Carlos Niño

On “Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople”, the music and poetry exist symbiotically, growing out of the same physical and political landscape. Williams has a gift of kindling revolutionary thought through a sense of responsibility, to the land and to each other. It’s a message the world needs to hear, and on this beautiful, angry and groundbreaking live album, he gets that message across with unrivalled eloquence.

Poet Saul Williams and producer Carlos Niño have released “The Water Is Rising…”, a new single featuring poet aja monet. The track pits monet’s soft apocalyptic reading against Williams’s hopeful parable, set to swirling woodwinds from Kamasi Washington and ethereal vibraphone. It’s the latest preview of their collaborative album, Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, recorded live outdoors and releasing August 28th.

Poet and vocalist Saul Williams and renowned percussionist and producer Carlos Niño have announced Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends at TreePeople, a new live album out August 28, 2025, via International Anthem. Recorded outdoors in Los Angeles, the improvised performance features an all-star ensemble including Kamasi Washington and Nate Mercereau. The lead single, “Sound then Words,” is available to stream now.

Recorded in May 2024 at 2220 Arts + Archive, Los Angeles, California, watch Carlos Niño & Friends performing their 2024 album Placenta – a work of warmth and humanity and unruly, anarchic joy that’s perfectly captured on stage.

A concept album about the physical and spiritual aspects of birth and parenthood, Carlos Niño & Friends’ “Placenta” is a work of warmth, humanity, and unruly anarchic joy, with Niño acting as a catalyst through which the swell of creativity can be filtered and condensed.

Placenta is the fourth collection of Carlos Niño & Friends albums to be released by International Anthem in the last four years. Listen to the lead single Love to all Doulas!