Duval Timothy and Carlos Niño's "rain music": A review of atmospheric percussion and texture
By
Dash Lewis
An everything bagel for the brain. Substantive, layered, well-seasoned.
Summary
A review of the collaborative album "rain music" by Duval Timothy and Carlos Niño. The article describes Niño's unique approach to percussion as creating textural, atmospheric soundscapes rather than traditional rhythmic structures, comparing his playing to natural phenomena like cicadas and fireflies. The review highlights the intuitive, organic nature of the music.
Key quotes
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His playing expands and contracts at an intuitive level, like breathing or the shifting patterns of weather.
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