International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4)
International Anthem @ PUBLIC RECORDS
VOLUME 4 (121022)
On December 10th, 2022, Carlos Niño and Photay assembled a beautiful cast of musicians at Brooklyn's Public Records to perform in celebration of their recently-released International Anthem LP An Offering (and the subsequent mixtape of remixes and bonus material, More Offerings). Over two sets of sprawling, luminous music – the first featuring Niño w/ keyboardist Surya Botofasina and percussionist, hand drummer Adam Rudolph, the second featuring those three plus Photay, Will Logan and Laraaji) – a sold-out crowd was taken on a immersive improvisational journey, aurally transporting the room to outer/inner space, before grounding at the end with group stretches led by the ever-charismatic master of ceremonies Niño.
Today we are happy to share a live EP – International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4) 121022 – including three recordings from set one with Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Adam Rudolph, plus one recording from the second set led by Photay with Carlos Niño – featuring artwork created for the event by Mark Rice of Goatmother Industrial. Available exclusively for streaming in Hi-Res on Qobuz.
Listen in Hi-Res on Qobuz:
((( North/South America here )))
photo by Alejandro Ayala
Carlos Niño says:
"Originally the idea was to reprise the Quintet
that played the year before at Commend (111621)
as Carlos Niño & Friends, but this time as
Photay with Carlos Niño featuring Laraaji,
Surya Botofasina, and Will Logan (121022).
Evan, (Photay,) and I were invited to play
the International Anthem residency at Public Records
in Brooklyn and this was what we thought would be
the most fun. We were promoting our International
Anthem releases An Offering and More Offerings.
I wanted to add my Mentor Adam Rudolph to
the night and I enquired about us playing
a Trio set with Surya before the Quintet played.
Adam was available, came and set up with us,
and agreed to play both the Trio set and the Quintet set,
which was now a Sextet set. We crammed onto
the (smallish but) fair sized riser stage at Public Records
using every inch of space, and even set up some pieces
on top of the Devon Ojas Speaker Cabinets,
and on the floor next to the stage. We all had
many Instruments with us, Organic Acoustics
and Amplified Electronics. It was an incredible
array of unique energies . . . The first 3 pieces
of this release are about 90% of the Trio set.
The 4th piece is the very end of the Sextet set.
Was a wonderful night! We had a blast on all levels!
Super stoked for this Spontaneous Collective Expression /
Composition to be shared hear, now . . .
Thank You for reading this and for
checking out these Recordings!"
- Carlos Niño
Topanga, California
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
THE NEXT EDITION
!!! Saturday July 29th !!!
Public Records, Brooklyn NY
Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek
NEW FUTURE CITY RADIO
with special guest Lori Scacco
We share these recordings as we're just ahead of the next edition of our quarterly residency at Public Records. On Saturday, July 29th, Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek take the stage in The Sound Room to perform & celebrate the release of their new LP New Future City Radio. The show will be opened by IA fam member Lori Scacco doing a solo performance of her signature narrative synthesizer works. DJ sets by our own King Hippo will keep the place warm all night.
ARTWORK & SCREEN PRINT POSTERS BY MARK RICE of GOAT MOTHER INDUSTRIAL
As with all five editions of IA@PR so far, our mellow fellow Mark Rice made some banging posters for this upcoming show, which will be available on the merch table at Public Records, along with fresh copies of New Future City Radio, and a handful of titles from our catalog (aka whatever we can manage to carry with us from Chicago).
We've also put a limited number of these posters up for sale on our Bandcamp page (as of the writing of this email there are only 2 left!) - get them before they're gone!
!!! Buy This Poster on Bandcamp !!!
<<< ICYMI >>>
We've now done a total of five presentations at Public Records (this upcoming event will be our sixth). Mark Rice / Goatmother has done artwork and screenprinted posters for all of these events (some of which we still have a few of, for sale on our bandcamp), and along with today's EP release, we've released a total of three live EPs of recordings from these shows on Qobuz. Catch up on everything we've done so far at the links below !!!
IA@PR Volume 1
Alabaster DePlume, Jeremiah Chiu & Marta Sofia Honer
screenprint poster: sold out...
live EP: listen on Qobuz here
IA@PR Volume 2
Anteloper, HxH
screenprint poster: buy on Bandcamp here
live EP: coming soon...
IA@PR Volume 3
Makaya McCraven
screenprint poster: buy on Bandcamp here
live EP: listen on Qobuz here
live video: watch here
IA@PR Volume 4
Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina, Adam Rudolph, Photay
screenprint poster: buy on Bandcamp here
live EP: listen on Qobuz here
IA@PR Volume 5
Jeff Parker, Caroline Davis
screenprint poster: sold out...
live EP: coming soon...
IA@PR Volume 6
Damon Locks & Rob Mazurek, Lori Scacco
screenprint poster: buy on Bandcamp here
tickets to the show: buy from Public Records here
ADAM RUDOLPH'S HU VIBRATIONAL
Live @ Public Records August 12th
Adam Rudolph – who appears on today's Qobuz-exclusive release of International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4) 121022 – is known for work with Don Cherry, Pharaoh Sanders, Jon Hassel and other great “jazz” artists, as well as his 25 year partnership with the legendary Yusef Lateef. He currently also leads his Moving Pictures Octet and the 36 piece Go: Organic Orchestra. With Hu Vibrational Rudolph turns his creative energies to creating a deep groove vision of future dance music. As Tommy Chong so aptly puts it, “When you hit a groove, it’s not you; it’s the spirit world.”
With his project Hu Vibrational, Rudolph mixes deep percussive African rhythms and global sounds with elements of hip-hop and electronica. Hu Vibrational's August 12th concert at Public Records in Brooklyn will feature 5 world percussionists along with great Damon Banks hitting the deep pockets on bass plus keyboard whiz Alexis Marcelo creating ethereal electronic palettes.
