Nu (genre name)
Nu (as an abbreviation for the English New ) describes “modernized”, new versions of well-known styles within pop music as part of a popular fashion in the second half of the 1990s. In some cases, however, it is just a matter of refreshing popular styles of music.
The term Nu comes from the hip-hop scene, where the so-called Nu Skool (New School) describes the more modern sound of the 1990s, in contrast to the typical hip-hop of the 1980s, which is known as Old Skool .
Well-known "Nu" styles
- Nu Metal emerged as a generic term for various modern descendants of Heavy Metal , such as crossover , melodic hardcore and industrial metal . It is mostly used to describe bands like Korn or Linkin Park , who created mixed forms of different metal styles with pop and hip-hop.
- Since the beginning of the 21st century, Nu Garage has marked the revival of garage rock in the 60s and 70s with bands like The White Stripes .
- Nu Jazz can be found at the end of the 1990s as a replacement term for acid jazz , but also for styles that were current at the time, such as Latin jazz . In this case, the term should be viewed more as a collective term for current trends than as a genre designation.
- Nu Pop is an occasional attribute for modern, electronically influenced versions of pop music (see also Electropop , Future Pop , Trip-Hop ), but here it is even less a genre designation than in the previous directions, but more an expression, with which certain bands adorned themselves to be considered modern.
- Nu Rock is a temporary term for representatives of post-grunge as well as for more rock- oriented representatives of Nu Metal.
- Nu Disco is a rare name for the disco- influenced house styles Disco House and French House .
- Nu-Skool Breaks is a further development of the Big Beat .
- Nu Electro is a further development of Electro that emerged in the mid-1990s, refined by modern production methods, which became particularly popular in Europe. Performers are e.g. B. Anthony Rother and Glamorous Hooligan .