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Placenta is the fourth collection of broadly imaginative and highly collaborative Carlos Niño & Friends music released on International Anthem since 2021. But perhaps more notably for the zeitgeist of today, it is 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, performing, and co-mixing every song.

Two limited edition “Placental Purple” color vinyl LPs inside a heavyweight UV gloss single pocket jacket with hype sticker and IARC dome patterned inner-sleeves!

Cat No: IARC0080LPI
Release date: 24 May 2024
Format: Colour 2LP
Country: USA

Placenta is the fourth collection of broadly imaginative and highly collaborative Carlos Niño & Friends music released on International Anthem since 2021. But perhaps more notably for the zeitgeist of today, it is 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, performing, and co-mixing every song.

Two limited edition “Placental Purple” color vinyl LPs inside a heavyweight UV gloss single pocket jacket with hype sticker and IARC dome patterned inner-sleeves!

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Listen to: Placenta

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1. Love to all Doulas!
03:52
3. Real Vital Organs
03:57
4. Surges, Expansions
02:43
5. In Appreciation of Chico Hamilton's Vast Influence on the West Coast Sound
02:44
7. This "I" was not
02:37
8. Placenta, Nourishment, New Home, The Galaxy
09:03
9. Carla's Beads
01:51
10. Moonlight Watsu in Dub
04:34
11. Generous Pelvis
04:26

Item Description

Placenta is announced on the 1st solar return of Moss Niño, of whom Carlos and his partner Annelise are Earth parents. Their experience of pregnancy, labor and delivery were all profoundly impactful for Carlos. Becoming a father again (a whole 25 years after the birth of Azul Niño, who has become a regular artistic collaborator for 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.”

In Niño’s words, Placenta is “dedicated to Mothers, Children, Babies, Aunties, Doulas, Midwives, Birthworkers…,” and a short list of track titles includes: “Love to all Doulas!,” “Some Rest for the Midwives,” “Real Vital Organs,” and “Generous Pelvis.” The centerpiece of the album, the sprawling “Placenta, Nourishment, New Home, The Galaxy,” is an unbelievably vivid immersion in the sonic architecture of Niño’s memory-scape…like being present in his energy field…or being present in a birthing room, or maybe even being born yourself. And it just might be the most powerful, unique piece of music Niño has ever created.

Featured artists on Placenta, in order of their entry on the album, include: Nate Mercereau, Jamire Williams, Sam Gendel, Jamael Dean, Dexter Story, Brandon Eugene Owens, Maia, André 3000, Jesse Peterson, Ariel Kalma, Surya Botofasina, Annelise, Haize Hawke, Aaron Shaw, Devin Daniels, Tiffany de Leon, Michael Bolger, Michael Alvidrez, Moss, Iasos, Photay, Deantoni Parks, Adam Rudolph, Andres Renteria, and Cavana Lee.