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BAND/ARTIST: Mas Aya
- Title: Máscaras
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Telephone Explosion
- Genre: Electronic, World, Ambient
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/48kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 00:40:51
- Total Size: 214; 448 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
The double meaning of Brandon Valdivia's pseudonym Mas Aya neatly encapsulates his musical outlook. Over the past fifteen years, the Toronto composer, percussionist and producer has established himself as an integral part of the city's vibrant and varied music community through his membership in groups such as Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Picastro, The Cosmic Range, I Have Eaten The City, and alongside the Grammy Award-nominated Lido Pimienta, who appears on this disc. The Mas Aya moniker speaks to the interplay of the traditional and the exploratory in his work and refers both to the Nicaraguan town where his grandmother is from, and the Spanish phrase “el más allá,” meaning “the beyond.”
Máscaras, Valdivia's fourth release since 2012, marks his debut with Telephone Explosion and first release on vinyl. It's easily his most colourful and expansive outing to date; nowhere else in his catalogue is the aforementioned collision of musical lineages and sonic discovery more evident. Like his alias, the album's title (Spanish for 'masks') embodies multiple significances. On one hand, it invokes the distinctive masks employed in both indigenous ceremony and Nicaraguan resistance movements (referenced in Máscaras' artwork). On the other, it's descriptive of one of Valdivia's preferred compositional devices. In any given one of these pieces the focal point remains in flux concealed even as its constituent ingredients dance their way in and out the foreground. Máscaras is anchored by Valdivia's deft and atmospheric production style that folds together intricate spiraling synths, balmy environments, and crisp drum programming, variously drawing from trap, footwork, early Warp-label gestures, and the digital end of dancehall reggae.
Tracklist:
1 01. Mas Aya - Momento Presente (06:20)
1 02. Mas Aya - Key (07:38)
1 03. Mas Aya - 18 de Abril (05:21)
1 04. Mas Aya - Villanueva (08:22)
1 05. Mas Aya - Tiempo Ahora (05:19)
1 06. Mas Aya - Quiescence (07:49)
Máscaras, Valdivia's fourth release since 2012, marks his debut with Telephone Explosion and first release on vinyl. It's easily his most colourful and expansive outing to date; nowhere else in his catalogue is the aforementioned collision of musical lineages and sonic discovery more evident. Like his alias, the album's title (Spanish for 'masks') embodies multiple significances. On one hand, it invokes the distinctive masks employed in both indigenous ceremony and Nicaraguan resistance movements (referenced in Máscaras' artwork). On the other, it's descriptive of one of Valdivia's preferred compositional devices. In any given one of these pieces the focal point remains in flux concealed even as its constituent ingredients dance their way in and out the foreground. Máscaras is anchored by Valdivia's deft and atmospheric production style that folds together intricate spiraling synths, balmy environments, and crisp drum programming, variously drawing from trap, footwork, early Warp-label gestures, and the digital end of dancehall reggae.
Tracklist:
1 01. Mas Aya - Momento Presente (06:20)
1 02. Mas Aya - Key (07:38)
1 03. Mas Aya - 18 de Abril (05:21)
1 04. Mas Aya - Villanueva (08:22)
1 05. Mas Aya - Tiempo Ahora (05:19)
1 06. Mas Aya - Quiescence (07:49)
Year 2021 | World | Electronic | Ambient | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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