Prolific drummer and collaborator Valentina Magaletti marks the release of Tomaga's finest album by telling @JenniferLAllan about her favourite 13 albums... Valentina Magaletti’s Baker’s Dozen tquiet.us/2PNksaM

Ahead of her residency with Maria Chávez 🇵🇸 for the Rewire 2021 online edition, Valentina Magaletti was interviewed by The Quietus for their longstanding Baker's Dozen feature. Read the interview and check out some of her work here ↓ rewirefestival.nl/feature/valent…

"I flew to Stockholm to see them - someone landed on me. Ian MacKaye stopped the show and was like ‘Who's that cunt!? We do not do that shit here!’ I was in the front row." Valentina Magaletti on Fugazi – Instrument Soundtrack tquiet.us/2PNksaM @JenniferLAllan

"Broadcast were impeccable. There are these beautiful melodies, but at the same time so avant-garde in their sound with that retro taste – you can hear the influence in my band Vanishing Twin" Valentina Magaletti on Broadcast – Haha Sound thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"Technique can be a blessing and a curse. I studied a lot – classical music at conservatory, marimba and vibraphone, but the way you tell stories is where it's at…" Valentina Magaletti’s Baker’s Dozen tquiet.us/VM13 @JenniferLAllan

Streaming this week: Tusk TV w/ William Parker, Nappy Nina, Valentina Magaletti; Counterflows w/ Annea Lockwood, Nazar, Mazen Kerbaj, Susie Ibarra; Steve Gunn live; VOOV TV w/ FM Einheit, Ale Hop, Gino Robair; Audiograft w/ Judith Hamann, claire rousay: mailchi.mp/thewire/the-we…

"The Cure ended that gig with the song ‘Faith’, and it was my baptism to music fanaticism." Valentina Magaletti on The Cure - Faith thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"What is there not to be inspired by? It's so beautiful on so many levels. He's not interested in being labelled, he was a free spirit." Valentina Magaletti on Don Cherry – Organic Music Society thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

CZN – Luxury Variations (TTT095) Valentina Magaletti Joao Pãis Filipe Leon Marks Mixed and produced by Leon Marks Mastered by Alex Gordon at Abbey Road, London thetrilogytapes.bandcamp.com/album/luxury-v… Thanks to Pete Swanson

"I could have picked almost anything by Yo La Tengo, they’re the kind of band that always makes you feel at home." Valentina Magaletti on Yo La Tengo – I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

Tusk TV launches today. The 1st episode in the new series of monthly shows presented by Newcastle based @tusk_music will feature performances by William Parker, MC Nappy Nina, Valentina Magaletti, and Spunk. Online, 2 April, 8pm UTC: thewire.co.uk/events/tusk-tv…

"When someone played Miles Davis' Get Up With It, and told me to listen to the drums, the world just opened up." Valentina Magaletti on Miles Davis – Get Up With It thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

@tusk_music #TV launches tonight 8pm inc #GiantTank @Chobertson #SPUNK #NappyNina #ValentinaMagaletti the Invisible #HiveMindRecords plus I chat BISHOP REZAEI ‘Veil’ Opal Tapes with #RadicalNewcastle himself, TOPH fam Mark//kenosist 🍒 tuskfestival.com/artists/tusk-t… 🤌🏽

"The Art Ensemble of Chicago are so out there. It's not strictly jazz, it's not strictly free, it's so punk as well" Valentina Magaletti on The Art Ensemble Of Chicago – People In Sorrow thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"If you listen to the productions of Malcolm Catto for Vanishing Twin, and how he tried to make me sound, it’s this record. The bastard has a fucking original of this album!' Valentina Magaletti on The Group – The Feed-Back thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"The drumming is incredible. One of the best jazz drummers with this kind of African ensemble that is a combo between tribal rhythm and free jazz." Valentina Magaletti on Art Blakey – Orgy In Rhythm (Volume One) thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

'Tomaga wouldn’t exist without This Heat. Charles Hayward is one of my dearest friends and a mentor to me. When we play together, he wants to learn from me too, which is so flattering.' Valentina Magaletti on This Heat – This Heat thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"Whatever happened with this inflation of the ‘kraut’ bit is just a synonym of good drumming, or motorik good drumming – it doesn’t matter if it's from Germany or not." Valentina Magaletti On Can - Ege Bamyasi thequietus.com/articles/29784… @JenniferLAllan

"Greg Saunier's drumming is amazing. He was joking with me that he wouldn’t know what a paradiddle is – he's not technically trained in a conventional way, but is in a class on his own." Valentina Magaletti On Deerhoof – Milk Man @JenniferLAllan

TOMAGA.Terminato poco prima della scomparsa di Tom Relleen (basso, synth ed elettronica), Intimate Immensity è l’ultimo cd del duo con la batterista Valentina Magaletti. Segue i pionieristici studi elettronici minimalisti di Laurie Spiegel e Pauline Anna .musicclub.eu/artisti/tomaga