Newtype Rhythms | Ma Sha, Laenz, Sheepshead

LAENZ: Laenz is a producer, DJ, and video artist who likens unpredictability to the desired blueprint of the dancefloor ecosystem. With the intent to build sets predicated by incidental emotion, her selections are often playful and multisensory, marrying her contrasting love for both avant-pop and experimental club. Featured on Subvrt Mag, she released her first ep “iitno” in 2019, an otherworldly disintegration of indiscernible vocals and familiar sounds. Her productions have been played on NTS Radio, IDA, and Rinse FM, and she regularly brings her improbably dynamic sets to venues like Bossa, the Lot, and Elsewhere. -- MA SHA: Ma Sha is a New York-based producer and DJ who has been active in the scene since 2017 when she co-founded event series - now a NYC staple - Kindergarten. Since then, she established a radio show which alongside the local Kindergarten crew, holds a monthly residency on The Lot Radio, as well as a record label that has won “Best Breakthrough Label” at the 2022 DJ Mag North America Awards. Focusing on cosmic club workouts with wigged-out rhythmic structures, the label “has become an essential outpost for hard-to-define, easy-to-dance-to club music in just two short years” [DJ Mag]; presenting “twisty, rowdy and unpredictable club music rooted in techno from both sides of the Atlantic” [Resident Advisor]. Apart from running Kindergarten Records, Ma Sha is currently focusing on her solo productions to present her take on experimental high-voltage dance music with a debut release coming out soon. However, Ma Sha is not a novice within the realm of production; as she has been active as half of the band Sha Ru who have been on the radar since their debut EP on Sorry Records in 2019, followed by releases on Infinite Machine, Pressure Dome, Progressive Future, Shubzin, Inveterate and of course, Kindergarten Records. Besides running the label, producing and performing domestically and internationally, Ma Sha is also a co-founder of Hone.Social, a free DJing workshop initiative providing a place to learn and practice within a casual and supportive environment. -- Sheepshead Sheepshead is a born-and-bred Brooklynite curator/DJ who has been helming the Newtype Rhythms series for Inverted Audio since 2017. Highlighting artists on the come-up along with surprise sets from legendary titans, the series has developed into an event series that has been hosted in local Brooklyn institutions such as Jupiter Disco, Elsewhere and beyond. Additionally, you’ve probably seen him play parties at Bossa Nova, Good Room, House Of Yes and beyond whilst popping over for a set or two at The Lot Radio. Gathering influences from pivotal experiences at seminal parties such as Dub War and The Bunker, Sheepshead aims to continue the legacy of those events by entering into sonic parts unknown - playing out unique bass mutations that bounce between genres whilst never taking it all too seriously.