Omniversal Hum: Valentina Magaletti (solo), Tim Coster

Undoubtedly a prolific collaborator and a central cog in the Moin machine, Omniversal Hum is no shade less than delighted to present one of the worlds leading explorative drummers Valentina Magaletti in solo performance. Performing textural keyboard works on the night, Tim Coster will open the program with detailed lofi/hifi sound worlds depicting a harmonic array of varied emotions that are common to the human condition.

Valentina Magaletti

https://valentinamagaletti.bandcamp.com/music

Tim Coster

https://timcoster.bandcamp.com/

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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 members of Radiohead, Sally Potter, Cate le Bon, Floating Points, Jandek, Pat Thomas, Deb Googe, Malcolm Mooney, Thurston Moore, Steve Beresford, Steve Shelley, Lafawndah, Mica

Levi, Sampha, Kamasi Washington, and Nicolas Jaar to name a few. In addition to collaborating with the gamelan Ensemble Nist-Nah and drummers Malcom Catto, Julian Sartorius and Charles Hayward, she has played with stalwarts of the experimental underground scene like Gnod’s Marlene Ribeiro, Wire’s Graham Lewis, and Thighpaulsandra (Coil). In 2017, Valentina participated in The Can Project, standing in for the late Jaki Liebezeit, at London’s Barbican Centre.

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. In contrast, Better Corners – Valentina’s remote collaboration with Matthew Simms (Wire, Memorials) and Sarah Register (Kim Gordon Band) – utilises an array of treated sound sources like prepared piano, flutes, and modular boxes to generate abrasive drone-laden soundscapes. 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, followed by Paste in 2022 and a ferocious Ep in 2023.

Valentina has performed or composed music released on labels including Editions Mego, Trilogy Tapes, Honest Jons, Flee, Longform Editions, Offen,T akuroku, Marionette, Hands in the Dark,Blank Editions, Confront, Latency, Horn of Plenty, Meakusma, Emotional Response, Other People, Soundway, Fire Records, AD93 and many more.