Duval Timothy & Carlos Niño - rain music (2026)

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.

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.

Tracklist
01 assata's rain
02 loopy
03 ideations on rain (feat. Nate Mercereau)
04 bellsssswell
05 bumpy
06 beautiful, tender, colours (feat. Navy Blue)
07 reallyfeelingthis
08 birds, shells, rivets, keys