Holy Tongue
Dub trio built from percussion, bass, and electronics
Based in London, United Kingdom
Tight low-end, fractured percussion, and echo-soaked space drive the set. The trio move between meditative dub pressure and more open, improvised stretches; on the newer material, Dali De Saint Paul guests on a couple of tracks, pushing it toward trancey, post-punk territory.
More about Holy Tongue
Holy Tongue formed in 2018 around Valentina Magaletti and Al Wootton, then became a trio with Susumu Mukai (Zongamin). They sit in the London dub/leftfield club overlap, with Wootton running TRULE and the project drawing from dub reggae, free improvisation, and post-punk rather than straight genre pastiche.
A story
The project started as an improvised East London studio session, then grew into a full band.
Playing
- 2026-11-08 2026-11-08T19:30:00 · Holy Tongue · TivoliVredenburg
Labels
Start here
- Basilikum (2026) · Holy Tongue
Latest trio statement; dub, trance, free improv, psychedelia. - Deliverance And Spiritual Warfare (2024) · Holy Tongue
Debut album; shows the trio format fully locked in. - III (2022) · VALENTINA MAGALETTI
Short, direct intro to their percussive dub method.
Worked with
- Valentina Magaletti member
- Al Wootton member
- Dali De Saint Paul featured on
For fans of
The Bug, Moin, Peverelist, ZongaminOfficial links
Le Guess Who?BandcampSpotifyWebsite
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