LUCHA LIBRE, by Valentina Magaletti

LUCHA LIBRE

by Valentina Magaletti

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Greg strange happenings afoot! spellbinding percussion! an ominous vibe! rad artwork! Favorite track: AND THERE IS US.

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1.	AND THERE IS US 04:41	buy track
2.	NOIAZ 02:13	buy track
3.	LOTTA 01:13	buy track
4.	DRUM JUMP 04:12	buy track

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This super-limited 12" 45 rounds-out an essential trilogy of releases on the new Permanent Draft label.

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Proper curveball here from percussionist extraordinaire Valentina Magaletti (Moin, Vanishing Twin, Holy Tongue etc), who tracks her wildest deviations on 'Lucha Libre', exploring dungeon-strength technoid sound art, concrète dub, B-movie atmospherics and spannered post-punk, everything hitched to her rock-solid internal metronome.

Look no further than 'NOIAZ' to get a handle on this one. Dense with chattering, oversampled voices, the track is hinged on a rolling beatbox whirr that sounds like a speedier, muckier version of Plastikman's enduring minimal milestone 'Spastik'. Magaletti plunges Hawtin's techno blueprint down a mossy, ancient well, peppering its rimshot rolls and battered snares with clanking chains and evocative bells, leaving the voices to form a spectral chorus. If you only know Magaletti via her work in bands like Moin and Tomaga, this'll be a surprise, but she established the Permanent Draft imprint to emphasize the radical philosophy and boundless creativity behind her craft.

On 'AND THERE IS US', she plays fuzzy analog synth drones and unstable piano notes over a numb drum machine beat. Folksy, hallucinogenic guitars peer out of the darkness next to barely audible whispers - its the imaginary giallo soundtrack to file next to Broadcast's bewildering Luboš Fišer inspired sketches. And she goes even deeper on the brief 'LOTTA', looping what sounds like crowd banter over scraped guitar improvisations that lead us into the brain-melting 'DRUM JUMP'. After a few seconds of deadly dungeon synth drama, the track evolves into a dextrous no-wave belter, powered by Magaletti's lithe drumming. Ferocious.

Valentina Magaletti flies solo again with 4 impeccable post-punk / dub / wave infused workouts.

The lo-fi and forlorn And There Is Us opens the set with awkward drum machine, twinkly piano notes, and analogue synth tones sitting under echoing voices which carry across to Noiaz with its rolling, drill-like drum patterns. Lotta on the B side gets busier with guitar, field recordings and a laid-back groove before the pace picks up for the closing track Drum Jump where a range of percussion and fx are propelled by an incessant groove that could have beamed-in from Danceteria circa '82. Killer!

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released March 22, 2024

Written and produced by Valentina Magaletti.
Mixed by Marta Salogni at Studio Zone, London. Graphic design and layout by Karolina Kołodziej

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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 works and performs with many artists including: NicolasJaar,MariaChavez,Moin,Jandek,Sakini, Alpha maid,Mica Levi,Lafawndah, Sampha,Graham Lewis,Zongamin,Delphine Dora, Upsammy etc… ... more

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Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA)

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Sogetsu Hall

Tokyo, Japan
Aug 28

JAZZ:RE:FOUND FESTIVAL 2024 | FULL PASS

Cella Monte, Italy

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