When Philip Selway sat down to write the drum parts for his third solo album, Strange Dance, he knew he wanted to work with another drummer. Selway, whose reputation as Radiohead's chief percussionist often precedes him, explains: “I realized [it] wasn't happening within about a day and a half.”
The rhythm section that Selway envisioned for Strange Dance required an outside perspective. It just wouldn't do to have him sit both at the showrunner's seat and the drummer's stool. So under the suggestion of producer Marta Salogni (Björk, black midi, Depeche Mode), Selway met with drummer Valentina Magaletti (Vanishing Twin, UUUU) to work on the drum beds.
“She works really quickly,” says Selway. “Within
