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Carlos Niño & Friends
Placenta
Photo by Todd Weaver
IARC0080:
Carlos Niño & Friends
Placenta
Out May 24, 2024
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."
Selected Press
New York Times
Carlos Niño, the Spiritual Force Behind L.A.’s Eclectic Music Scene
KLOF Mag
New Carlos Niño & Friends album ‘Placenta’
Northern Transmissions
“Love to all Doulas!” By Carlos Niño
Retail Locations
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Akron, OH - Square Records
Asheville, NC - Harvest Records
Austin, TX - Breakaway Records
Austin, TX - Waterloo Records
Baltimore, MD - Sound Garden
Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music Berkeley
Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
Bloomington, IN - Landlocked Music
Boise, ID - Record Exchange
Boston, MA - Newbury Comics
Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
Calgary, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Calgary, AB - Melodiya Records
Kitchener, ON - Encore Records
Carlsbad, CA - Spin Records
Charlotte, NC - Lunchbox Records
Chicago, IL - 606 Records
Chicago, IL - Dusty Groove Inc.
Chicago, IL - Laurie's Planet of Sound
Chicago, IL - Orbit Records
Chicago, IL - Rattleback Records
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Belmont)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Loop)
Chicago, IL - Reckless Records (Wicker Park)
Chicago, IL - Tone Deaf Records
Cincinatti, OH - Shake It
Davenport, IA - Ragged Records
Dayton, OH - Omega Music (Dayton)
Dearborn, MI - Dearborn Music
Durham, NC - Carolina Soul Records
Durham, NC - Chaz's Bull City Records
Edmonton, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Greenville, SC - Horizon Records
Hollywood, CA - Amoeba Music Hollywood
Indianapolis, IN - Indy CD and Vinyl
Iowa City, IA - Record Collector
Kamloops, BC - Barnacle Records
Kansas City, MO - Mills Record Company
Lawrence, KS - Love Garden Sounds
Livingston Manor, NY - Jitterbug Sights & Sounds
Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
Loveland, OH - Plaid Room Records
Miami, FL - Sweat Records
Milwaukee, WI - Lilliput Records
Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus
Montréal, QC - Atom Heart
Montréal, QC Aux 33 Tours
Montréal, QC - Le Vacarme
Montréal, QC - Phonopolis
Nashville, TN - Grimey's
Nashville, TN - Vinyl Tap
New Orleans, LA - Euclid Records
Norridge, IL - Rolling Stones Record Store
Oak PArk, MI - Street Corner Music
Olympia, WA - Rainy Day Records
Orlando, FL - Park Ave. CD's
Oxford, MS - The End of All Music
Phoenix, AZ - Zia Records
Portland, OR - Clinton St. Records
Portland, OR - Everyday Music
Portland, OR - Jackpot Records
Portland, OR - Music Millennium
Princeton, NJ - Princeton Record Exchange
Raleigh, NC - Nice Price Books
Salt Lake City, UT - Diabolical Records
San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music San Fran
San Francisco, CA - Stranded Music
San Francisco, CA - Tunnel Records
San Luis Obispo, CA - Boo Boo Records
Santa Cruz, CA - Redwood Records
Seattle, WA - Silver Platters
Seattle, WA - Sonic Boom Records
Somerville, MA - Vinyl Index
St Louis, MO - Euclid Records
St Paul, MN - Cheapo Discs
Tarzana, CA - CD Trader
Toronto, ON - Rotate This
Toronto, ON - Sonic Boom
Troy, NY - Sound House Records
Vancouver, BC - Dandelion Records
Wallingford, CT - Redscroll Records
West Palm Beach, FL - Rust & Wax
Notes
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 . . .
Cover Art by Bernard XOLOTL.
Design & Layout by Craig Hansen.
Mastered by David Allen.
About Carlos Niño
Carlos Niño refers to himself musically, and in many aspects of his life, as a "Communicator." Producing, playing and making music are facets of that to him. He considers his "presence, aura, energy field," his voice, and many collected instruments (a unique and colorful assortment of bells, chimes, cymbals, gongs, keyboards, shakers, shells, and more) among his essence, and hence his intrinsic means of expression and communication.