Placenta is the fourth collection of broadly imaginative and highly collaborative Carlos Niño & Friends music released on International Anthem in the last four years. It is also the first new music to be released by Carlos Niño & Friends following the November 2023 release of André 3000’s New Blue Sun – an album which Carlos produced alongside André, while co-writing, co-creating/playing, and co-mixing every song. Placenta is announced on April 11th, 2024, a date chosen because it is the 1st solar return of Moss Niño (a new being in human form, who Carlos and his partner Annelise are Earth parents of). Their experience of pregnancy, labor and delivery were all profoundly impactful for Carlos. Becoming a father again (a whole 24 years after the birth of Azul Niño, who has become a regular artistic collaborator with Carlos) he felt total Inspiration for this set of recordings, and hence it is perhaps the most conceptually-grounded Carlos Niño & Friends album we've yet to present – fully connected to the spirit of family, birth, and "how we get here." released May 24, 2024 Produced, Mixed, Edited, and Arranged by Carlos Niño. Bells, Chimes, Collage, Cymbals, Drums, Field Recordings, Gongs, Kalimbas, Keyboards, Leaves, Plants, Rattles, Shakers, Sound Design, Synths, Voice, and Whistles throughout by Carlos Niño. This Album is Dedicated to Mothers, Children, Babies, Aunties, Doulas, Midwives, Birthworkers, and especially Haize Hawke, Maia, Aleksandra Evanguelidi, Meaghan Snider, Doctor Phabillia Afflack, Amy Tinney, Doctor Dani, Constantia Tielbeke, Shelly Girard, Davi Kaur Khalsa, Marsha Connor, Tiffany de Leon, Destefano DeLuise, Grace Oh, Mia Doi Todd, Cavana Lee, V.C.R, Rosamond Goulet, Jill Townsend-Sorel, my Sister Claudia Niño, my Mom Carla Niño, Azul Niño and their Mom Andrea Flores, Moss Niño and his Mom, my great Partner Annelise, and her Mom Denise . . . 1) Love to all Doulas! (featuring Nate Mercereau) Produced by Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau Nate Mercereau - French Horn and Collage Named for Haize and Tiffany, and made with Alyssa and Juniper, Banch and Nes Abegaze, Thandi Ntuli and Doctor Graeme Gilfillan, in Heart and mind . . . 2) Some rest for the Midwives . . . (featuring Jamire Williams and Sam Gendel) Jamire Williams - Drums, Painting and Dancing Sam Gendel - Alto Saxophone and Pedals from a Live Trio Concert at Ojai Rancho Inn on Sunday, July 29, 2018, hosted by Kenny, Serge and John. 3) Real Vital Organs (featuring Jamael Dean) Jamael Dean - Organ Organ Recorded by Jesse Peterson 4) Surges, Expansions (featuring Dexter Story and Nate Mercereau) Dexter Story - Drums Nate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals Brandon Eugene Owens - Bowed Bass 5) In Appreciation of Chico Hamilton’s Vast Influence on the West Coast Sound (featuring Nate Mercereau) ( ) - Drums Nate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals 6) Birthworkers Magic, and how we get hear . . . (featuring Maia, André 3000 and Jesse Peterson) Maia - Concert Flute and Voice André 3000 - Quetzacoatl Flute and Pedals Jesse Peterson - Guimbri and Pedals Recorded and Mixed by Ken Oriole at Groove Masters 7) This “I” was not (featuring Ariel Kalma, Surya Botofasina and Annelise) Ariel Kalma - Voice Surya Botofasina - Organ Annelise - Percussion 8) Placenta, Nourishment, New Home, The Galaxy (featuring Haize Hawke, Surya Botofasina, Aaron Shaw, Devin Daniels, Tiffany de Leon, Michael Bolger, Michael Alvidrez, Jesse Peterson, Annelise and Moss) Haize Hawke - Voice Surya Botofasina - Synths Jesse Peterson - (sped up) Aerophones Aaron Shaw - (sped up) Tenor Saxophone Devin Daniels - Alto Saxophone Tiffany de Leon - Voice Michael Bolger - Accordion Michael Alvidrez - Bass Annelise and Moss - Voices 9) Carla’s Beads (featuring Iasos) Iasos - Celestial Instruments 10) Moonlight Watsu in Dub (featuring Nate Mercereau and Photay) Nate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals Photay - Drums 11) Generous Pelvis (featuring Sam Gendel, Deantoni Parks, Nate Mercereau and Adam Rudolph) Sam Gendel - Alto Saxophone and Pedals Deantoni Parks - Drums Nate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals Adam Rudolph - Dubbed Hindewhu and Voice 12) Bi-Location (featuring Aaron Shaw, Andres Renteria and Nate Mercereau) Aaron Shaw - Tenor Saxophone Andres Renteria - Hand Drums and Percussion Nate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals from a Live Quartet Concert at The World Stage on Friday, February 10, 2023, hosted by Dwight Trible and Mama Nene. Recorded by Tomoaki Soto Mixed by Nate Mercereau 13) “Play Kerri Chandler’s RAIN” (featuring Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau and Cavana Lee) Conceived by Carlos Niño Produced by Carlos Niño & Nate Mercereau Mixed and Arranged by Nate Mercereau Surya Botofasina - Electric Piano, Synth Bass, Lead Synth, Electronic Strings. “The vamp landed on after acknowledging the original composition was purely a two-chord celebration of the Spirit Driven collective we all are.” Nate Mercereau - Multi-Instruments as part of the Live Trio performance, and many more added to his post Arrangement Cavana Lee - Voice, Dancer, Traveler Carlos Niño - Percussion and Cosmic Guide, Narrator Based on a Live Concert Recording of Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau and Carlos Niño with Special Guest Cavana Lee, from King Georg in Köln, Germany on Thursday, November 17, 2022. Cover Art by Bernard XOLOTL. Design & Layout by Craig Hansen. Mastered by David Allen. Thank Yous: Jeff Stabenau, Alex Kelman, Third Side Music, Scottie, Francesca and Cosmo, David Allen and Family, Alejandro Ayala, Dave Vettraino, all International Anthem Family, Ben LaMar Gay, Matthewdavid, Diva and Love, Leaving Records, Justin Hansohn and Anandamide, Noah, May, Sam, Adrian and floating, Laraaji, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, Phil Ranelin, Michael Gregory Jackson, Matthew, Augustina and the kids, Endless Color, Aztlan Unearthed, Jimetta Rose & The Voices Of Creation, Diego Gaeta and V, Pablo Calogero, Alex Cline, Dntel, Louie & Netty Ryan, Travis, Helen and Cy, Idris Ackamoor, Nep Sidhu, Ishmael Butler, all Botofasina-Reyes Familia, Kamau and Badia Daaood, Joey Ector, Pharoah Sanders, The Village x Preference Records, 2220 Arts + Archive, Quelle Chris, Liv.e, Devin Morrison, Mndsgn, Knx., Greg Paul, Sudan Archives, Qur’an Shaheed, Sharada Shashidhar, Aankha Neal, Green-House, N Kramer, Colloboh, Alex Rita, Touching Bass, Aparna Sarkar, Arji, Cindy Aikman, Ellie Torres, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Jada Rose, Will Logan, Novena Carmel, Linafornia, Madlib, Josh Johnson, Rush Hour, Mark Maxwell, Don Hernandez, Kate Magic, the Families of everyone that contributed to this Album, to Bandcamp, to Nathan & Michelle Vinson, CJ and EZ, Doctor Mike De Napoli, Hashim and Akiko Bharoocha, Niki and Yusuke Tsukamoto, Stephen, Tracy and Dylan, Solar Return, Shabaka Hutchings and Marwa, Kamasi Washington, Saul Williams, Terence Nance, Roba El-Essawy, Miles Spilsbury, Ariel Spilsbury, Celia Hollander, Lionmilk, Jason Lader, Bruce Schachne and Family, April Bombai, Duval Timothy, J Rocc, Falle Nioke, Sibusile Xaba, David Keady, Q-Tip, DJ Premier . . . all rights reserved
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