João Pais Filipe

João Pais Filipe (born 1980 in Porto) is a Portuguese drummer, percussionist and sound sculptor. He works in experimental and improvised music, building rhythmic pieces on drums and on the gongs and cymbals he makes himself. His gongs, each with its own sculpted shape and relief, have also been shown as an installation, Voluta. He has played in Sektor 304, HHY & The Macumbas, Talea Jacta and Rafael Toral's Space Quartet, and has performed with Evan Parker, Z'EV, Fritz Hauser and Burnt Friedman.