ZHU Returns to the Dancefloor With New Album BLACK MIDAS

After a year that reshaped both his life and sound, ZHU is back with a new full-length project. BLACK MIDAS is out now (April 24), and it leans fully into the darker, club-driven side of his catalog.

Framed as “techno as an attitude,” the album marks a clear return to the dancefloor, but not in a straightforward way. Instead, it plays out like a late-night narrative, built on atmosphere, tension, and space.

A Project Built From a Reset

The story behind BLACK MIDAS is just as heavy as the sound itself.

Following the Southern California Palisades wildfire, ZHU was displaced and spent much of 2025 living and creating on the…