Carlos Niño & Friends - Placenta 2LP/CD/DD out THIS FRIDAY
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Carlos Niño & Friends
Placenta
2xLP, CD, Cassette & Digital Download
album out this Friday, May 24th, 2024
(full album will be available on streaming platforms June 12th)
...ICYMI...
Big Beautiful Feature on Carlos Niño in the New York Times
Published on Monday May 13th, writer Eric Ducker profiled Carlos Niño for the New York Times.
The piece features testimonies from André 3000 (who says, about Carlos: "I always like to meet people that are crazier than me. People that say ideas and it’s like, ‘Oh hell yeah. Let’s go.’”) and Nate Mercereau (who says: “He brings a lot of enthusiasm. He brings a lot of actual connection. He brings a lot of support. He opens people up.”) as it chronicles Carlos's prolific CV as a creator, curator, connector, and community pillar of the Los Angeles music scene.
About the forthcoming album, Ducker and the New York Times say: "[Placenta], like the early months of parenthood, can be both serene and overwhelming. “Moonlight Watsu in Dub” finds an easy rhythm among echoey clatter and nature sounds, while “Generous Pelvis” soars over Sam Gendel’s swirling saxophone. The 17-minute closer “Play Kerri Chandler’s RAIN” — built off a live performance by Niño, Mercereau and Botofasina in Köln, Germany, with the vocalist Cavana Lee — twists with anticipation and uncertainty before reaching a safe landing place."
((( photo of Placenta in situ @ Tunnel Records, San Francisco )))
!!! Buy It IRL !!!
Placenta will be available in record stores worldwide this Friday, May 24th, 2024. We strongly encourage you to support local business, embrace and enjoy the real life retail experience by purchasing a copy from your nearest independent record store.
Check out the list below (or visit our website here) for confirmed stores stocking the release. And if your favorite shop isn't on this list or doesn't have it in stock, simply ask them to order it for you, they know what to do!
Kansas City, MO - Mills Record Company
Kitchener, ON - Encore Records
Köln, Germany - Hauptsache Musik
Landsberg, Germany - Discy
Lawrence, KS - Love Garden Sounds
Livingston Manor, NY - Jitterbug Sights & Sounds
London, UK - Phonica
London, UK - Rough Trade East
London, UK - Stranger Than Paradise
London, UK - World of Echo
Long Beach, CA - Fingerprints
Loveland, OH - Plaid Room Records
Manchester, UK - Piccadilly Records
Miami, FL - Sweat Records
Milan, Italy - Serendeepity
Milan, Italy - XTCR
Milwaukee, WI - Lilliput Records
Minneapolis, MN - Electric Fetus
Montréal, QC - Atom Heart
Montréal, QC - Le Vacarme
Montréal, QC - Phonopolis
Montréal, QC Aux 33 Tours
München, Germany - Optimal
Nashville, TN - Grimey's
Nashville, TN - Vinyl Tap
New Orleans, LA - Euclid Records
Norridge, IL - Rolling Stones Record Store
Norwich, UK - Venus Vinyl
Nottingham, UK - Rough Trade
Oak PArk, MI - Street Corner Music
Olympia, WA - Rainy Day Records
Orlando, FL - Park Ave. CD's
Osaka, Japan - Newtone Records
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
Sheffield, UK - Bear Tree Records
Somerville, MA - Vinyl Index
St Albans, UK - Empire Records
St Louis, MO - Euclid Records
St Paul, MN - Cheapo Discs
Tarzana, CA - CD Trader
Thessaloniki, Greece - Father Coffee & Vinyls E.E.
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
Whitstable, UK - Gatefiled Sounds
Winchester, UK - Elephant Records
Akron, OH - Square Records
Amsterdam, Netherlands - Rush hour
Amsterdam, NL - Concerto
Asheville, NC - Harvest Records
Athens, Greece - Lofi Concept
Austin, TX - Breakaway Records
Austin, TX - Waterloo Records
Baltimore, MD - Sound Garden
Berkeley, CA - Amoeba Music Berkeley
Berlin, Germany - Dussmann
Berlin, Germany - Old School
Berlin, Germany - Oye
Berlin, Germany - Soultrade
Birmingham, AL - Seasick Records
Birmingham, UK - Polar Bear
Bloomington, IN - Landlocked Music
Boise, ID - Record Exchange
Boston, MA - Newbury Comics
Brighton, UK - Resident
Brisbane, Australia - Quiet Storm Records
Bristol, UK - Rough Trade
Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
Calgary, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Calgary, AB - Melodiya Records
Cardiff, UK - Mint and Sealed
Carlsbad, CA - Spin Records
Charlotte, NC - Lunchbox Records
Cheltenham, UK - Badland Records
Chemnitz, Germany - Underworld
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
Deflt, NL - Sounds
Dresden, Germany - Sweatwater
Dublin, Ireland - Freebird Records
Dublin, Ireland - Spindizzy
Dundee, Scotland - Assai Records
Durham, NC - Carolina Soul Records
Durham, NC - Chaz's Bull City Records
Edinburgh, Scotland - Thorne Records
Edmonton, AB - Blackbyrd Myoozik
Frome, UK - Raves from the Grave
Fulda, Germany - Marleen
Glagow, Scotland - Monorail
Glasgow, Scotland - Some Great Reward
Greenville, SC - Horizon Records
Hamburg, Germany - Groove City
Hamburg, Germany - Michelle
Hamburg, Germany - Zardoz
Hannover, Germany - 25 Music
Hollywood, CA - Amoeba Music Hollywood
Indianapolis, IN - Indy CD and Vinyl
Iowa City, IA - Record Collector
Kamloops, BC - Barnacle Records
Join us for a (Virtual) Listening Party on Bandcamp
This Wednesday, May 22nd
10am Los Angeles // 12pm Chicago // 6pm London // 7pm Berlin
Meet us online for an exclusive pre-release listening party for Placenta on our Bandcamp page! Enjoy a full album listen-through while Carlos himself helms the chat room to answer all your burning questions. And if you feel like grilling anyone from our team, our IARC crew (spread across Chicago, LA, Portland, Bloomington, and Honolulu) will be tuned in as well.
Carlos Niño & Friends
Bandcamp Weekly Takeover!
More beauty on the Bandcamp tip.. they invited Carlos to guest host their weekly radio show, and maybe got more than they bargained for given Carlos's deep history as a radio programmer! Click the link below to enjoy a full two hours of selections with backstory and banter by Carlos.
Real Life Release Party
Los Angeles
Friday May 24
If you are in the Los Angeles area, you have the option of joining us in genuine three-dimensional real life as well! Carlos Niño & Friends will gather to perform celebrate of the release of 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖 in 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀, this Friday 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟰𝘁𝗵 at 2220 Arts & Archives.
((( photo by Todd Weaver )))
...about Placenta...
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 was announced on April 11th, 2024, the 1st solar return of Carlos and his partner Annelise’s new Earth child Moss Niño. 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 Visual Arts collaborator with Carlos) he felt total inspiration for this set of recordings, and hence it is perhaps the most conceptually-grounded & Friends album we've yet to present – fully connected to the spirit of family, birth, and "how we get here."
Placenta features many musicians living and working in Los Angeles – the community which Niño is deeply rooted in, himself. Some live in other parts of the world; almost all are longtime friends and collaborators of Niño’s. In order of their appearance on the album, featured artists on Placenta include: Nate Mercereau, Jamire Williams, Sam Gendel, Jamael Dean, Dexter Story, Brandon Eugene Owens, Maia, André 3000, Jesse Peterson, Ariel Kalma, Surya Botofasina, Annelise, Haize Hawke, Aaron Shaw, Devin Daniels, Tiffany de Leon, Michael Bolger, Michael Alvidrez, Moss, Iasos, Photay, Deantoni Parks, Adam Rudolph, Andres Renteria, and Cavana Lee.
*Deluxe Vinyl Package*
Placental Purple vinyl
Placenta comes on two 140-gram vinyl LPs (pressed by Pallas in Germany, with lacquers cut by Daniel K at SST) inside a heavyweight UV gloss single pocket jacket with hype sticker and poly-lined IARC dome-patterned inner-sleeves
We also have a limited edition color vinyl option, for the first pressing only, 444 copies of *Placental Purple* color vinyl.
Distribution via RedEye for US, Canada, North & South America
This album will also be available on CD, Cassette, and Classic Black Vinyl (same package specs as listed above).
Retailers in the United States or Canada or anywhere else inside of North, South and Central America... Please reach out to your sales rep at RedEye Worldwide if you are interested in making wholesale purchases of this album, or any other album in our catalog. Don't yet have a RedEye rep? Please just reach out to us and we'll get you hooked up!
Distribution via !K7 for Europe, UK, Japan, Australia, and ROW
This album will be distributed by our good friends at !K7 and their various territory partners in Europe, UK, Japan, Australia, and everywhere else in the world outside of North & South America.
If you are a retailer or store with questions about wholesale or are just looking to get some of our records... we'd like to make things as easy for you as possible, please do not hesitate to reach out!!!
