"Drummers' timekeeping is fluid; even at its most rocksteady, it's enlivened by tiny, imperceptible pauses and hiccups. Sequencers and drum machines, on the other hand, march in lockstep."
"Valentina Magaletti is an extraordinarily nuanced percussionist, a rhythmic force of nature with the precision of a 3D printer. upsammy's work has an unusually organic underpinning, influenced by biological processes."
"Seismo's origins lie in a commission to soundtrack an exhibition at Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. The pair recorded sounds and patterns on drums and mallet instruments in the museum's galleries."
"upsammy then worked those materials alongside her own arsenal of synths and field recordings into an hour-long expanse of luminous tones and rustling crackles that resembled brightly colored fish darting across the pebbled seafloor."
Valentina Magaletti and upsammy's collaboration transcends typical drummer-electronic device dynamics. Magaletti's nuanced drumming complements upsammy's organic electronic music, resulting in a unique sound. Their project, Seismo, originated from a commission for an exhibition at Rotterdam's Museum Boijmans van Beuningen. They recorded sounds in the museum's galleries, utilizing the space's acoustics. upsammmy then integrated these recordings with her synths and field recordings, creating an hour-long composition characterized by vibrant tones and intricate textures, resembling fish moving across a seafloor.
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