KK. Null (born Kazuyuki Kishino (Japanese; 岸野一之), September 13, 1961 in Tokyo) is an experimental multi-instrumentalist. He began as a guitarist, but soon added composer, singer, electronic, drummer to his list of talents, and also studied Butoh dancing. September 13 is the 256th day of the year (257th in leap years). ... 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... Tokyo , literally Eastern capital)   is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... Ercole de Roberti: Concert, c. ... A session drummer at practice A drummer is a musician who plays the drums, particularly the drum kit, marching percussion, or hand drums. ... Butoh (sometimes written butô) is the collective name for a diverse range of techniques and motivations for dance inspired by the Ankoku-Butoh movement. ...

KK Null

Null joined the noise/progressive rock band Ybo2 in 1984, issuing several albums and EPs throughout the remainder of the decade. Later he started to more bands, such as Absolute Null Punkt (aka ANP) and his most well known one, the self-described "progressive hardcore trio" Zeni Geva. From that point he also produced albums for other artists, created his own record label (Nux Organization), and played live and collaboration albums with many other musicians, including John Zorn, Yona-Kit, Steve Albini, Boredoms, Seiichi Yamamoto, Jim O'Rourke, Merzbow, Fred Frith, James Plotkin, Keiji Haino, Otomo Yoshihide, Jon Rose, Atau Tanaka, Zbigniew Karkowski, Z'EV, Alexei Borisov and Philip Samartzis, as well as supporting such artists as Sonic Youth and Mike Patton on tour. Altogether Null has released more than 70 albums. He launched a new band, Monster DVD, in 2001, but it was discontinued a few years later, however in 2004 he restarted ANP and in 2006 they released their first studio album in 20 years. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 728 KB) KK Null portrait photo taken by Dieter Kovacic in Vienna on april 4th 2004 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): KK Null Metadata This... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 728 KB) KK Null portrait photo taken by Dieter Kovacic in Vienna on april 4th 2004 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): KK Null Metadata This... Noise music is music that uses sounds regarded as unpleasant or painful under normal circumstances. ... Progressive rock (sometimes shortened to prog, prog rock, or progrock) is a subgenre of rock music which arose in the late 1960s, reached the peak of its popularity in the 1970s, but continues as a musical form long afterward. ... 33⅓ LP vinyl record for The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour album from the 1960s. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... Absolut Null Punkt (often abbreviated to ANP) is a Japanese rock band formed by KK Null and Seijiro Murayama in 1984. ... Zeni Geva is a Japanese rock band. ... John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist. ... Yona-Kit was a math rock quartet active in 1994. ... Steve Albini, center, upside down, with Shellac at the Brandenburg Gate Steve Albini (born July 22, 1962, Pasadena, California) is an influential singer, songwriter, guitarist, audio engineer and music journalist. ... Boredoms (ボアダムス) are an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments beginning in 1982. ... Boredoms (ボアダムス) are an avant-garde rock band from Osaka, Japan formed in 1986, although some date the band to bedroom tape experiments beginning in 1982. ... ORourke in Stockholm 2005 Jim ORourke (born 1969) is an American musician and producer. ... // Merzbow (Japanese; メルツバウ) is the name used by Japanese musician Masami Akita (秋田昌美 Akita Masami) for most of his experimental noise records, and is considered by many to be the earliest project among others in what has become known as the Japanese noise scene. He has released many CDs, LPs and cassettes... Fred Frith performing at the Moers Jazz Festival, 1 June 1998. ... James Plotkin is an American musician, most famous for his role as bassist in doom act Khanate but has an extensive catologue outside the band. ... Keiji Haino is a Japanese musician whose work has included rock, free improvisation, noise, singer-songwriter, solo percussion, psychedelic, minimalism and drone styles, and covers. ... Otomo Yoshihide (大友 良英) (born August 1, 1959) is a Japanese experimental musician. ... Jon Rose (born 1951) is an Australian violinist. ... ZEV (born Stefan Weisser, at 7:58 a. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Sonic Youth is a rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... Mike Patton (born Michael Allan Patton, January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American musician. ...

External links

• KK.NULL official site
• An in-depth interview from April, 2006