ZHU is headed back to the club. With BLACK MIDAS, the producer’s fifth album, he is diving back into the late-night world that first made his sound hit so hard, pulling together 14 tracks that lean into deep house, melodic techno, and that shadowy atmosphere he has always known how to make feel addictive.
This one feels tied closely to the BLACKLIZT side of his universe, which makes the direction make even more sense. BLACK MIDAS is not framed like some random pivot or trend chase. It plays more like a proper return, one that reconnects with his original dancefloor instincts while still sounding locked into the present.
The early singles already point to that. “BURN” has easily been my favorite of the first batch, while “hurts4me” really throws it back to that Faded era energy that helped break ZHU out in the first place. The title track, too, keeps that after-hours pull intact, sleek, moody, and built with the kind of control that has always separated him from everyone trying to do the same thing.
What has always worked about ZHU is that he does not just make tracks, he builds a whole mood around them. Even outside the studio, fans connect with him as a live performer, singer, and instrumentalist, and that larger identity has always given his music a little more shape. BLACK MIDAS sounds like it comes from that same place, seductive, ominous, and fully committed to its own world.
If you have been waiting for ZHU to sink back into his club roots, this looks like the album.
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