Valentina Magaletti

Valentina Magaletti
Valentina Magaletti in 2022 -- pic by Fanny Chiarello
Valentina Magaletti in 2022
Background information
BornBari, Italy
Occupations
  • Drummer
  • percussionist
  • composer
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
Member of
Websitevalentinamagaletti.com
valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com

Valentina Magaletti is a multi-genre drummer, percussionist, improviser and composer based in London.

Biography

Magaletti was born in Bari, Italy. She lives in London, UK.[1]

Career

She has collaborated and performed with London experimental electronic project Raime (with whom they form the band Moin), Charles Hayward, Nicolas Jaar, Jandek, Helm, Malcolm Catto, Lafawndah, Bat for Lashes, and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals).[2] Her influences include Ikue Mori, Georgia Hubley, Jaki Liebezeit, Milford Graves, Elvin Jones, Tony Buck, Charles Hayward, Billy Higgins, Han Bennink, and Art Blakey.[3]

Her principal project was as one half of the duo Tomaga with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Tom Relleen.[4] She is also a member of Moin and of the [5] experimental pop quintet Vanishing Twin, the duo V/Z with Zongamin and the supergroup UUUU, along with Graham Lewis (Wire) and Thighpaulsandra (Coil).[6] In 2017, she played drums as part of surviving Can member Irmin Schmidt's The Can Project, based around Schmidt's orchestral reimagining of classic Can songs and themes with an ensemble.[7] She and percussionist and sculptor João Pais Filipe released their first album as CZN (Copper, Zinc and Nickel) The Golden Path in 2018,[8] and a collaborative release with Swiss percussionist and composer Julian Sartorius, Sulla Pelle, followed in 2019.[9]

Discography

Title Label Year Released
Due Matte Commando Vanessa 2020
A Queer Anthology of Drums Takuroku 2020
La Tempesta Colorata A Colourful Storm 2022
Batterie Fragile Un Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi 2022
Rotta Blume 2022
Cupo Self-released 2023
EP/64-63 Permanent Draft 2023
Ondata Rossa Content Providers.Ltd 2023
Valentina Plays The Batterie Fragile Un Je-Ne-Sais-Quoi 2017
Sulla Pelle Marionette 2019
Permanent Draft Horn of Plenty <O 2022
Lucha Libre Permanent Draft 2024
Permanent Draft Horn of Plenty <O 2023
Different Rooms Longform Editions 2023

References

  1. ^ "Dream Cymbals - Valentina Magaletti". Dreamcymbals.com. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Valentina Magaletti". Futura Artists. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Interview: Valentina Magaletti - M Magazine". M-magazine.co.uk. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Tomaga". Futura Artists. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "The Age of Immunology by Vanishing Twin". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  6. ^ "UUUU - Editions Mego". Editionsmego.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Spoon Records | News | Barbican announces The Can Project". Spoonrecords.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  8. ^ "THE GOLDEN PATH, by CZN (Joao Pais Filipe & Valentina Magaletti)". Czndrums.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Sulla Pelle — marionette". Marionettelabel.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019.