{"id":900,"date":"2021-08-02T18:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/08\/02\/its-a-beautiful-day-in-mister-rajers-neighborhood\/"},"modified":"2021-08-02T18:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T18:45:00","slug":"its-a-beautiful-day-in-mister-rajers-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2021\/2021\/08\/02\/its-a-beautiful-day-in-mister-rajers-neighborhood\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s a Beautiful Day in Mister Rajer’s Neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On May 18, Mister Rajers\u2019 Neighborhood dropped the new trippy summer anti-anthem “Cinco Uno Eight“<\/strong> a psychedelic song about the Capital Region of Upstate New York. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201c<\/strong>Cinco Uno Eight” <\/strong>is originally written, composed, and produced by L Ni\u00f1o<\/a><\/em>. An idea to combine various local artists he had previously worked with in order to properly honor the 518 led to the development of this song. Whether it be the appearances of Mike Guagliardo<\/a> and Showerpanther<\/a> adding a distinctive synth sound, to including soothing ambient noises from artists from the local area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps the highlight of the track however are the two local MC\u2019s, Justin Sedefian aka Sav<\/em> <\/strong>and <\/strong>Word Class<\/em> <\/strong>aka <\/strong>Major Capers<\/em>. “Each individual layered on an instrumental or vocal to create a truly odd, strange, ode to our beautiful homeland.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cameos were also made by Will Fredette <\/strong>of the Albany band El Modernist.<\/a> The final edition of Kevin Lovely, who has known L Ni\u00f1o since they both attended Guilderland High School, took over mixing duties, while sound engineer legend David Tyo<\/a> refined the track as the mastering engineer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

L Ni\u00f1o wrote the initial song and produced it and left “gaps” for people to spit verses on, and then had friends each add “layers” which which was chopped up and collaged by L Ni\u00f1o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cL Ni\u00f1o” <\/strong>is <\/strong>a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer based out of Troy, NY. He remained in the underground scene until achieving some local traction in the Albany area for his work with Major Ni\u00f1o<\/a> which was recently in the running for an Eddie Award. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

L Ni\u00f1o played violin all throughout highschool. But really didn’t start getting into production, until returning to Troy around 2015. He has taught himself guitar, bass, drums, and production. “My favorite thing to do is produce though, so this was a really neat opportunity to “produce” other musicians and have them spit on a track that was designed to be uh….spitted on?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He has released music under numerous monikers and projects such as L Ni\u00f1o, Mister Rajers\u2019 Neighborhood, Major Ni\u00f1o, and Jacques in the Bag. <\/strong>Featured in the Times Union and Floated Magazine with features on 102.7 WEQX-FM and local radio stations such as WCAA-LP 107.3 FM, L Ni\u00f1o<\/em> <\/strong>has also played at well-known local Capital Region venues such as The Fuze Box, The Low Beat, and Troy Kitchen. <\/strong>In the wake of Covid, as venues start to open back up, L Ni\u00f1o hopes to bring more compositions from different projects and artists to the stage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In L Ni\u00f1o’s other video, “Trumpistani Breakfast,” he compares peoples obsessions with McDonalds to others obsession and fascination with Trump in this wacky video. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“I guess the tongue-in-cheek metaphor would be like…imagine if there was an individual or a whole group of individuals who for some reason thought that McDonald’s makes the BEST burger ever! Which works since Trump LOVES McDonalds. (Not saying that there’s anything wrong with a McDonalds burger, there’s a time and place where it sure hits the spot, but to believe that it’s THE BEST EVER is uh….is something) So the video was just trying to convey being disturbingly obsessed with McDonalds…..or other things.”<\/p>L Ni\u00f1o<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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