A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选

by VALENTINA MAGALETTI

supported by

more...

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9 USD or more
12" Black LP
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
*Shipping from Beijing in September

Please support our artists and physical format :)

Includes unlimited streaming of A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Sold Out

1.	She/Her/Gone 04:17	buy track
2.	The Unity of the Mind 03:07 video	buy track
3.	A Queer Anthology of Drums 03:18	buy track
4.	Words I First Saw 02:51	buy track
5.	Rumours of Bread 01:21	buy track
6.	Body in a Room 05:15	buy track
7.	Per Strada 02:10	buy track
8.	The Other Side of Everything 03:10	buy track
9.	Tutti Al Circo 02:11	buy track

about

A Queer Anthology of Drums - "a percussive collage of low-fi frequencies documenting a journey that never took place" (Takuroku), a home recording capturing Valentina's ritualistic free-improv essence, is now being presented to audiences across the world by bié Records, via both streaming services and vinyl for the first time.

*A Queer Anthology of Drums was originally released on Cafe Oto's label “Takuroku” with 8 tracks solely in MP3 format. The new version by the Beijing-based bié Records, whose associate acts range across Hualun, Yu Su, Lim Giong, Gong Gong Gong and many more, is specifically remastered for vinyl format and expanded to 9 tracks with the previously unreleased “She/Her/Gone”.

《异鼓选》，与其说是来自 Valentina 的个人录音，不如说是一场由似有若无节奏构成的 “仪式” 。无需复杂音符的支撑和旋律色彩的渲染，Valentina 仅用一个人操控的简单循环乐句、持续音和错落有致的多样打击乐器，就编织出频率的天罗地网，成功捕捉到彼时空气振动之感，以及听者体内深处的原始反应——如人类第一次感受节奏、接触语言、经历白昼、触碰灵魂时的错愕、惊喜与眩目。

*该唱片最初由厂牌 Takuroku 于 2020 年，以 MP3 付费下载的形式在其网站售卖；现收录此前未发布的额外曲目 “She/Her/Gone” ，经 bié Records 针对黑胶介质进行了全新母带处理后，以实体黑胶唱片和数字流媒体播放的形式首次面向全球乐迷发布。

credits

released May 27, 2022

Valentina Magaletti played and assembled percussion, drums, field recordings, vibraphone, toys, and oscillators
Mixed by Leon Marks in London,UK
Mastered by Sarah Register in NYC

Cover Photo by Andrea Cavazzuti
Layout by Tom Ng

Special thanks to: Takuroku and Cafe Oto, Tom Relleen, Marta Salogni, João Pais Felipe and Pilot Press.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

About Valentina Magaletti:

A multi-genre Italo-British drummer, percussionist, and composer based in London; a collaborator of the CAN project in 2017; one half of both Tomaga and Holy Tongue; a member of the critically acclaimed experimental pop quartet Vanishing Twin; a "musical chameleon" who's worked with Nicolas Jaar, Malcolm Catto, Charles Hayward (This Heat), Graham Lewis (Wire, Dome), Tightpaul Sandra (Coil, Spiritualized, Julian Cope), Thurston Moore and many more.

Valentina Magaletti 被媒体称为 “音乐变色龙”。这位意大利裔英国打击乐手常驻伦敦，和风格截然不同的诸多作曲家都有密切合作。作为固定成员，她是先锋团体 Tomaga 和 Holy Tongue 的二分之一，也是广受好评的实验流行四重奏 Vanishing Twin 的鼓手；她参与过鼎鼎大名的 CAN Project；曾与 Nicolas Jaar、Malcolm Catto、Charles Hayward（This Heat）、Graham Lewis（Wire、Dome）、Tightpaul Sandra（Coil、Spiritualized、Julian Cope）、Thurston Moore 等不同时代、不同音乐领域又都同样具备极强探索精神的著名音乐人合作。

license

about

VALENTINA MAGALETTI London, UK

Valentina Magaletti is a drummer, percussionist and composer whose goal is to strategically enrich a folkloristic and eclectic palette through endless listening and experimentation with new materials and sounds. She has performed and co-written with many artists including Nicolas Jaar,Jandek,Charles Hayward, Mica Levi, Tirzah,LafawndahKamasi Washington,Sampha,Graham Lewis,Thurston Moore,Gruff Rhys ... more

valentinamagaletti.com

Recommendations

shows

Apr 12

Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ

Amsterdam, Netherlands

contact / help

Contact VALENTINA MAGALETTI

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

VALENTINA MAGALETTI recommends:

INTIMATE IMMENSITY
by TOMAGA

The last, outstanding release of the London based experimental duo ), accomplished just before Tom’s passing in August 2020, is the distillate of two years of new creative enhancement. VALENTINA MAGALETTI
go to album

If you like VALENTINA MAGALETTI, you may also like:

Promises
by Floating Points, Pharoah Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra

supported by 32 fans who also own “A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选”

This has become one of the most important albums of my life. It’s essence is indescribable. Every sound from the start of the record through the end is placed delicately and with care. The album cover is by Julie Mehretu. It’s absolutely an incredible release for which I shall be eternally grateful. Aniket
go to album
Living Torch
by Kali Malone

supported by 30 fans who also own “A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选”

These compositions bear so much gravity that time bends and slows when they're on. Beautiful, mesmerizing, haunting. Connor Brown
go to album
a softer focus
by claire rousay

supported by 28 fans who also own “A Queer Anthology of Drums 异鼓选”

Evocative and engrossing. burntstick
go to album
Radical Acceptance
by Joy Guidry

Brooklyn's Joy Guidry delivers an exemplary free-jazz album fueled by self-love, compassion, laughter and the celebration of Black voices. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 18, 2022
go to album
Noise à Noise 23: Noise vs. Silence (Vol. I-IV)
by Noise à Noise

A four-volume experimental compilation serves as protest music for modern-day Iran. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jan 24, 2023
go to album