On a sunny September afternoon in Amsterdam I met up with Carlos Niño, who had a show with the Dublab crew from LA that evening, and just released the second album of creative jazz ensemble Build An Ark, called Dawn. A central figure in the LA music scene Carlos Niño seems to be all about connecting people and bridging the gap between different generations. He works for instance with Daedelus, Flying Lotus and SA-RA but also with jazz vocalist Dwight Trible and multi-instrumentalist/composer Miguel Atwood-Ferguson. And he has a weekly radioshow for more then a decade now: Spaceways radio. Instead of talking about all his different projects, we kept it basic, and focused on his vision about the healing power of music.

Also listen to a mix Carlos recently did for the Faces Records podcast on Samurai.FM.