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Sha Ru
We couldn’t be more thrilled to be celebrating our 6Y anniversary with these NYC-via-Berlin artists. Their creations are fueled by perpetual motion, spanning techno, breakbeat, dubstep and drum’n’bass. “We’re always moving from place to place; our music equipment is always in the luggage,” says Masha. In 2019, Sha Ru wrote Near the Equinoxes EP (Sorry Records), a spacious, dubstep-indebted project, and Zer0 (Kindergarten Records). As the pandemic closed in, they moved to Minsk, followed by Kyiv and Tbilisi. Until then, their creative relationship had existed in short, intense bursts. With time to explore a new workflow, they plunged themselves into dark, psychedelic depths. Three split EPs followed: Bernal Sphere (2020), Polychronia (2020) and Ether (2021).
Immersed in the complex reality of everyday life in these countries, Sha Ru released Feel the Future, Belarus! and White Red White, Keep Up The Fight in aid of pro-democracy organisations. Through rhythmic spoken-word in her native Russian, Masha confronts the horrors of state violence over taut, skittering beats. Match My Sway, their debut for Woozy, fundraised for Ukraine’s Kyiv Angels and Repair Together charities. 2022’s V.O.I.D EP was the band’s first fully English-language project; an opportunity to not only experiment with more club-focused sounds, but also personal feelings of overcoming fear. Alongside VA compilations for Pressure Dome, Infinite Machine and Kindergarten, Sha Ru’s new direction is steeped in intimate experiences and narratives.
SoundCloud : https://soundcloud.com/sharu
Tracklist
Kellen303 - 1896
D-Operation Drop - Rioters
D3U5E & Gav - Went Back
Ryvahl - Protopattern
Despina - Lo Tech Hi Life (WTCHCRFT Remix)
Siu Mata - Kenorland
Doctor Jeep - Largatixa
dxrvo, Fleggo - T4F4
LANDR - Doom Vakoom
ovid - kimenez
Freq444 - JW12
Neida - Halfway
Elpac x Mulholland - SugaBoo
Hojo - 16 0's Instrumental
MUTANT JOE - Collapse
RAVL - Amer Béton
Sha Ru - Get Lost
- Genre
- Electronic