One would hope that the profile of the pianist and composer Duval Timothy might rise exponentially after his high-profile production work on Kendrick Lamar’s Mr Morale & the Big Steppers. This former art student – who dresses only in blue (in fealty to the signage in his home borough of Lewisham), co-wrote a cookbook of African recipes and currently lives between London and Freetown, Sierra Leone – has been making consistently excellent music for a long time. His quizzical piano miniatures have been sampled by Loyle Carner, Solange and Mount Kimbie; he has collaborated with the likes of David Okumu and Rosie Lowe; and his new album, Meeting With a Judas Tree, is accompanied by a short film which shows at the ICA, London, this weekend.
