Nū
Nū is an Ethiopian-Australian sound artist, vocalist and live coder. Her work explores non-western musical traditions, improvisational performance and Afrofuturism spanning across ambient, jazz, RnB and electronic using the program Sonic Pi. Live coding is the real-time programming of code to generate sound and/or visuals.
Her 2022 Signal Arts Screen and Sound Commission, CODE-SWITCH, was exhibited on Flinders walk in the CBD, Signal Art’s Digital website and featured on Triple R radio. Since Nū’s performance debut at Melbourne Music Week in 2021, she has opened for band HTRK in December 2022 and performed at sold out shows across Naarm/Melbourne including Open Studio, Make It Up Club, 86 Festival, the Grace Darling and the
Forum II. May 2024 saw her embark on an Asia tour, performing in Kuala Lumpur and
Shanghai at the International Conference for Live Coding.