Avant-drum’n’bass wizards 4hero Marc Mac and Dego McFarlane were devoted fans of classic Detroit techno, and expressed their love via the Nu Era side project. 
 
Released on SSR in 1995, the lovely Stars EP was acclaimed by the UK media: 
 
Drifts intro previously uncharted orbits of deep dreamy astro-funk  (i-D) Drum ’n’ bass experimentalists 4hero put on their Detroit secret identities and voyage out to save techno… the boys continue to push back all musical boundaries (Mixmag) Purist to the max and all the better for it… leans towards the deeper, more esoteric side of electronica… enlightening… sublime (Muzik)