n/um

N/UM (pronounced noom) is a New York-based live electronic trio using analog synthesizers and drum machines, guitar, voice and modular synths in live composition. The trio have come to be regarded as modern pioneers of electronic live music with their fully improvised live sets that create a truly genre-bending experience.
Each performance or recording by N/UM is unique and improvised, with no pre- composed songs, no plan or structure agreed upon. The group unites three longtime friends who have always shared a deep passion for electronic music. They are multi Grammy Award winning audio engineer and producer Jeremy Loucas, guitarist Elias Meister of world-renowned rap group Residente (Calle 13) and Danish multi instrumentalist and producer/DJ Emil Bovbjerg (VAVAV). The three, having recorded and performed together in different formations over the past decade, have emerged as a solid musical unit as N/UM, capable of capturing major dance floors around the world while bringing the unique immediacy and spontaneity of improvisation to places where it is rarely heard: festivals, nightclubs and underground warehouse-parties. They have recorded live sets for Mixmag, Ibiza Global Radio and Deep House London among others. They have performed at Robot Heart, Resolute, Art With Me Miami, Fusion Festival, Cityfox Live, Movement Detroit, and Mutek Montréal. Recent live shows include Cityfox Halloween and Cityfox New Year’s Eve, Sisyphos (Berlin), SAT Dome (Montreal) and Antik (Costa Rica). N/um have released seven Albums/EPs, four of those are available on vinyl (BKS-04 is a vinyl-only release with Ohm Hourani).

"This group is made up of straight-up killers of the dancefloor, firing ammo on all levels with endless energy, and they are without doubt, the last ones standing come the morning. Where many have tried and failed, make some room for N/UM!"
DJ MAG
"... a unique improvisational essence. They fuse textures from classic instruments like the 808, 909, SH-101 and Mono/Poly as well as their voices and guitar to deliver masterful ballads with strong dancefloor appeal."
MIXMAG
"Recorded in one take during a single session back in November of last year, the seven-tracker was improvised entirely, recorded as one lengthy live set with each track flowing into the next... with an end product that is totally dancefloor ready."
XLR8R