Carlos Niño & Friends | Conversations and Music

Conversations with Terence Nance & Atheel Elmalik, Ishmael Butler (Shabazz Palaces/Digable Planets),and John & Nico Robinson

Music featuring Cheflee,Deon Jamar, Carlos Niño & Friends, and Scienz Of Life

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, Mejiwahn, Erykah Badu, Nep Sidhu,Theo Parrish, Lamont Hamilton, and ID 4 Winds.

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations

Terence Nance & Atheel Elmalik

Ishmael Butler 

John Robinson & NiCo Robinson

Music Featuring

Cheflee - Fescue (released March 1,  2024)

Deon Jamar “Truth and Reconciliation” (released May 17, 2024)

Carlos Niño & Friends “Bi-Location (Feat. Aaron Shaw, Andres Renteria & Nate Mercereau) 

Scienz Of Life “The Powers of 9 Ether”

Links

Kitchen Mouse (Highland Park)

Nia Andrews

Terence Nance film An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

Erykah Badu 

Liv.e 

Jon Bap 

Booker T Washington School for Performing Arts

Norah Jones 

Linny Nance 

Djoré Nance

Kirk Franklin 

Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing 

Lebron James 

Terence Nance film Random Acts of Flyness

Terence Nance writer of Space Jam: A New Legacy

Saul Williams film Neptune Frost 

André 3000 New Blue Sun Tour 

2001 A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick film)

BlackStar Film Festival 

Jazmin Jones director of film Seeking Mavis Beacon

NEEMA @take.back.theinternet 

Yusef Lateef

Pharoah Sanders

J Dilla 

Bronte Velez

Nep Sidhu 

Theo Parrish 

Sound Signature Records 

Shabazz Palaces 

Digable Planets

Jazz Butler (pka Lil Tracy)

Wall of Sound (Seattle record shop)

Daybreak (Seattle record shop)

Paul Lansky and Hannah Mackay 

Larry Mizell 

Laraaji 

Donny Hathaway 

Fonce Mizell

Al Howard (Ish’s brother)

Seattle SuperSonics

Shawn Kemp 

Gus Williams

Dennis Johnson 

Jack Sikma 

Detlef Schrempf

Dale Eliis 

Gary Payton 

Lenny Wilkens 

Mempho festival in Memphis 

The Roots 

Rock the Bells Boat Cruise 

Bounty Kitchen (Seattle Restaurant) 

Jimi Hendrix 

John Coltrane 

Alesis HR-16 drum machine 

Ensoniq ASR-10 

Ishmael Butler stats Umass Basketball

Tascam Portastudio (4-track recorder)

Guru (of Gangstarr) 

Erik Blood (mixing, engineering) 

Herbie Hancock

Tendai “Baba” Maraire 

Freakout Festival (Seattle, WA)

Shangri-la Studio Malibu

Shabaka 

Photay 

Surya Botofasina 

The Watts Prophets 

Watts Writers Workshop

Kamau Daaood

Final Vinyl 

Aztlan Underground 

Xavier Quijas Yxayotl 

King Britt

Anthony “Amde” Hamilton ( of the Watts Prophets)

Operation From The Bottom 

Myka 9 

The Good Life (Leimert Park Village, CA)

Charlie Parker 

The World Stage (Venue, Leimert Park Village, Ca)

Bennie Maupin 

Dwight Trible

Billy Higgins 

5th St Dicks (Los Angeles Coffee House)

Kaos Network (Leimert Park Village, Ca)

Travis Lett 

RVR (Venice, Ca Restaurant)

Townhouse (Venice, Ca Bar/Venue)

Architects w/ Alex Kelman - Ishmeal Butler Special (NTS Radio)

Hiro Murai  

Kahlil Joseph 

Paul Boyd 

Millicent Shelton

Josh Taft

Cobi’s (Venice, CA Restaurant) 

Andy Kravitz 

Aaron Shaw 

Andres Renteria 

Nate Mercereau 

Martine’s Dream (Brooklyn, NYC)

NiCo Robinson 

Scienz of Life 

MF Doom 

Lil Sci

LaMont Hamilton 

La’Shawn Taylor - Stokely’s Records (ATL, GA)

KPFK 90.7 FM (Los Angeles) 

Ralph Nader 

For Keeps Bookstore (ATL, GA)

Fondle ’Em Recordings 

Bobbito Garcia

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Conversations with Photay & Celia Hollander, Jowee Omicil, and Chassol

Music featuring Nate Mercereau, Josh Johnson, Photay, Laraaji, Celia Hollander, Jowee Omicil, Chassol, Jamire Williams, Idris Ackamoor, and Carlos Niño.

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, Michael Alvidrez, Surya Botofasina, Deantoni Parks, André 3000, Saul Williams, International Anthem, Rush Hour,Townhouse Venice, and SpectreVision Radio.

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations

Celia Hollander & Photay

Jowee Omicil

Chassol

Music Featuring

Celia Hollander ‘Perfect Conditions’ Lp (coming out November 22, 2024)

Photay ‘Windswept’ LP (released September 20, 2024 via Mexican Summer) 

Jowee Omicil ‘LekTure’ (released July 15, 2020)

Jowee Omicil ‘SpiriTual HeaLing : Bwa KaYimaN FreeDoM SuiTe’ (released December 1, 2023)

Links

Michael Alvidrez

Phil Ranelin

$3.33 (Celia Hollander early moniker)

Photay ‘Windswept’ Lp (released 09.20.2024 via Mexican Summer)

Matthewdavid

Randal Fisher 

The Listening Garden (Ojai events)

Phil Moffa

Prefuse 73 

Carlos Niño & Friends ‘(I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire’ (released September 15, 2023)

Photay and Carlos Niño ‘An Offering’ (released October 1, 2021 via International Anthem)

Peters Kill River (Upstate New York) 

Mexican Summer records

International Anthem Recordings

Commend

Laraaji 

Surya Botofasina 

Will Logan 

The Village Recording Studio

André 3000

Nate Mercereau 

Michael Gregory Jackson

Jesse Peterson

Wadada Leo Smith

Q-Tip

Hermeto Pascoal 

Hariprasad Chaurasia 

Deantoni Parks 

Haitian Revolution & Liberation (1791 - 1804)

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (Settler of Chicago)

Yann Zitouni 

Eric Dolphy

John Coltrane 

Miles Davis 

Michael Jackson 

Run-DMC 

LL Cool J 

Earth Wind and Fire

Erik Satie

Jamire Williams 

Townhouse Venice 

Stones Throws Records 

Jean Michel Basquiat

Chassol plays Basquiat - Philharmonie de Paris (April, 22, 2023)

Béla Bartók 

Steve Reich

Chassol ‘Indiamore (Varanasi & Kolkata Ragharmonizations)’ (released April 1, 2013 via Tricatel)

Gurpreet Chana

Liv.e 

Terry Riley 

Adam Rudolph

Phoenix 

Janelle Monáe

Tricky 

Magma 

Ground Control (ARTE TV hosted by Chassol)

Bob James “Golden Apple”

Don Sebesky

CTI Records

Hubert Laws 

Billy Cobham 

Freddie Hubbard

Dave Chappelle 

Jason Moran

Idris Ackamoor  

Josh Johnson

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Conversations with Surya Botofasina and Adam Rudolph

Music featuring Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, Andres Renteria, Adam Rudolph, Alakoi Peete, Eternal Wind, Laraaji, Photay, and Carlos Niño.

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, TreePeople, Living Earth, Noah Klein, May Rose, Spiritmuse Records, International Anthem, Nancy Jackson, and SpectreVision Radio.

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations

Surya Botofasina 

Adam Rudolph

Music Featuring

Surya Botofasina ‘Avatar Bookstore’

Surya Botofasina, Adam Rudolph, Carlos Niño ‘Meta-Ideations’ (out on International Anthem Records)

Carlos Niño & Friends - Live at Commend, NYC

Eternal Wind ‘Xingu’

Carlos Niño & Friends - (I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire

Links

Swamini Turiyasangitananda

Sai Anantam Ashram in Agoura Hills, California

Radha Botofasina 

Alice Coltrane 

John Coltrane 

KPFK 90.7fm Los Angeles 

Ashram Sun (Surya’s new album out October 18, 2024)

Spiritmuse Records

Nancy Jackson

Yusef Lateef 

Don Cherry 

Pharoah Sanders 

Commend Records NYC 

Jimetta Rose and The Voices of Creation 

Alakoi Peete 

Serge El Baze aka Cheb i Sabbah

Hassan Hakmoun

Kamau Daaood

Dwight Trible

David Cherry 

Bennie Maupin 

Larry Karush

Steve Reich 

L Shankar 

Kevin Eubanks 

Billy Hart

Dave Liebman

Miles Davis

Hu Vibrational 

Mick Fleetwood 

Eternal Wind 

Phil Mendelson

Charles Moore

Federico Ramos 

Eastern Developments 

Qigong 

Joseph Jarman

Oguri (Butoh Dancer)

Thelonious Monk 

Meta Records 

Nancy Jackson - The Dreamer

Cecil McBee

Bob Wisdom

Bill Laswell 

James dellatacoma

Brian Carlstrom 

Jon Hassell 

Naná Vasconcelos

Ornette Coleman 

Sam Rivers 

Hamid Drake 

Foday Musa Suso 

Muhal Richard Abrams 

Air (trio out of Chicago)

Art Ensemble of Chicago 

Leroy Jenkins 

Lester Lashley 

Douglas Ewart 

Derf Reklaw 

The Pharaohs 

Wadada Leo Smith 

Lester Bowie 

Joe Bowie 

Big Black 

Go: Organic Orchestra

Elvin Jones

Tony Williams 

Sunrise Quartet 

James Mtume

Reggie Lucas 

Michael Henderson 

John Stubblefield 

Pete Cosey 

Carlos Garnett 

Al Foster

George Coleman 

Wayne Shorter

Eric Dolphy

Cecil Taylor 

Ralph Buzzy Jones

Kenny cox 

Contemporary Jazz Quintet 

Joseph Schillinger 

Anthony Braxton 

Charles Stepney 

Cadet

Cadet Concept 

Rotary Connection

Minnie Riperton 

Photay

Laraaji

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Conversations with IASOS and Laraaji, Liv.e, and Saul Williams.

Music featuring IASOS, Laraaji, Photay, Woo, Diego Gaeta, Pablo Calogero, Sam Gendel, Jamael Dean, Randy Gloss, Jesse Peterson, Nate Mercereau, Aaron Shaw, Andres Renteria, Tiffany de Leon, and Carlos Niño.

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, International Anthem, Leaving Records, Justin Hansohn, Anandamide, Douglas Mcgowan, Arji, Capri Justin, IASOS Beyond, and SpectreVision Radio.

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations

IASOS

Laraaji

Liv.e

Saul Williams

Music Featuring

Arji OceAnanda

Photay

Woo

Diego Gaeta

Pablo Calogero

Sam Gendel

Jamael Dean

Randy Gloss

Jesse Peterson

Nate Mercereau

Aaron Shaw

Links

Douglas Mcgowan

I am The Center (Private Issue New Age Music In America, 1950-1990)

Floating Lotus Magic Opera Company

Zither

Roberta Flack

Contact Improv Dance

Gabrielle Roth 5 rhythms

Barefoot Boogie Dance

Zydeco Dance

Waly-Fay

Marion Brown

Alan Silva

Le Silence De La Rue

Neptune Frost

Anisia Uzeyman

Shabaka

Austin Williamson

Shahzad Ismaily

Nasheet Waits

Saul Williams video mentioned  

Cécile Kayirebwa

Reservations Dogs

Deantoni Parks

Surya Botofasina

Benjamin Vukelić

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Conversations with Nate Mercereau, Steve Spacek, Nep Sidhu & Rajni Perera

Music featuring Nate Mercereau, Daedelus, Jamire Williams, Josh Johnson, Deantoni Parks, Andres Renteria, Brandon Eugene Owens, Farmer Dave Scher, Paul Livingstone, and Carlos Niño.

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, Cosmos West Records, Sonic Boom, Invisible City Record Shop, Maylee Todd, Vukelić Family, Gurpreet Chana, Surya Botofasina, Liv.e, Sassy J, Volume Festival Australia, Cindy Aikman, Third Man Records, and SpectreVision Radio.

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations

Nate Mercereau

Steve Spacek

Nep Sidhu

Rajni Perera 

Music Featuring

Nate Mercereau

Daedelus

Jamire Williams

Josh Johnson

Deantoni Parks

Andres Renteria

Farmer Dave Scher

Paul Livingstone

Links

Idris Ackamoor

Cavana Lee

André 3000

Ariel Kalma

Fat Jack

Abstract Rude

Saul Williams

J Dilla

Raphael Saadiq

Q-Tip

Mathieu Schreyer

Common

Sa-Ra

Myka 9

D’Bridge

Exit Records

Saxon Sound System

Afrika Bambaataa

Arthur Baker

Rose Royce

Sister Sledge

Parliament Funkadelic

Central Line

Light of the World

James Brown

Derrick May

Spacek

Edmund Cavill

Morgan Zarate

Mark Pritchard

Africa HiTech

Los Muñequitos De Matanzas

Katalyst

Liv.e

Beverly Glenn-Copeland

Laraaji

Shabazz Palaces

Rajni & Nep’s in The Realm of Lightning

Hiatus Kaiyote

Nai Palm

Vincent Gallo

Cafeteria (Toronto)

John Coltrane ‘Welcome”

Ishmael Bulter

Without Shape Without Form

Hashim & Akiko Bharoocha

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Conversations with Roberto Carlos Lange (aka Helado Negro), and André 3000.

Music featuring Ishmael Butler, Jamael Dean, Iasos, John Michael Daniel, Akiko Bharoocha, Be Hussey, Shin Sasakubo, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, and Carlos Niño.

Produced and Mixed by Carlos Niño

Mastered by Jon McEdward 

Executive Producer: Alex Kelman

Thanks to Annelise, Moss, Azul, and Claudia Niño, Jeff Stabenau, Zopi, Christopher and all the Commune Atlanta folks, Kristi Sword, Prefuse 73, Jen at The Oriel, International Anthem, RVNG, Leaving Records, Capri Justin, IASOS Beyond, and to all my new Radio Familia at SpectreVision. 

Thank You for listening,

Carlos

Conversations:

Helado Negro

André 3000

Music Featuring:

Carlos Niño & Friends "Esssssssence"

Iasos

John Michael Daniel "We're On An Adventure"

Carlos Niño & Friends "Trance Elation Of Transformance"

Shin Sasakubo

Links:

Commune ATL

Drop of Sun Studios

Guillermo Scott Herren

Eastern Developments Records

Chris Devoe

Wax 'N' Facts

Criminal Records

Wuxtry Records

Gal Costa

Bruce Haack

Gilberto Gil

Caetano Veloso

Laura Nyro

Milton Nascimento

Dionne Warwick & Burt Bacharach

Stevie Wonder

Chaka Khan "I Feel For You" (written by Prince)

Sinéad O'Connor "Nothing Compares 2 U (written by Prince)

Steve Kuhn "The Meaning of Love"

Carlos Niño & Friends Placenta

David Bohm

Guillermo Martinez

Luis Perez Ixoneztli

Outkast "Bombs Over Baghdad"

Electric Lady Studios

The Village Studios

Andy Kravitz

Dave Meyers

Variety Playhouse

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Enter the life field of highly prolific Los Angeles based Creative Music Producer and Recording Artist Carlos Niño as he reports on and from his Sonic Journeys, Tour Adventures, and Spontaneous Compositional Studio Explorations . . .

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