In addition to being one of the core collaborators on last year’s André 3000 album and the Shabaka album that’s out tomorrow (4/12), Carlos Niño has announced a new Carlos Niño & Friends album, Placenta, due May 24 via International Anthem (pre-order). André appears on the song “Birthworkers Magic, and how we get hear . . .” (following his appearance on the Carlos Niño & Friends album that came out last fall), and the album also features contributions from Nate Mercereau, Sam Gendel, Photay, Surya Botofasina, Deantoni Parks, and more. The announcement reads:
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.”
The first single is the stirring opening track “Love to all Doulas!” and you can hear that below.
Tracklist
1. Love to all Doulas!
2. Some rest for the Midwives . . .
3. Real Vital Organs
4. Surges, Expansions
5. In Appreciation of Chico Hamilton’s Vast Influence on the West Coast Sound
6. Birthworkers Magic, and how we get hear . . .
7. This “I” was not
8. Placenta, Nourishment, New Home, The Galaxy
9. Carla’s Beads
10. Moonlight Watsu in Dub
11. Generous Pelvis
12. Bi-Location
13. “Play Kerri Chandler’s RAIN”