THE NU - 'THIS IS WHY WE DO IT'


'Welcome to The Nu. The futuristic music project has ambitions to reach NU heights, creating pumping soundscapes for the 21st century; The NU combines the electric atmosphere of the dance world and the raw energy of rock n roll to pioneer a transformative approach to music. Drawing inspiration from acts such as INXS, Crystal Castles and Janes Addiction, expect future releases to dive into countless spectrums of euphoria that has every intention of sparking that increasingly precious goose bump feeling'

The Nu is a brand new music project started by BIMM Birmingham student Darius Zaltash and it is taking the students by storm. I'm certain soon enough it'll be pretty hard for everyone else to ignore this music. The name 'The NU' is a fitting name for the project, so far Darius has released one track on The NU Spotify, 'Natural Monsters' but is set to release more tracks this year. 

The upcoming release 'This is why we do it' has been teased on Facebook, but lucky me got a sneak peak before it's release on the 5th of February. This new track is a full on dance song, as soon as I heard it I could picture the light shows and packed venues, it made me want to dance. Sometimes I feel dance music sounds too overproduced and busy, but all the different elements of this new song work incredibly well together, the synths blend in with the vocal perfectly and the rocky guitar solo doesn't seem out of place at all which is an ode to how much Zaltash knows about music.

The quality and knowledge put into the production really shows, with no one instrument sticking out over another, excluding the guitar solo of course, but even then it doesn't take away from the rest of the instrumental for its entire duration. I have to give Darius a round of applause, his voice is perfect for this genre and he genuinely sounds amazing. Even with all the instruments behind it his voice stands out and sounds so strong.


Expect big things to come from The Nu over the coming year, a new single next week, a music video in the making and some really exciting shows coming up including the Birmingham Music Awards in February! I can't wait to see where he's going to take this project in 2019!