{"title":"Cassette","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"carlos-nino-friends-im-just-chillin-on-fire","title":"Carlos Niño \u0026 Friends - (I'm just) Chillin', on Fire","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eLiner Notes by Marcus J. Moore:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the past few years, concert patrons have stopped the musician Carlos Niño after gigs to ask two simple questions: “Are you a shaman?” “I hear the medicine in your music, can I come to your next ceremony?” The queries are fair enough: Looking at Niño, a tall man with a wild beard and kind eyes, one would think he’s from some faraway time and could maybe cast spells. Once you get to know him, you find that he’s just an incredibly sweet guy with a laid-back demeanor, and that he isn’t some guru claiming to have an all-access pass to the otherworld.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo what does he say to those wondering if he’s a spiritual teacher?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’m just chillin’, on fire,” he declares. “I'm not rolling with or out any kind of religious or traditional focus, rules or doctrine. I'm just presenting something that has a lot of energy, and is intended to be an opening for those of us who are journeying, creating musically, and for those who gather with us.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndeed, there’s a communal essence to Niño’s self-described Energetic Space Music. As leader of Carlos Niño \u0026amp; Friends, he encourages his collaborators to improvise without preconceived ideas of what the sound is supposed to entail. His new album\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e, (I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire, features more than a dozen musicians and includes a who’s who of sonic experimentation — everyone from guitarist Nate Mercereau and saxophonist Kamasi Washington, to New Age cornerstone Laraaji and hip-hop legend André 3000 playing his now trademark flute. On purpose, Niño lets the music drift and the unity ensue, making (I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire another highlight in a recent run of sublime work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut where albums like 2020’s Chicago Waves (with multi-instrumentalist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson) and last year’s Extra Presence hovered in the speakers, (I’m just) Chillin’ forges ahead in certain spots through energetic drums equally indebted to jazz and electronic funk. It eschews genre, but the tenets of ‘70s underground jazz are present. Fifty years ago, acts like Brother Ah, the Ensemble Al-Salaam and Mtume Umoja Ensemble crafted music that scanned as Spiritual Jazz yet flared in many different directions. They leaned into the transcendence of the music overall, not artificial terms used to market it. (I’m just) Chillin’ emits the same emotion: On “Mighty Stillness,” when the experimental violinist V.C.R proclaims her “ancestral right” to rest, she evokes Black women like Jeanne Lee, Jayne Cortez and Beatrice Parker, innovative vocalists from indie scenes who embodied the same freedom. Then on “Love Dedication (for Annelise),” Niño uses subtle bass (from Michael Alvidrez) and a serene piano loop (from Surya Botofasina) to speak of endearment in broad terms. “Love is unconditional — everywhere, everything, flowing always,” he observes. “Totally alive, no upper limit.” Though he hesitates to embrace comparisons to the spacious arrangements heard on indie labels of the ‘70s like Strata, Strata-East and Tribe (only because of how much he respects their legacies, not wanting to claim any space in their fields), there’s no denying his stature as an anchor in the jazz, hip-hop and beat scenes in Los Angeles over the last nearly 30 years, and how his influences are alive in what he makes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“All of those labels to me are hugely influential,” Niño says. “When I think about Strata-East, I immediately think of Pharaoh Sanders, and I think of one of my favorite albums of all-time, Live at the East (on Impulse!), and how The East and that movement is a huge influence. I'm not from that community. I don't claim any direct connection to it, but my awareness of it and my appreciation of it is gigantic.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe vocals for (I’m just) Chillin’ were compiled unconventionally. “I was like, ‘I'm going to turn on the mic, and you're going to listen all the way through the album and record anything you're feeling at any moment,’” Niño says of the creative process. “It was completely open to their interpretation.” He found that the vocalists Cavana Lee, Maia, Mia Doi Todd, and V.C.R interpreted the music in similar ways: “People who are not even in the same room, who did not hear what the other person did, they all created these really cool weavings — and it was so fun.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile the album compiles live and studio arrangements recorded in places like Venice, Leimert Park and Woodstock over the past three years, it feels harmonious, as if captured in one space with all musicians present. This highlights Niño’s ability as a conductor and producer. That he could winnow such vast experimentation into a seamless set is a worthy feat on its own. Much like Niño’s other LPs, (I’m just) Chillin’ is an immersive listen that requires attentive ears to fully absorb. In a world dominated by social media and the 24-hour news cycle, it seems we’re all in a hurry for no reason in particular. By creating music with tender messages and leisurely pacing, Niño nudges listeners to slow down and appreciate life’s natural wonders, to savor the journey and not rush so quickly to the destination. In turn, his art conjures pastoral images — endless fields, boundless oceans, ripples crashing along the shoreline. It urges you to simply look up: notice the wind rustling through the trees, listen to the birds sing a glorious song. This is real life, the stuff you can’t quite capture with a smartphone camera. As a conduit, Niño embodies the water he cherishes so deeply. He’s not just the bandleader, but a vessel for everyone’s ideas to shine through.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Creativity, to me, is an expression of a being's state, and their states of being,” he says. “It's really reflecting or reporting how they feel. The deeper ‘why’ is what I'm getting to with all this, what is inside that feeling, and it's not uncharted territory. I'm one of these people who's very into organizing, curating and offering; it's a deeply sharing kind of thing. It's a living thing; it grows. Sometimes it gets sculpted. Sometimes it gets rocked by forces outside of its maneuvering. Sometimes it looks one way. Sometimes it looks another way, but it's alive.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased September 15, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced, Mixed, Edited, and Arranged by Carlos Niño.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBells, Chimes, Cymbals, Drums, Field Recordings, Flutes, Gongs, Kalimbas, Keyboards, Leaves, Plants, Rattles, Shakers, Sound Design, Synths, Voice, and Whistles throughout by Carlos Niño.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCover Photo by Annelise.\u003cbr\u003eOn The Cover and Insert: Tile VI (Fall in or Fly Away), Ceramic, by Aparna Sarkar.\u003cbr\u003eArt Direction and Original Elements by Nep Sidhu.\u003cbr\u003eGraphic Design and Layout by Craig Hansen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e01) Venice 100720, Hands In Soil\u003cbr\u003eJamire Williams – Drums\u003cbr\u003eJosh Johnson - Alto Saxophone and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eAndres Renteria – Congas\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Live in The Townhouse Courtyard in Venice, California by Don Hernandez, on Wednesday, October 7, 2020. Congas added in January 2021.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e02) Mighty Stillness\u003cbr\u003eJamire Williams – Drums\u003cbr\u003eJosh Johnson - Alto Saxophone and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eV.C.R – Voice\u003cbr\u003eCavana Lee – Voice\u003cbr\u003eMia Doi Todd – Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Live at The World Stage in Leimert Park, California by Tomoaki Soto on Friday, November 6, 2020. Voices added in December 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e03) Love Dedication (for Annelise)\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Piano\u003cbr\u003eMichael Alvidrez – Bass\u003cbr\u003eAnnelise – Voice\u003cbr\u003eCavana Lee – Voice\u003cbr\u003eMaia – Voice\u003cbr\u003eMia Doi Todd – Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe basis of this piece was Recorded by Jesse Peterson during the Sessions for Surya's Album Everyone's Children. Bass and Voices added in December 2022.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e04) Flutestargate\u003cbr\u003eDeantoni Parks – Drums\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar, Guitar Synth and Pedals\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e05) Maha Rose North 102021, Breathwork\u003cbr\u003eLaraaji - Electric Kalimba and Voice\u003cbr\u003ePhotay - Buchla and Drum Machine\u003cbr\u003eLionmilk – Flute\u003cbr\u003eArji - Chimes and iPad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded Live at Maharose North, in Woodstock, New York by Stu Pender on Wednesday, October 20, 2021. Thanks to Luke Simon, Diego Gaeta,\u003cbr\u003eMekala Session, and V.C.R. for their additional Vibes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e06) Transcendental Bounce, Run to it\u003cbr\u003eDeantoni Parks – Drums\u003cbr\u003eThe Growth Eternal – Synth Bass\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau – Electric Guitar, Guitar Synth and Effects\u003cbr\u003eSibusile Xaba – Acoustic Guitar\u003cbr\u003eJesse Peterson – Synthesizer(s)\u003cbr\u003eMaia – Voice\u003cbr\u003eCavana Lee – Voice\u003cbr\u003eMia Doi Todd – Voice\u003cbr\u003eV.C.R – Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e07) Taaaud\u003cbr\u003eJamael Dean - Piano and Wurlitzer\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eSibusile Xaba - Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContains a Sample of \"Duat\" by Jamael Dean, from his Solo Piano Album Ished Tree, used with permission from the Artist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e08) Spacial\u003cbr\u003eJamael Dean – Piano and Wurlitzer\u003cbr\u003eSibusile Xaba – Voice\u003cbr\u003eJesse Peterson – Synthesizer(s)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e09) Am I Dreaming?\u003cbr\u003eDntel - Modular Synthesizer\u003cbr\u003eLuis Pérez Ixoneztli - Aerophones, Drums and Percussion\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to Maya Luma for her energy toward this piece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10) Etheric Windsurfing, flips and twirls\u003cbr\u003eAdam Rudolph - Drum Machine, and Gimbre\u003cbr\u003eJesse Peterson – Synthesizers\u003cbr\u003eMaia – Voice\u003cbr\u003eAlakoi Peete – Percussion\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11) Boom Bap Spiritual\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina - Keyboards and Piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on the piece \"Beloved California Temple.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12) Woo, Acknowledgement\u003cbr\u003eMark Ives – Clarinet\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau – Zither\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis piece originated as the second half of a Remix made for the Woo piece \"Paradise In Pimlico\" (from the Album of the same name, released by Quindi Records). Clive and Mark added to the Remix, then Carlos decided to focus on and develop this part.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13) Sandra’s Willows\u003cbr\u003eAaron Shaw - Tenor Saxophone and Flute\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese pieces were recorded by Jesse Peterson at Carlos Niño’s Home Studio, Composed in the moment for a Film Project by Sandra de la Loza. She and her partner William were present in the Studio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14) One For Derf\u003cbr\u003eAaron Shaw - Tenor Saxophone and Flute\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003eMichael Alvidrez – Bass\u003cbr\u003eMaia – Voice\u003cbr\u003eJamael Dean – Piano\u003cbr\u003ePablo Calogero - Bass Clarinet\u003cbr\u003eAndres Renteria - Hand Drums\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDedicated to The Great Derf Reklaw.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15) Conversations\u003cbr\u003eAndré 3000 - Flute and Voice\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar, Sampler and Synthesizers\u003cbr\u003eMaia – Voice\u003cbr\u003eCavana Lee – Voice\u003cbr\u003eMia Doi Todd – Voice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to Recording Engineer Ken Oriole and to Jesse Peterson who can be heard playing Gimbre through Pedals for a few moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16) Essence, The Mermaids Call\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Electric Guitar\u003cbr\u003eClive and Mark Ives - Multi-Instruments and Voices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCo-Produced by Woo. Thanks to Laraaji and his piece \"Essence\" - the inspiration for the genesis of this one.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e17) Eightspace 082222\u003cbr\u003eAaron Shaw – EWI\u003cbr\u003eAndres Renteria - Hand Drums\u003cbr\u003eAnnelise – Percussion\u003cbr\u003eDiego Gaeta – Keyboards\u003cbr\u003eKamasi Washington - Tenor Saxophone\u003cbr\u003eNate Mercereau - Guitar Synth and Pedals\u003cbr\u003eSurya Botofasina - Keyboards and Piano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThanks to Linafornia, Banch Abegaze, Nes Abegaze, Scottie McNiece, Alejandro Ayala, and Andrew Maxwell for their support of this Concert.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"info license\" id=\"license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition \"Etheric Pink\" Color Vinyl 2LP","offer_id":53918545805653,"sku":"IARC0067LPI","price":30.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Classic Black Vinyl LP","offer_id":53918547083605,"sku":"IARC0067LP","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Limited Edition Cassette","offer_id":53918545609045,"sku":"IARC0067CS","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD - Compact Disc","offer_id":53918565531989,"sku":"IARC0067CD","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a0903648781_10.jpg?v=1779801697"},{"product_id":"jeremiah-chiu-in-electric-time","title":"Jeremiah Chiu - In Electric Time","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eOn June 29th, 2023, Jeremiah Chiu walked into the Vintage Synthesizer Museum (VSM) in Highland Park, Los Angeles, with no plan more specific than “let’s fire this stuff up and see what happens.” Exploring the VSM’s vast collection of classic, rare and staple synthesizers, he would sequence, trigger, and layer the machines together with help from VSM founder\/curator Lance Hill.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHill recalls: \"Jeremiah arrived before the engineer showed up. We talked for maybe 5 minutes before he started programming a sound and sequence into the Gleeman Pentaphonic. By the time the engineer showed up, Jeremiah had built several other parts around the Gleeman that weren't synced by any control method but sounded like they were just calling and responding to each other. They plugged the Tascam 388 into the patch bay, and hit record. Jeremiah played with it, and that was it. First piece written and recorded in under an hour. It felt natural, fun and free. And that's pretty much how the rest of the session went. Constant ecstatic motion. It was the funnest non-HipHop session I've ever worked on.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe resulting album – In Electric Time - was recorded in just two days, and edited to completion in the two days following. It was captured fully analog by engineer Ben Lumsdaine, who\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003econtributes performances on a few tracks himself. Cooper Crain (of Bitchin Bajas) makes an appearance as well; but ultimately the collection is an intuitive expression of organic electronic music conceptualized and created in-context by Chiu alone, as he calls on a lifetime of work in sound synthesis to paint a fulgent, refreshingly undercut sequence of cinematic sketches and in-process themes. In some ways, In Electric Time reflects the directness of Raymond Scott’s electronic studio recordings — with sharp cuts and room chatter — and, in others, it conjures the in-the-moment magic of Harmonia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout the work, Chiu says: “The approach to the improvisations was to embrace the mixer setups at VSM — where a section of synthesizers are all routed to a single mixer\/patchbay — and to start at one end of the studio and work our way around the six different sections. I began with the synths I was most familiar with — or had spent years researching — and was fairly certain I could reign in quickly. When working with vintage gear, there's always a sweet spot where the instrument sings in a unique way. This may be the idiosyncrasies of its filter and how it resonates, the action of the keys, the ability to trigger and use control voltage to sequence, or the unique onboard features. I love finding the moments where a melody or rhythm appears in an unexpected way — at times feeling more like archaeology than sculpture. I was quite improvisatory with the editing as well, often pulling bits from distinctly different sections in dialogue with each other, in order to maintain the raw, spontaneous feeling. I loved hearing moments in the recordings when Ben started or stopped tape, so a take that was running long and beyond its moment would hit directly against a fresh idea.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased September 29, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eImprovised \u0026amp; recorded direct to Tascam 388, without use of MIDI, at the Vintage Synthesizer Museum, Los Angeles, June 29th \u0026amp; 30th, 2023. Edited July 1st \u0026amp; 2nd, 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInstruments used: Elka Synthex, EML Electrocomp 101, EMS Vocoder 2000, Gleeman Pentaphonic, Oberheim 4-Voice, Korg [Mono\/Poly, MS10, MS20, MS50, PS3100, Trident MKII], Maestro Rhythm King, Roland [CR-8000, Juno– 60, Jupiter–6, Jupiter–8, JX–3P, RE–301 Space Echo, RS–505, SH–101, TR–606 (trigs only), TR–808 (trigs only)], Serge Modular I \u0026amp; II,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/synthesizers.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\"\u003eSynthesizers.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eModular, and Yamaha [CS01, CS30, CS70M, CS80].\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll compositions by Jeremiah Chiu;\u003cbr\u003eexcept “Rococco Rondo” by Jeff Cain and Charles Cohen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerformed \u0026amp; Edited by Jeremiah Chiu;\u003cbr\u003ewith additional performances by Ben Lumsdaine (Tracks 2, 4, 10, 11, 12) and Cooper Crain (Track 1).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePatch assistance \u0026amp; additional engineering by Lance Hill.\u003cbr\u003eRecorded by Ben Lumsdaine.\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Jeremiah Chiu \u0026amp; Dave Vettraino.\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003ePhotography by Scott McNiece.\u003cbr\u003eDesign \u0026amp; Layout by Jeremiah Chiu.\u003cbr\u003eProduced by Scott McNiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThank you Scottie, Lance, Marta, Chicago synth family.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"license-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"license\" class=\"info license\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"cc-icons commercial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eall rights reserved\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"International Anthem","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Cassette","offer_id":53918576017749,"sku":"IARC0074CS","price":12.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1049\/0419\/6437\/files\/a2752947119_10.jpg?v=1779806130"},{"product_id":"tom-skinner-voices-of-bishara-live-mu","title":"Tom Skinner - Voices of Bishara Live @ mu","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-about\"\u003eIn January 2023, Tom Skinner and his ensemble performed material from his recently-released album 'Voices of Bishara' (Brownswood, IARC \u0026amp; Nonesuch, 2022) at London club “mu”— a venue founded by the curators at Brilliant Corners and named after the seminal Don Cherry live album. Their performance was augmented by three pieces by Abdul Wadud, whose 1977 self-released solo cello album, By Myself, was a primary inspiration for Voices of Bishara.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe woodwinds featured on Skinner's original Voices of Bishara album — Shabaka Hutchings and Nubya Garcia — had already been replaced in Skinner's live ensemble with Robert Stillman (who also plays with Skinner in The Smile) and Chelsea Carmichael; with the extended rhythm section of Tom Herbert (double bass) and Kareem Dayes (cello) still rounding out the lineup with Skinner on drums.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the opening moments of Voices of Bishara Live at \"mu\", which was recorded on that legendary January 2023 night, it's clear that this band’s aim is to excavate the deep corners of the repertoire, kicking things off with an extended rendition of Skinner’s own composition “Bishara” that employs the same relationship to rhythmic and tonal freedom found in the Abdul Wadud cello work that inspired it. That aesthetic connection is even more clear by the time the\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003egroup moves into their 20-minute exploration of Wadud’s “Oasis,” the stunning centerpiece of the set that culminates with a scorching 5+ minute sax solo by Carmichael.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHearing Skinner’s compositions - flexed and stretched with extended improvisation, and in context with works by Wadud - both places them and this band firmly in the creative music continuum they honor, and provides us with an unobstructed view of where that continuum is leading us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003ca\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased May 10, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTom Skinner – drums\u003cbr\u003eKareem Dayes – cello\u003cbr\u003eChelsea Carmichael – tenor saxophone and flute\u003cbr\u003eTom Herbert – bass\u003cbr\u003eRobert Stillman – tenor saxophone\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecorded live at “mu” London by Juan Blanco on January 18th and 19th, 2023.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMixed by Dilip Harris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMastered by David Allen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSleeve design and artwork by Paul Camo for Studio Camo.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bishara,\" \"The Journey,\" and \"The Day After Tomorrow\" composed by Tom Skinner (Warp Publishing).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Red 2\" is a version of \"Two Pieces of One: Red,\" composed by Anthony Tillman Williams (EMI Music Publishing Ltd\/EMI Blackwood Music Inc\/Tillmon Music Co. 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It is also the first new music to be released by Carlos Niño \u0026amp; 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlacenta 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 \u0026amp; Friends album we've yet to present – fully connected to the spirit of family, birth, and \"how we get here.\"\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"credits-label\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003ereleased May 24, 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProduced, Mixed, Edited, and Arranged by Carlos Niño.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBells, Chimes, Collage, Cymbals, Drums, Field Recordings, Gongs, Kalimbas, Keyboards, Leaves, Plants, Rattles, Shakers, Sound Design, Synths, Voice, and Whistles throughout by Carlos Niño.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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 . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1) Love to all Doulas! 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