Mas Aya

Mas Aya Details New Album 'Máscaras'

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2021

Mas Aya — the prolific Toronto-based producer/percussionist and collaborator to U.S. Girls, Sandro Perri and Sook-Yin Lee — has announced p...

Stream Witch Prophet's New Album 'DNA Activation'

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

While a release show planned for next month was ultimately postponed, Witch Prophet's new album DNA Activation has arrived nonetheless, and...

Mas Aya

Megaphono, Gatineau QC, February 8

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2018

The music that Toronto-based multi-instrumentalist Brandon Valdivia makes as Mas Aya carries strong messages, exploring themes of Indigenou...

Mas Aya

Nikan

PUBLISHED Dec 28, 2017

The word "nikan" exists in a variety of cultures around the world: to the Yoruba people of Africa (and Cuba) it means "alone," and to the P...

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Kairos

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2013

Brandon Valdivia's musical journey tracks many trails: from free improvisation to indie rock, jazz to tribal. This particular entity spring...

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Pockets

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013

Mas Aya is an alter ego of Brandon Valdivia, a multitalented drummer in Toronto, ON, who has worked in intense free-improv (Not The Wind, N...