Premiere: Ma Sha ‘B Effect’

Ma Sha is set to release a new EP on Steel City Dance Discs, ‘Hydrofall’, later this week. Have an exclusive first listen to ‘B Effect’ below.

Across four cuts, the New York-based artist swaps out the high-impact sounds of previous releases on Nervous Horizon, TraTraTrax and Nerve Collect for a palette of swirling, dubby textures, instinctual rhythms and morphing basslines tooled for maximum mind-opening.

“It became less about designing sound and more about listening to where the sound wanted to go,” she told DJ Mag in her recent Selections feature. “This release for me is a sonic trust fall—emerging from moments of emotional release and machine improvisation, turning instinct into form.”

The tracks on ‘Hydrofall’ – which lands in full on 31st July – were created through a series of live jam sessions and spells of freeform synth experimentation, which lends the project its raw, improvised energy. 

This reaches boiling point on the impulsive rave workout, ‘B Effect’, which pairs Ma Sha’s signature hard-hitting percussion with bright, cosmic arps and eyes-down grooves. “I want people to feel like they’re floating,” she shared. “Or falling, but in a good way.”

In keeping with the theme of new creative beginnings, Ma Sha will be debuting her first solo live set at MUTEK Montreal later this summer, colliding her techno, bass, and leftfield club influences in real time. You can find out more here.

‘Hydrofall’ lands 31st July on Steel City Dance Discs. Pre-save the EP here, and have an exclusive first listen to ‘B Effect’ below.

Dive into Ma Sha’s Selections here, featuring brain-bending bass music, driving drum tracks, slippery post-dubstep and more.