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Carlos Ni帽o, Liv.e, Andr茅 3000 and Luis P茅rez Ixoneztli discuss how their music is inspired by spirit, the feeling of creating sounds that are meaningful to them, and how they stay open to learning during their lives in music.

Carlos Ni帽o is a prolific producer, percussionist, and composer based in California, known for his unique, highly developed, self-described 鈥淪piritual, Improvisational, Space Collage鈥� sound. In September of this year, he released (I鈥檓 just) Chillin鈥�, on Fire, his most singular, intentional work ever, featuring the most vibrant and abundant gathering of Friends which included the likes of Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Laraaji, Kamasi Washington and Andr茅 3000 (and also produced Andr茅's latest album, New Blue Sun).

Andr茅 3000 - is one of the most celebrated artists of the last three decades, an auteur whose work in music, film, fine arts, and fashion, continues to influence the cultural landscape on a global scale. As one half of Outkast, Andr茅 established a brand new voice within rap that had never been experienced before when the pair emerged in the early 鈥�90s. In November of this year, after a 17-year hiatus, Andr茅 3000 released his debut solo album, New Blue Sun - where he plays flutes - it's not a rap record and as Andr茅 describes "represents a continuation of adventure and discovery for me."

Hailing from Dallas, Texas, experimental R&B artist Liv.e is known for her hypnotic voice and eclectic musical influences. She was first introduced to music through the church ,but now draws inspiration from the likes of Lalah Hathaway and Wayne Shorter, as well as Dallas-based label Dolfin Records. In February of this year she released her critically acclaimed second album, Girl in the Half Pearl.

Composer, ethnomusicologist and multi-instrumentalist Luis P茅rez Ixoneztli is a hugely influential figure in Mexican music, who鈥檚 dedicated years of research to the pre-Columbian instrumentation of Mesoamerica, travelling around the country to study the musical traditions of Mexico鈥檚 native peoples. His music has been described as 鈥減erhaps the ultimate fusion of ethnic and modern music鈥�; in 2013, his work was inducted into the Archive of Mexican Music, 32 years after it was first published.