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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