Carlos Niño & Friends
Placenta
International Anthem
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2024
2LP
33.99
IARC0080
UV gloss-printed sleeve
2LP (purple)
34.99
IARC0080X
UV gloss-printed sleeve
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Tracklist
1carlas beads
2generous pelvis
3in appreciation of chico hamiltons vast influence on the west coast sound
4love to all doulas
5moonlight watsu in dub
6placenta nourishment new home the galaxy
7real vital organs
8surges expansion
9this 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.