YAMANTAKA // SONIC TITAN

Founded in late 2007 by performance artists alaskaB and Ruby Kato Attwood, YT // ST is an Asian, Indigenous and Diasporic Art Collective. Montrealers have known them to put on dazzling musical theatre performances in giant monochrome paper sets, sometimes in far out places, like the Montreal Eaton Centre Food Court at 2AM. Aesthetically, they blend the poorly appropriated styles of Noh, Chinese Opera, Chinese, Japanese and First Nations Mythology, Black & White Television, Psychedelia & Rock Operatics into a sensory feast of nigh-monochromatic costuming, unique hand-built musical instruments and their own mangaesque cardboard 'NEVERFLAT' style of 2.5D set design. YT // ST continues based in both Montreal & Toronto. Members Ruby Kato Attwood - Vocals, Keys, Percussion, Art Alaska B - Vocals, Drums, Percussion, Keys, Electronics, Tech, Art John Ancheta - Guitar, Bass Ange Loft - Vocals, Percussion Brendan Swanson - Vocals, Keys Alana Ruth - Lightning, Tech Walter Scott - Vocals, Drums, Art Aylwin Lo - Video, Lights, Tech Shub Roy - Guitar (2008-2011) Adrienne Mak - Erhu, Vocals (2009)