Valentina Magaletti
Valentina Magaletti is a multi-genre drummer, percussionist, and composer based in London. Biography. Magaletti was born in Bari, Italy. She moved to London at the age of 21 and has resided there since. Career. She has collaborated and performed with acclaimed London experimental electronic project Raime, Nicolas Jaar, Jandek, Helm, Malcom Catto, Charles Hayward, Bat for Lashes, and Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals). Her influences include Ikue Mori, Georgia Hubley, Jaki Liebezeit, Milford Graves, Elvin Jones, Tony Buck, Charles Hayward, Billy Higgins, Han Bennink, and Art Blakey. Her principal project is as one half of the duo  Tomaga with bassist/multi-instrumentalist Tom Relleen. She is also a member of the critically acclaimed experimental pop quintet Vanishing Twin and the supergroup UUUU, along with Graham Lewis (Wire) and Thighpaulsandra (Coil). 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 that also included Thurston Moore and Steven Shelley of Sonic Youth, Deb Googe of My Bloody Valentine, and original Can singer Malcolm Mooney. She and percussionist and sculptor Joăo Pais Filipe released their first album  as CZN (Copper, Zinc and Nickel) "The Golden Path" in 2018, and a collaborative release with Swiss percussionist and composer Julian Sartorius, "Sulla Pelle", followed in 2019. Selected discography. Solo CZN Tomaga UUUU Vanishing Twin