International Anthem label artist megiapa returns to The Land School for a show on the heels of her recently released record.

We invite you to join us at The Land School on Thursday, November 5, as Los Angeles-based beatmaker and vocalist megiapa returns to Chicago to perform and celebrate the release of her new album Intentions.

For this very special event, megiapa will perform with a unique ensemble of Chicago-based musicians including Naydja Bruton (drums), Carmani Edwards (bass), and Anaiet Soul (keys).

This will be megiapa’s first Chicago appearance since February, when she performed in A Listening Space at The Land School, to cap off a week of final mixing sessions for Intentions, which happened in International Anthem’s studio on the second floor of the same building!

There will also be a very special opening set from Ayakam, a new solo hardware / electronic music project from Makaya McCraven.

Co-presented by International Anthem & Qobuz.

Tickets are free with a suggested donation of $15.

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About megiapa

Ohio-born, Los Angeles-based linguist, producer, visual artist, and vocalist megiapa makes jazz-influenced experimental beat music.

With deep roots in Chicago’s underground beat scene, her work blends R&B, electronic, and hip-hop influences into an immersive, emotionally rich sound. What began as small sampled moments stitched together in Audacity has evolved over the course of a decade into wide-ranging production defined by vocal harmonies, deep-rooted rhythms, and crisp, futuristic soundscapes.

Within Chicago’s experimental scene, megiapa refined her craft through regular live beat performances and a sample-based practice that incorporated recordings by artists such as Ben LaMar Gay and Angel Bat Dawid. During this period, she released a series of singles, short EPs, and eventually the essential collection diddies vol. 1 before relocating to Los Angeles in 2023.

Her most recent work, Intentions, is a full-length debut released by Chicago label International Anthem. The album expands on the sample-cut-mix foundations of megiapa’s earliest sounds while bringing her songwriting, production, and vocal abilities into sharper focus. The result is a 40-minute master class in synth-heavy, jazz-informed Neo-soul, signaling a new chapter in a practice that continues to evolve through experimentation, collaboration, and creative growth. Across her work, megiapa invites listeners to dream beyond limitation and embrace uncertainty as a space for curiosity and reflection.

About International Anthem

International Anthemis a Chicago-born recording company that produces and promotes progressive media. Founded in 2014, the IARC label has grown to embody a global community of like-minded artists, musicians, and cultural workers dedicated to craft as a means of discovering truth and celebrating humanity. The ongoing mission of International Anthem is to make generative and sustainable contributions to culture and industry, and to vitalize demand for boundary-defying music.

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In Fall of 2025, International Anthem was named one of the inaugural creative partners-in-residence at Rebuild and Theaster Gates’ latest space-based, land-art project, The Land School.

About The Land School

The Land School, a new pedagogical platform at the site of the former St. Laurence Elementary School, proposes a radical model of artistic experimentation and archival stewardship, providing space, time, access, collaborative inquiry, process-driven programming, and performance, all led by an intergenerational cohort of artists, archivists, scholars, craftspeople, cultural workers, and creative organizations invested in culture as a service.