Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño rain music

• 1. Assata’s Rain
• 2. Loopy
• 3. Ideations On Rain (feat Nate Mercereau)
• 4. Bellsssswell
• 5. Bumpy
• 6. Beautiful, Tender, Colors (feat Navy Blue)
• 7. Reallyfeelingthis
• 8. Birds, Shells, Rivets, Keys

A drizzly day in South London brought London/Freetown pianist Duval Timothy together with California percussionist Carlos NiNo for their first collaboration, rain music, and evidently the weather got into the microphones. 'assata's rain' unfurls as soft-edged spiritual jazz with Timothy's circular piano settling into NiNo's cymbal haze. 'loopy' then finds him worrying the same phrases like a loose tooth as gongs and chimes shimmer around the edges. 'beautiful, tender, colours' brings Navy Blue into their gently lopsided metre. By 'birds, shells, rivets, keys', piano and stray environmental sound are barely disturbing the air. Umbrella music, in the nicest possible sense.