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KK NULL (real name : KAZUYUKI KISHINO) was born in Tokyo, Japan. Composer, guitarist, singer, mastermind of ZENI GEVA. One of the top names in Japanese noise music and in a larger context, one of the great cult artists in experimental music since the early 80’s.

In 1981 KK NULL studied at Butoh dancer, Min Tanaka’s “Mai-Juku” workshop and started his career by performing guitar improvisations in the clubs in Tokyo. He continued by collaborating with MERZBOW for two years, and joining the band YBO2 (with Masashi Kitamura, the chief editer of “Fool’s Mate” magazine and Tatsuya Yoshida, the drummer of RUINS) and starting the improvised noise/rock trio ABSOLUT NULL PUNKT (with Seijiro Murayama, the original drummer of Keiji Haino’s FUSHITSUSHA), and also GEVA2 (GEVA GEVA) with Tatsuya Yoshida (RUINS) and Eye Yamatsuka (BOREDOMS).

In 1985 he established his own label NUX ORGANIZATION to produce & release his own works and subsequently the bands such as MELT-BANANA and SPACE STREAKINGS. He also produced the series of “Dead Tech” (compilation albums by Japanese bands) which heralded Japanese alternative music boom internationally from the early 90’s to date.

In the early 90’s he gained world-wide recognition as the mastermind, guitarist and singer of the progressive hardcore trio ZENI GEVA with their heavy & unique sound, releasing five albums produced by STEVE ALBINI (two on Jello Biafra’s Alternative Tentacles label) and a few more on other labels such as NEUROSIS’s Neurot Recordings.
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  • syllannibal

    www.facebook.com/null.official

    22 Oct 2012 Reply

  • supersonic_fest

    Supersonic Festival 2012 will find KK Null and Birmingham’s own ORE paired in sonic battle. In many ways, KK Null’s collaboration with Lash Frenzy at Supersonic 2010 (with ORE’s Sam on tuba) acted as a proof of concept for the sound of ORE, so it’s entirely fitting to bring the two entities together this year.

    16 Aug 2012 Reply

  • LysergicDream

    @Bedschibaer Merzbow must have fried your mind then, because Merzbow rapes and beats Null then rapes him some more LOL Merbow is not quite as obvious and is a pure noise musician, I enjoy Null but he's very obvious and his layering of sound is just a little blah

    13 Aug 2012 Reply

  • AppleKabukiSuri

    @Bedschibaer: Merzbow's noise is much harsher sounding than Null's, when I've seen Null live his synthy sounds have been almost danceable. Could you point me in the direction of any KK Null album that is harsh noise? Making music that makes Merzbow sound like Judy Garland really isn't what Null is going for, I'm really surprised that anyone could listen to him and make that statement.

    18 Jun 2012 Reply

  • Bedschibaer

    KK Null makes Merzbow sound like Judy Garland!!

    6 Feb 2012 Reply

  • JohnLithium

    hehheh ... bio-meat XD

    28 Jan 2012 Reply

  • autrishe

    Noisetechre

    30 Dec 2011 Reply

  • nabraxas

    Akumu is epic!

    18 Nov 2011 Reply

  • Nioreg

    Hey, guys, do you like noise or lo-fi? A bit melodic, a bit synthetic, a bit chaotic - whatever! A fucking unknown needless project from Ural where bears in ushankas drink vodka! :D Check it: http://www.last.fm/music/Burning+Space

    3 Nov 2011 Reply

  • In_the_Sky

    Hey but those two excerpts form Extropy sound better than last Autechre !

    14 Sep 2011 Reply

  • aczkolwiek

    hahahah theheebiejeebie

    4 Mar 2011 Reply

  • TheHeebieJeebie

    hahahah KNULL

    15 Nov 2010 Reply

  • Avarance-

    Just ordered Extropy, can't wait to hear it!

    4 Nov 2010 Reply

  • Smirnon

    fuck off spambos

    19 Jul 2010 Reply

  • Lucky_D

    Z´EV + FLOWER & CORSANO DUO > 25 JUL 2010, 18h30 - Ténis do Parque de Serralves http://www.last.fm/event/1597854+Z%27EV+at+Museu+de+Arte+Contempor%C3%A2nea+de+Serralves+on+25+July+2010 / http://www.serralves.pt/actividades/detalhes.php?id=1827

    16 Jul 2010 Reply

  • Rui_Armageddon

    http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/ecos - portuguese noise/experimental/ambient/post/black metal artist.

    16 Jun 2010 Reply

  • Prince-Marolo

    Extasy Of Zero-G Sex is wonderful!

    6 May 2010 Reply

  • ZG-official

    ===== KK NULL & TABATA Live ===== | 05 / 06 (thu) - @ Cotton Club, Bilbao / Spain | 05 / 07 (fri) - @ Matadero, Azkoitia / Spain | 05 / 08 (sat) - @ La Faena, Madrid / Spain

    16 Apr 2010 Reply

  • ZG-official

    05 / 02 (sun) - @ SWR Festival, Barroselas / Portugal + KK Null, many more | 05 / 03 (mon) - @ ZDB, Lisbon / Portugal | 05 / 04 (tue) - @ La Boite, Madrid / Spain

    16 Apr 2010 Reply

  • ZG-official

    ===== ZENI GEVA - Alive and Rising Tour ===== * with Jakuzi’s Attempt | ^ with ID | 04 / 16 (fri) - @ Menza Pri Koritu, Ljubljana / Slovenia * + Ruins Alone | 04 / 17 (sat) - @ Atlantide, Bologna / Italy * | 04 / 18 (sun) - @ Reithalle, Bern / Switzerland * | 04 / 19 (mon) - @ United Club, Torino / Italy * | 04 / 20 (tue) - @ L'Usine, Geneve / Switzerland * | 04 / 21 (wed) - @ Grnd Zero, Lyon / France * + Silver Mount Zion | 04 / 22 (thu) - @ Magasin4, Brussels / Belgium * + Pneumatic Head Compressor | 04 / 23 (fri) - @ De Kreun, Kortrijk / Belgium + Year Of No Light, Altar Of Plagues | 04 / 24 (sat) - @ Worm, Rotterdam / Holland * | 04 / 25 (sun) - @ Festsaal Kreuzberg, Berlin / Germany * | 04 / 26 (mon) - @ Hafenklang, Hamburg / Germany + Thrones, Nadja, OvO | 04 / 27 (tue) - @ Gleis 22, Munster / Germany ^ | 04 / 28 (wed) - @ Kassablanca, Jena / Germany ^ | 04 / 30 (fri) - @ BeCool, Barcelona / Spain + Lords of Bukkake

    16 Apr 2010 Reply
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