Mas Ysa, the project of nomadic composer Thomas Arsenault, combines love songs, unabashed ecstatic pop, prayer, field recordings and techno into triumphant, danceable, melancholy folk music that pummels the heart rather than dances around it. Born in Montreal, Arsenault spent formative years in Brazil, was a centerpiece of Brooklyn’s Kent Avenue scene and currently resides in Woodstock, NY. He has toured with Deerhunter, EMA, Hundred Waters and Delorean as well as having performed with everyone from Purity Ring to Wu-Tang Clan’s RZA.