It’s not every day you come across an electronic act as fearless and refreshingly unscripted as N/UM. The New York trio have built their reputation on doing things differently – swapping out polished presets for pure, unfiltered improvisation and letting the machines speak in real time.
On their new EP Fade The Heart, they bottle that same livewire energy across four cuts of deep, hypnotic electronics. No pre-planned material, no set arrangements, no tidy overdubs. Just a room full of synths, modular rigs, guitars, drum machines and raw intuition flowing straight into sound.
Made up of Grammy-winning engineer Jeremy Loucas, guitarist Elias Meister and Danish multi-instrumentalist Emil Bovbjerg, N/UM have earned their stripes at the likes of Mutek Montréal, Fusion Festival and Movement Detroit, where their improvised live sets stand out for all the right reasons.
Fade The Heart picks up exactly where those performances leave off – rolling grooves, lush analogue textures and subtle melodic shifts that build naturally, never forced. It’s minimal yet alive, spacious yet brimming with character. The EP feels like being in the room with them, locked into that moment where the machines, the musicians and the crowd all find their flow. In a scene that can sometimes feel over-rehearsed, N/UM remind us that the most exciting club moments are still the ones you can’t predict.
Live, raw and straight from the gut – N/UM’s latest EP keeps spontaneity at the heart of the dancefloor
