Tracklist
| 1 | carlas beads | |
| 2 | generous pelvis | |
| 3 | in appreciation of chico hamiltons vast influence on the west coast sound | |
| 4 | love to all doulas | |
| 5 | moonlight watsu in dub | |
| 6 | placenta nourishment new home the galaxy | |
| 7 | real vital organs | |
| 8 | surges expansion | |
| 9 | this i was not |
»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.
The 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.