Nu Colours are best known in the dance music world for their 1996 hit "Desire". However their roots lie in gospel music with their debut album "Man Within" coming out in 1989.
In 1993 came their second album "Unlimited" which gave them their first Top 40 hit with this record. The genre of this record is garage house which essentially is the style of music that originated from the Paradise Garage nightclub in New York. Nu Colours however were a British group.
It's members included Lain Luther who would go on to be vocalist on the UK garage record "Battle" by Wookie in 2000. There was also Lawrence Johnson who went on to have a successful career behind the scenes as a vocal coach on TV talent shows such as The X Factor.
Although not a member of the group, there is a rap on the record written and performed by Monie Love. In the same year she released the record "The Power" which samples this record as a double a-side with "In a Word or 2". Incidentally the next time we'd see Monie Love in the Top 40 after this was with the UK garage hit "Slice Of Da Pie" in 2000.
The next we'd see of Nu Colours in the Top 40 was with "Desire" which made number 31 in 1996. The same year they did "Special Kind Of Lover" which made number 38. They've had no releases as a group since 1997 though which is when they presumably called it a day.
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