Duval Timothy and Carlos Niño have linked up for an album: Rain Music is due May 22, via their respective self-run labels, Carrying Colour and CNF. Navy Blue, Laraaji, and Nate Mercereau are among the guests. Listen to “Loopy” and check out the art and tracklist below.
Rain Music started as a session combining Timothy’s prepared piano and Niño’s percussion at the former composer’s south London studio. Work continued remotely, at their homes in London and California, at which point Niño brought in the extra players—also including double bassist Michael Alvidrez, saxophonist Darius Jones, and woodwind all-rounder Aaron Shaw—and sequenced the record.
Rain Music follows Timothy’s 2025 album Wishful Thinking and his recent soundtrack to Akinola Davies Jr.’s film My Father’s Shadow. Niño remains a prolific, international percussionist-about-town, with recent full-length projects including his collaborative LP with Saul Williams and Carlos Niño & Friends’ Bubble Bath for Giants.
Rain Music:
01 Assata’s Rain
02 Loopy
03 Ideations on Rain [ft. Nate Mercereau]
04 Bellsssswell
05 Bumpy
06 Beautiful, Tender, Colours [ft. Navy Blue]
07 Reallyfeelingthis
08 Birds, Shells, Rivets, Keys
