARC house engineer Dave Vettraino at 1 venue over 12 months and 28 shows - culled, cut, rendered, and remixed into 19 potent pieces of organic beat music by McCraven.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis early exploration of the concept is based in the nightlife—in relaxed and unostentatious gatherings of prodigious Chicago musicians letting loose one moment at a time. That the individual stature of the musicians involved has risen dramatically in the years since is only proof positive that these sessions in a renovated bank vault were a casually high-level convention of some of the city’s best.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus additional photos and new liner notes by engineer Dave Vettraino in a 4-page insert booklet.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased March 28, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMakaya McCraven: drums, beats, loops \u0026amp; overdubs\u003cbr\u003eMatt Ulery: double bass \u0026amp; bass guitar\u003cbr\u003eMarquis Hill: trumpet\u003cbr\u003eJunius Paul: double bass \u0026amp; bass guitar\u003cbr\u003eJustefan: vibraphone\u003cbr\u003eJeff Parker: guitar\u003cbr\u003eJoshua Abrams: double bass\u003cbr\u003eDe'Sean Jones: tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003eTony Barba: tenor saxophone \u0026amp; electronics\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExecutive Producers: Scott McNiece \u0026amp; David Allen\u003cbr\u003eProducer: Makaya McCraven\u003cbr\u003eEngineer: Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMixing: Dave Vettraino \u0026amp; Makaya McCraven\u003cbr\u003eMastering: Shelly Steffens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Design: Craig Hansen \u0026amp; Leah Ball\u003cbr\u003eCover Photo: Nathan Michael\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Liner Design: Craig Hansen\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Insert Design: Aaron Lowell Denton\u003cbr\u003eInsert Photos: Marcus Mader\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Liner Notes: Joe Darling \u0026amp; Scott McNiece\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Liner Notes: Dave Vettraino\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"2LP Classic Black Vinyl","offer_id":53919341379925,"sku":"IARC0003LP11","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a2450526560_10_26252849-98eb-41bd-8284-c333c5574620.jpg?v=1779448097"},{"product_id":"jeff-parker-the-new-breed-ia11-edition","title":"Jeff Parker - The New Breed (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eJeff Parker’s 2016 album The New Breed was a turning point for both Parker and International Anthem, changing the trajectory of his solo career as well as drawing an abundance of attention to our fresh imprint despite our then very limited catalog. Most importantly though, the album is the first to give voice to Parker’s wholly unique take on sample-based beat construction augmented by improvisation and live instrumentation (performed in this case by the high-level crew of Paul Bryan on bass, Josh Johnson on alto saxophone and keys, Jamire Williams and Jay Bellerose on drums, Parker's daughter Ruby on vocals, and Parker himself on guitar, synths, and other instruments).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat began as Jeff’s interest in understanding his own idea of hip-hop processes (and how they related to his work in jazz) expanded into a blueprint for much of his work since then. (Hear also: The New Breed’s expansive followup Suite For Max Brown, the gentle deconstructionist solo guitar of Forfolks, and the long-form slow bloom improvisation of The Way Out of Easy.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus a new 16-page 11x11\" insert booklet with unpublished session photos, new liner notes by album co-producer Paul Bryan, and an in-depth conversation between Jeff Parker and IARC co-founder Scott McNiece.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased June 27, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Paul Bryan and Jeff Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJeff Parker - electric guitar, Korg MS20, Wurlitzer electric piano, Mellotron, loops and samplers, MIDI and drum programming\u003cbr\u003eJosh Johnson - alto saxophone, flute, clarinet, Wurlitzer electric piano, Mellotron\u003cbr\u003ePaul Bryan - electric bass guitar\u003cbr\u003eJamire Williams - drums\u003cbr\u003eJay Bellerose - drums and percussion (“Visions” only)\u003cbr\u003eRuby Parker - vocals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngineered, edited and mixed by Paul Bryan intermittently from February to December, 2015 in Santa Monica CA. Vocals recorded by John McEntire at SOMA E.M.S., Chicago. Mastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters, Los Angeles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll songs and lyrics composed and arranged by Jeff Parker (umjabuglafeesh music, BMI), except “Visions” by Bobby Hutcherson\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info license\" id=\"license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919398887765,"sku":"IARC0009LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a2865319863_10.jpg?v=1779451046"},{"product_id":"carlos-nino-miguel-atwood-ferguson-chicago-waves-ia11-edition","title":"Carlos Niño \u0026 Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Chicago Waves (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe 2018 live performance captured on Carlos Niño \u0026amp; Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s 'Chicago Waves' marked a beautiful turning point for International Anthem. The moment was recorded at our then-HQ in Chicago, Co-Prosperity, the day after Niño and Atwood-Ferguson performed as part of Makaya McCraven’s ensemble to celebrate the release of 'Universal Beings' and recreate their contributions to that album's “Los Angeles Side.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe two musicians were keen to use their time in Chicago to not only support Makaya's music but also create and present fresh sounds of their own to a receptive new community. In many ways this set of improvisational, exploratory conversation between Atwood-Ferguson’s violin\/effects and Niño’s percussion\/soundscapes cemented the growing interchange between International Anthem's bases in LA and the Windy City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 2020 release of this recording as 'Chicago Waves' magnified the unmistakable sound of togetherness audible in its grooves in a way that was uniquely cathartic given the difficulties, restrictions, and widespread social isolation of those times. But as that era fades further into the rearview mirror, 'Chicago Waves' maintains its power. It’s not a mystery—this is what togetherness sounds like.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus a new 16-page 11x11\" insert booklet with additional photos and extensive new liner notes by IARC co-founder Scott McNiece.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased June 27, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll music composed by Carlos Niño (Third Side Music)\u003cbr\u003eand Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (Warp Publishing).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded live November 30th, 2018,\u003cbr\u003eat Co-Prosperity in Bridgeport, Chicago, Illinois.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarlos Niño – percussion \u0026amp; soundscapes\u003cbr\u003eMiguel Atwood-Ferguson* – 5-string violin \u0026amp; effects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded \u0026amp; Mixed by Dave Vettraino.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by Sam Klickner.\u003cbr\u003ePortrait by Kristie Kahns.\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Layout \u0026amp; Liner Design by Craig Hansen.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Design by Aaron Lowell Denton.\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Liner Notes by Scott McNiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Scott McNiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*Miguel Atwood-Ferguson appears courtesy of Brainfeeder Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e**digital-only bonus track \"Wave Reflection\" composed, arranged, recorded, engineered, performed, and mixed by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson (violin, viola, sleigh bells, quartz singing crystal pyramid, keyboard, EFX)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919419826517,"sku":"IARC0033LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a4179395146_10.jpg?v=1779795201"},{"product_id":"angel-bat-dawid-the-oracle-ia11-edition","title":"Angel Bat Dawid - The Oracle (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eAngel Bat Dawid’s International Anthem debut The Oracle introduced her multifaceted voice to the world. The response to its modest, initial cassette\/digital release in January of 2019 was immediate, and immense. Within a month of its announcement, Dawid was being featured on magazine covers and receiving offers from international festivals; and her subsequent activity marked the beginning of an epic run of creative output (including her critically-lauded 2020 LIVE album with Tha Brothahood, the same year's EP Transition East, 2021's Hush Harbor Mixtape Vol. 1 Doxology, and the sprawling opus Requiem for Jazz, released in 2023) that continues through the present moment (hear: Journey to Nabta Playa, her recently-released collaboration with Naima Nefertari).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe collection of compositions on The Oracle present a deep blend of powerful and emotive songs alongside heavy and free improvisation. In true DIY fashion, with pure presence and a spirit of creative abandon, Dawid recorded and mixed the album using only her cell phone, entirely. \"Angel's fieldnote approach affirms that the everyday remains a legitimate site of creative production,\" says percussionist, collaborator, and IARC labelmate Asher Gamedze in his liner notes for the album's IA11\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEdition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGamedze – the only other musician to appear on The Oracle besides Dawid, who constructed most of the album's tracks by layering, overdubbing, and arranging lo-fi symphonies of her own voice, wind instruments, percussions, and keyboards – waxes extensively about Dawid's significance in his notes, calling her \"a living exemplar and extension of the spacious sonic horizons opened by the likes of the AACM and their refusal of any limitations on their creative vision and the destruction of the demarcation between composer and improviser.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRevisiting The Oracle, it's abundantly clear that it was Dawid’s artistic vision and compositional skill that pushed the scope of her explorations so far. It’s how, despite their sonic contrast, the layered delay-drenched clarinet improvisations of “Black Family” or “Impepho” sit nicely with the unadorned fly-on-the-wall majesty of “London” or the nearly sidelong freedom of “Capetown” (which documents her first-time meeting with Gamedze, at his home in South Africa). The laid-back minor key gospel-folk of Dawid’s vocal tunes tie The Oracle together and sit similarly comfortable within the sides of the record.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGamedze gets to the essence when he writes: \"The album's profundity perhaps lies in its everydayness. Its beauty is in the worlds and work which are the music's root. What I do know is that it is a joy that this album exists. An instant classic with anthems ancient to the future. A totally idiosyncratic and grounded orientation to technology and production. A refusal of the lines between composition and improvisation. A multi-layered collage of history, struggle, organising and travel, both physical and metaphysical.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition vinyl LP features our IARC 2025 obi strip, plus a new 8-page 11x11\" insert booklet with unpublished photos and new liner notes by Asher Gamedze.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003eReleased September 12, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919423005013,"sku":"IMRC0023LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a1500295424_10.jpg?v=1780413673"},{"product_id":"jaimie-branch-fly-or-die-ii-bird-dogs-of-paradise-ia11-edition","title":"Jaimie Branch - FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003ejaimie branch’s FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise, originally released in the fall of 2019, was hugely anticipated in its time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRoughly a year before its release, and following the success of her debut Fly or Die album, branch whisked her incredible quartet across Europe for a string of performances. Across that November 2018 tour, the group stretched a songbook in-process to its limit, improvising en modo deconstructivo, tugging at the music’s edges and relentlessly morphing the sound of a four-fold liberation machine that included branch (trumpet), Chad Taylor (drums), Jason Ajemian (bass), and newcomer Lester St. Louis (cello), who had recently replaced Tomeka Reid.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of bird dogs of paradise was recorded in studio at Total Refreshment Centre over three days, and live at Café OTO over two nights that same week – at the tail end of the tour.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe album itself captures a very significant moment in the arc of branch's band. St. Louis’s presence had provided a fresh injection of virtuosic curiosity, and the interplay between him and Ajemian rejiggered the crew’s string-driven multi-rhythmic plonk swing while also refreshing their alternately aggressive and melodious heavy-bite bowing with an expanded pocket. It was a highly fertile\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efoundation for branch to experiment and explore, reach for the nether regions of her instrument, and continue to focus and refine her flagship ensemble into a wholly original sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ebird dogs of paradise also introduced the wider world to branch’s singing voice. “prayer for amerikkka pt. 1 \u0026amp; 2” - written and first performed by branch in Paris on the night of the 2018 US midterm elections - has since become a rallying cry for those who share her sense of justice in a world controlled by those who are seemingly unconcerned with it. And on “love song\" (for assholes and clowns), branch shows us her cards with a wink and a smile. “So much beauty lies in the abstract of instrumental music,” branch says in the album’s original liner notes, “but being this ain’t a particularly beautiful time, I’ve chosen a more literal path. The voice is good for that.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe IA11 Edition of FLY or DIE II: bird dogs of paradise comes on classic black 140-gram vinyl LP (pressed at Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST) inside a heavyweight reverse-board jacket, with a 16-page 11x11\" insert booklet featuring previously-unpublished photos, two sets of new liner notes – the first by jaimie’s mom, Soledad “Sally” Branch, as told to Kate Branch, and the second by Fly or Die bassist Jason Ajemian – plus IARC 2025 obi strip and printed poly-lined printed inner-sleeve.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased November 20, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ejaimie branch – trumpet, voice, synthesizer, percussion, bells, sneaker squeaks\u003cbr\u003eLester St. Louis – cello, percussion\u003cbr\u003eJason Ajemian – double bass, percussion\u003cbr\u003eChad Taylor – drums, xylophone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ewith special guests:\u003cbr\u003eBen LaMar Gay – voice (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eMarvin Tate – voice (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eMatt Schneider – 12-string guitar (on track 2)\u003cbr\u003eDan Bitney – percussion, synthesizer (on track 8)\u003cbr\u003eScott McNiece – egg (on track 8)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by jaimie branch, except “birds of paradise,” “whales,” and “bird dogs of paradise” composed by jaimie branch, Lester St. Louis, Jason Ajemian \u0026amp; Chad Taylor; and “lesterlude” composed by Lester St. Louis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded mostly at Total Refreshment Centre (tracks 2–7 \u0026amp; 9) and Café OTO (tracks 1 \u0026amp; 8) in Dalston, London UK, November 20th–25th, 2018.\u003cbr\u003eEdits \u0026amp; overdubs at Dave’s house in Pilsen, Chicago, December 2018.\u003cbr\u003eFinal dubs \u0026amp; mixing at Decade Studios in Old Town, Chicago, January 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered at Chicago Mastering Service in Garfield Park, Chicago, March 2019.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by Dave Vettraino \u0026amp; David Allen\u003cbr\u003eRecording Assisted by James Dunn \u0026amp; Kristian “Capitol K” Robinson\u003cbr\u003eEdited by jaimie branch \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMixed by David Allen \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino\u003cbr\u003eMastered by Shelly Steens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Art by jaimie branch \u0026amp; John Herndon\u003cbr\u003eCover Design by Damon Locks \u0026amp; jaimie branch\u003cbr\u003eInsert Cover Photo by Peter Gannushkin\u003cbr\u003ePhotos from TRC by Fabrice Bourgelle\u003cbr\u003ePhotos from Café OTO by Dawid Laskowski\u003cbr\u003eOriginal Insert Design by Craig Hansen\u003cbr\u003eIA11 Design \u0026amp; Layout by Aaron Lowell Denton\u003cbr\u003eExecutive Production by Scott McNiece \u0026amp; David Allen\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limousine Black Vinyl LP (IA11 Edition)","offer_id":53919452954965,"sku":"IARC0027LP11","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a4102833518_10.jpg?v=1779792901"},{"product_id":"makaya-mccraven-universal-beings-ia11-edition","title":"Makaya McCraven - Universal Beings (IA11 Edition)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eThe 2018 release of Universal Beings, in many ways, feels like the moment that the gates swung open for both Makaya McCraven and International Anthem. 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