{"id":17744,"date":"2021-07-22T17:38:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17744"},"modified":"2021-07-22T17:38:55","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T16:38:55","slug":"mas-aya-shares-first-single-from-upcoming-solo-album-mascaras","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/?p=17744","title":{"rendered":"Mas Aya shares first single from upcoming solo album <em>M\u00e1scaras<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17745\" src=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mas-Aya-Momento-Presente.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mas-Aya-Momento-Presente.jpg 700w, https:\/\/castthedice.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/Mas-Aya-Momento-Presente-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Toronto based composer, percussionist and producer Brandon Valdivia is a very talented and busy musician, known for his membership and collaborations with bands like Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Picastro, The Cosmic Range, I Have Eaten The City, US Girls, Sandro Perri, Lido Pimienta and many more. Under the moniker <a href=\"https:\/\/masayamasaya.bandcamp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mas Aya<\/a>, he is set to release his new solo album, <em>M\u00e1scaras<\/em>. Slated for a September 24th release through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telephoneexplosion.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telephone Explosion<\/a>, <em>M\u00e1scaras<\/em> is rooted on his signature production style, encompassing &#8220;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&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Momento Presente&#8217; serves as the first enticing taste from the album and is offered with an accompanying video created by Gustavo Cerquera Benjumea. Here it is.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lQH1bE_DQEE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto based composer, percussionist and producer Brandon Valdivia is a very talented and busy musician, known for his membership and collaborations with bands like Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Picastro, The Cosmic Range, I Have Eaten The City, US Girls, Sandro Perri, Lido Pimienta and many more. Under the moniker Mas Aya, he is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17745,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2578],"class_list":["post-17744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-mas-aya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17761,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17744\/revisions\/17761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/castthedice.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}