IV III: Valentina Magaletti + Sholto Dobie

IV x les ateliers claus

In vitro #3

Valentina Magaletti

Valentina Magaletti is a drummer-composer and multi-instrumentalist with an inventive approach to drums and percussion. Her versatile technique, which can incorporate anything from vibes and marimba to contact microphones and found objects, results in a style that is forever evolving. Feeling just as comfortable performing behind a delicate ceramic kit as she does hammering out motorik rhythms, her creative take on percussion has resulted in a diverse discography and many interesting collaborations.

As a drummer, Magaletti moves effortlessly between the seemingly disparate worlds of alternative and mainstream music. She has played with artists such as Pat Thomas, Deb Googe, Thurston Moore, Lafawndah, Nist-Nah Ensemble, Charles Hayward, Mica Levi, Kamasi Washington, and Nicolas Jaar to name a few.

Magaletti’s compositional credits are just as elaborate: with Tom Relleen, she was one half of Tomaga, the critically acclaimed electronic duo; with Al Wootton, she creates irresistible claustrophobic dub as Holy Tongue; with Pino Montecalvo, under the Avvitagalli alias, Valentina improvises intricate sonic collages; alongside percussionist João Pais Filipe, as CZN, she constructs hallucinatory rhythmic worlds, which are as fragile as they are eternal.

Perhaps her most accessible project is Vanishing Twin, the trio with Cathy Lucas and Susumu Mukai aka Zongamin, that explores the spaces bridging jazz and psychedelia. Following the impulse to explore uncharted territories, Magaletti teamed up with production duo Raime. Christening the project Moin, the trio created Moot! for Nic Tasker’s AD 93 label in 2021.

Valentina has performed or composed music released on labels including Editions Mego, Trilogy Tapes, Offen,Takuroku, Marionette,Hands in the Dark, Blank Editions, Confront,Latency, Horn of Plenty, Meakusma, Emotional Response, Other People, Soundway, Fire Records and many more.

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/a-queer-anthology-of-drums

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/rotta

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/album/due-matte

Sholto Dobie

Sholto Dobie was born in Edinburgh and lives in Vilnius. He uses loose structures and an array of sound-sources including home-made organs and hurdy gurdy. His performances are personal and intuitive, often coming across as delicate, evocative, and absurd.

He has recorded and performed with artists and musicians including Rie Nakajima, Judith Hamann, Lia Mazzari, Shakeeb Abu Hamdan, Mark Harwood, Marja Ahti & Niko Mahti Ahti, Antonina Nowacka, Malvern Brume and Lucia Nimcova. He has released solo and collaborative music with labels such as Mappa, Infant Tree, Takuroku. Penultimate Press and Thanet Tape Centre and has toured widely, presenting performances at Cafe Oto (London), Fylkingen (Stockholm), De Player (Rotterdam), KM28 (Berlin), Kraak Festival (Antwerp), Organ Sound Art Festival (Copenhagen), Jauna Muzika Festival (Vilnius), Counterflows Festival (Glasgow) and Glasgow International (Glasgow).

https://thanettapecentre.bandcamp.com/album/nevery

https://themarkharwood.bandcamp.com/album/the-blue-horse

https://mappa.bandcamp.com/album/dilo

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