Justin Devries is a musician living in the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations (otherwise known as Vancouver, Canada). He is currently working on a masters degree in history exploring the intersection of cultural and economic flows around the Pacific Rim to Vancouver from the 1960s-1980s by focusing on the work of the composer Martin Bartlett. He has also spent over a decade performing as a percussionist both locally and internationally for a number of different groups and continues to create new music for small ensembles inspired in part by his experiences with and studies in Balinese music.
