Brandon Valdivia
Mas Aya / Lido Pimienta
Brandon Miguel Valdivia is a drummer, percussionist, flautist and composer from Toronto. Known for performing and recording with Lido Pimienta, improvisatory work with Not the Wind Not the Flag, and recording with artists such as U.S.Girls, A Tribe Called Red, Jeremy Dutcher, and composing for theatre and dance, he has amassed numerous Polaris Prize Shortlist nominations, Two Polaris Prize Winners and one Juno Award Winning Album.
He has performed all over the world in contexts varying from DIY Squats, Jazz Clubs, Concert Halls, Theatres and major music festivals.
In his work as Mas Aya Brandon aims to meld music from various parts of the world and from different periods of time from Indonesia to Cuba, from shamanic and ritualistic musical practices to contemporary popular music styles. Using his training in Western Classical Music and experience as Percussionist well versed in a wide array of Traditional Musics from around the world his work reflects a deep artistic experimentation and spiritual expression. Repetition, patience and contemplation play with dance, intensity and celebration creating a music from nowhere in particular and from everywhere, from neither here nor there. Flutes, drums, seeds, bells, synths, air, water.
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