kat estacio (they/them) is a soundmaker and artist-researcher, emerging from the tidal estuaries of Pasig River with taga-ilog/Tagalog ancestry, flowed towards the Great Lakes, and are now based in Tsí Tkaròn:to (Toronto). Anchoring kulintang, Indigenous gong ensemble music tradition from Mindanao, kat bridges archipelagic narratives of percussive sound making and land-based tending.

kat is member of Filipinx-Canadian band, Pantayo, and is pursuing their MFA at OCAD U.

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