Yamantaka // Sonic Titan is a Canadian experimental music and performance art collective. Formed in Montreal and currently operating in Toronto, the group was originally conceived of as an art project exploring and subverting the cultural signifiers of their shared Asian Canadian heritage through the lens of their own mixed Asian-European heritage. They developed a music and performance style incorporating aspects of Asian C-pop and J-pop, progressive rock, heavy metal and industrial music, with roots in Haudenosaunee and First Nations culture, as well as Buddhist philosophy, Chinese opera and Kabuki and Noh theatre. Their live performances are a truly extraordinary thing to experience.
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