Thandi Ntuli feat. Carlos Niño – Rainbow Revisited (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]
Thandi Ntuli feat. Carlos Niño – Rainbow Revisited (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 48:20 minutes | 459 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © International Anthem
South African pianist Thandi Ntuli traveled to Los Angeles in 2019, where she recorded this album of bare, explorative piano and voice pieces at a Venice Beach studio with International Anthem artist Carlos Niño in the producer chair. An absolutely stunning, intimate listen, with Ntuli’s prowess as a pianist and singularity as a vocalist on vivid display as much as her fearlessness, vulnerability and adventurousness during occasional experiments with synthesizers and percussion. Niño colors open minimalist soundscapes with overdubbed percussion, cymbals and plants.
Read moreCarlos Niño – (I’m just) Chillin’, on Fire (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:35:29 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Electronic, Nu Jazz, Space-Age, Psychedelic
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Over the past few years, concert patrons have stopped the musician Carlos Niño after gigs to ask two simple questions: “Are you a shaman?” “I hear the medicine in your music, can I come to your next ceremony?” The queries are fair enough: Looking at Niño, a tall man with a wild beard and kind eyes, one would think he’s from some faraway time and could maybe cast spells. Once you get to know him, you find that he’s just an incredibly sweet guy with a laid-back demeanor, and that he isn’t some guru claiming to have an all-access pass to the otherworld.
Read moreCarlos Niño – International Anthem @ Public Records (Volume 4) (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 36:08 minutes | 363 MB | Genre: Jazz
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This particular recording is split into four songs but the set itself bore few separations. A full and immersive listen bears that out—nothing stops, per se, but transitions until the final song. Opener “Meta-Ideations,” meanders through several stylistic changes in 19 minutes without a hiccup, showcasing the control Carlos Niño, Surya Botofasina and Adam Rudolph have even in improvisational settings.
Read moreCarlos Niño & Friends – Actual Presence (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 42:40 minutes | 467 MB | Genre: New Age, Easy Listening, Jazz, Space Ambient
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Carlos Niño
Seventh album from Carlos Niño, the Los Angeles polymath, enlists trusted friends to mould another astral, Afro-futuristic suite of unrelenting beauty which teeters at the edge of New Age and spiritual jazz.
Read moreCarlos Nino & Friends – EXTRA PRESENCE (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:31:05 minutes | 999 MB | Genre: Ambient, Psychedelic, Experimental
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © International Anthem
EXTRA PRESENCE is a 90 minute, 17-track collection showcasing Los Angeles modern music scene pioneer Carlos Niño’s unique, highly developed, self-described “Spiritual, Improvisational, Space Collage” sound, and featuring an incredible cast of collaborators (including Jamael Dean, Nate Mercereau, Shabazz Palaces, Deantoni Parks, Sam Gendel, Laraaji, Jamire Williams, Iasos, and more)…
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