Saul Williams meets Carlos Niño & Friends

Saul Williams is an American poet, rapper, actor, and musician known for his powerful blend of spoken word, hip-hop, and alternative music. Emerging from New York's slam poetry scene, he gained acclaim with his 1998 debut album "Amethyst Rock Star," produced by Rick Rubin. Williams' work, including albums like "The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust!" and "Volcanic Sunlight," is celebrated for its thoughtprovoking lyrics and genre-defying sound. As a versatile artist, he has also acted in films like "Slam" and authored several books of poetry, establishing himself as a profound and influential voice in contemporary art and culture.

Carlos Niño is a prolific album Producer, expansive Percussionist, experimental Composer, connector, communicator, known primarily for his main project Carlos Niño & Friends, and for his extensive work on André 3000's New Blue Sun. Previously Niño made albums as/with Ammoncontact, Build An Ark, The Life Force Trio, and others. Niño cites Iasos, Laraaji, Luis Pérez Ixoneztli, Adam Rudolph, Idris Ackamoor, Pharoah Sanders, Don Cherry, Yusef Lateef, Alice Coltrane, Airto, Kamau Daaood, Dwight Trible, Dexter Story, Jesse Peterson, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Jamire Williams, Deantoni Parks, Surya Botofasina, Nate Mercereau, and André 3000 as among his “closest Mentors, Influences, Elders, and peers, all of whom I know well, (or at least met several times,) in this life..."