Nu Zau at Sunwaves 35

Nu Zau is a DJ and producer from Bucharest, Romania, who works in minimal-minded house and techno. Nu Zau has said that hip-hop shaped his early production, naming Romanian groups CTC and La Familia and US artists such as Nas. Nu Zau released a debut album in 2012 on the minimal label Archipel. Nu Zau co-heads the UVAR label, which has put out a compilation marking ten years of UVAR. Trommel writes that Nu Zau mixes sleek minimal house with breakbeats, weighty bass lines and traces of 80s electro and hip-hop. Sunwaves began in 2007 and made Sunwaves Beach in Mamaia Nord, Romania, its regular home, becoming known for minimal techno and house. The storytellers channel, which links to the storytellers records pages, published the Nu Zau Sunwaves 35 recording on 27 May 2025.

Sources: meoko.net, trommelmusic.com, mixmag.net, youtube.com

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