IARCM62: Photay with Carlos Niño - More Offerings

Released December 9, 2022

Notes by Carlos Niño:

As the title makes clear, the 'More Offerings' cassette and digital release is a direct extension of Photay with Carlos Niño - 'An Offering' (IARC0062).

When Scottie McNiece of International Anthem let me know that he wanted to release a vinyl edition, an updated tape, and the full digital distribution for 'An Offering' on the Fall Equinox of 2022, I immediately thought about putting together a second set of music and energy to share soon after that. Photay and I had already been discussing the making of Remixes, or having others Remix, releasing source material, full versions of pieces that were sampled for songs on 'An Offering', and pieces that were in the same flow as the first release, while we were finishing the original project. International Anthem agreed to release 'More Offerings' as well and so we proceeded to finish it.

'An Offering' was originally released exclusively on the Photay Bandcamp page, Friday, October 1, 2021. The self-made tape run of 111 sold out in a couple weeks and we were stoked that people were feeling the sound. That rippled on greatly with the next phases by International Anthem in September 2022.

If you listen to both records, in either order, you will hear the connections. These are kindred spirits that twin flame, dance, twirl, entwine, form concentric, eccentric, helixing around each other . . . The same guest collaborators are present, and this time there are a few more pulses, rhythms, two special doses of the inspirational Iasos talk, the sound of Laraaji's Voice, additions by Diego Gaeta aka Club Diego, a live excerpt of Photay with Carlos Niño and Randal Fisher playing in front of the Marina in Los Angeles as part of the floating series ( www.feelslikefloating.com ) and the premier of the new Carlos Niño & Photay Production Project: Sagegreenfloors - that samples the Carlos Niño & Friends Improvisation from 053021 featuring Nate Mercereau, Aaron Shaw, and Diego - that was previously sampled for "H O N O R" on 'An Offering'. It's like rippling waves, wind in the trees, breathing . . .