Kat Estacio is a member of Pantayo, an all-women Filipino ensemble that explores kulintang. Kulintang is a Southeast Asian musical form involving numerous gongs, and it has a cultural presence in the Philippines. Estacio, who is based in Toronto, also performs her own music solo, some of which can be heard in a live performance from this time last year titled [*I Made a Mess*](https://soundcloud.com/kat-estacio/sets/i-made-a-mess). It’s comprised of three live recordings from the Toronto venue the Music Gallery, which I only had a chance to visit once, well over a decade ago, but I’ve kept track of ever since. The first piece, “Debris Kiss (Movement 1 & 2),” is a splendid thing, insinuating light percussion intonations amid a tonal field of high-pitched drones. The result is ceremonial and contemplative.
Track originally posted at [soundcloud.com/kat-estacio](https://soundcloud.com/kat-estacio/01-debris-kiss). More from Estacio at [katslexic.tumblr.com](http://katslexic.tumblr.com/). More from Pantayo, Estacio’s kulintang collective, at
[pantayo.bandcamp.com](https://pantayo.bandcamp.com).