BRIC House Party presents, Aaliyah Day

DJ Auntie Spice, known to most as SHABAZZ, is a Brooklyn-based, first-generation Liberian-American music creative. She curates Auntie·ism, a spirit-led sound initiative exploring obscure, experimental, and foundational records rooted in soul, funk, jazz, electronic music, and beyond, and hosts resident shows on NTS Radio and The Lot Radio.

Prior to stepping into DJing, SHABAZZ built a dynamic career as a multi-hyphenate creative, with over a decade of experience across writing and blogging, marketing, communications, event production, and artist and project management. Recognized by Rolling Stone as NYC’s “go-to for tapping into cutting-edge talent,” she has produced and presented debut performance moments for Billboard Hot 100 artists including Migos, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Post Malone, and Rae Sremmurd. These culturally resonant events helped shape the city’s live music landscape, earning coverage in The New York Times, Billboard, The FADER, and beyond.

She currently serves as the full-time Managing Lead of Artist and Initiative Practice at Saint Heron, where she continues to develop and support boundary-pushing creative work alongside Solange Knowles. Outside of this role, she remains deeply engaged in her personal music practice, cultivating spaces and sound experiences that reflect her distinct sonic language.

MOTHERBOARD is the newly unveiled artistic persona of Kyle Kidd (all pronouns), created to explore a bold fusion of spiritual tradition, experimental sound, and contemporary electronic music. This project represents a new direction in Kidd’s artistry—immersive, expansive, and grounded in the belief that sound can shift emotion, energy, and atmosphere.

Drawing inspiration from Chaka Khan, Grace Jones, Mahalia Jackson, Sylvester, and The Clark Sisters, MOTHERBOARD blends gospel, jazz, soul, blues, ambient, post-punk, house, and electronic music into a distinctive sonic identity. Building on Kidd’s rich vocal foundation, the project introduces new rhythmic structures, production styles, and electronic textures shaped by both club culture and black sonic lineage.

Following the release of Kidd’s debut album Soothsayer (2022), which showcased layered, emotionally resonant songwriting and performance, MOTHERBOARD expands this work into a fuller, future-focused sound that embraces movement, atmosphere, and the power of voice over electronic sonics. Beyond solo work, Kidd is also the creative force behind Saint Just and Black Lazarus, projects that explore collaborative and experimental terrains—melding improvisational jazz, post-punk intensity, and electronic textures to push the boundaries of contemporary sound. These projects complement MOTHERBOARD’s ethos, emphasizing both sonic exploration and communal performance energy.

Beyond recorded music, MOTHERBOARD extends into multi-sensory performance, combining stylized video, fashion, and movement to create experiences that feel both grounded and visionary. Kidd has appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NPR Tiny Desk, and The Lot Radio, and has performed at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, SXSW, Le Guess Who (NL), and Big Ears Festival. Collaborative work includes projects with Moor Mother, Irreversible Entanglements, Algiers, San Cha, Badger (London), and Christoph Winkler Dance Company (Berlin).

MOTHERBOARD marks a new frontier in Kyle Kidd’s creative journey—where electronic rhythm, vocal power, and emotional clarity converge to shape a sound built for connection, movement, and sonic portals of possibilities

albertoreyes is a first-generation Mexican DJ & tour/production manager originally from Fontana, California. His work focuses on the essence of hip-hop --- drawing from classic drum breaks to contemporary club music. 

In 2021, he founded Citrus Grove, a dj and art project that incorporates narrative into the platform’s audio & video series. Over the years, he has DJed a wide range of concerts and events across the country, and in New York, he has been featured at SummerStage Central Park, The Lot Radio, Apollo Stages, Half Moon BK, Le Bain, Elsewhere & Powerhouse Arts.