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Carlos Niño & Friends
Placenta

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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."

Retail Locations

  • 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
    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

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.

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