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1 day agoDuval Timothy / Carlos Nino: rain music
Percussion and field textures create an open, forest-like sound bed that guides other instruments and listeners into an intuitive shared moment.
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.
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