Listen to “Loopy” from the collaborative LP Rain Music , also featuring Navy Blue, Laraaji, and Nate Mercereau Carlos Niño and Duval Timothy, photo courtesy of the artists 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 .…