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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
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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.