K.K. Null

Real Name:
Kazuyuki Kishino
Profile:
KK.Null (born Kazuyuki Kishino) is one of the top names in Japanese noise music and in a larger context, one of the great cult artists in experimental rock. Starting his career in the early 80's by performing guitar improvisations in the clubs and streets of Tokyo, he continued by collaborating with Merzbow for two years, and joining the bands YBO² and Absolut Null Punkt.

In 1987, he gained wider notoriety as the leader, guitarist and singer of the trio Zeni Geva, which he described as "progressive hardcore". Zeni Geva reached world-wide fame with their heavy and hypnotic sound, eventually releasing three Steve Albini-produced albums on Jello Biafra's Alternative Tentacles label.

After playing the guitar as his main instrument for some twenty years, Null has gradually moved towards a more electronic approach. These days he mostly states the "nullsonic" as his primary instrument. Nullsonic is something of a variation of Robert Fripp's 1970's instrument "frippertronics" - a combination of electric guitar and effects units, which elevated the effects to equal importance alongside the guitar. Null has gone even further by discarding the guitar altogether and making all the sounds with effects only.

In recent years, he has concentrated his efforts increasingly on his solo material.
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Releases:
Psychic Air (Cass)   Nux Organization 1982
Ti Con Zero (Cass)   Nux Organization 1982
B-Semi Live: 24th May 1984 (Cass)   ZSF Produkt 1984
Deus Irae (Cass)   Nux Organization 1984
Dyspareunia (Cass, Ltd, C46)   Nux Organization 1985
最終物質 [Saishiyu Bushitsu] (2 versions)   Nux Organization ... 1985
Ultima Hyper Drugs (LP)   Nux Organization 1986
Produktion (Cass, C60)   ZSF Produkt 1988
Hellzonic Bio-Metal (Cass)   Nux Organization 1989
Neuro Eco Media (Cass, Album)   Nux Organization 1990
Kaleidoscope Experience (Cass, Album)   Nux Organization 1991
Null & Fred Frith (Cass, Album)   Nux Organization 1991
Sonicfuck U.S.A. (CD)   Nux Organization 1991
New Kind Of Water (CD)   Charnel Music 1992
Absolute Heaven (CD, Album)   Nux Organization 1993
Deus Irae (CD)   Nux Organization 1993
Heavy Water (7")   Fourth Dimension Records 1993
Aurora (Album) (2 versions)   Sentrax ... 1994
Cryonics (7", Ltd, Whi)   Table Of The Elements 1994
Echoed Currents / Shooting Star Crash (7")   Alley Sweeper 1994
Flying Serpent (10")   Fourth Dimension Records 1994
The Passing / Iceberg (7")   Alley Sweeper 1994
Ultimate Material II (2xLP)   Dirter Promotions, Fourth Dimension Records 1995
Ultimate Material III (CD)   Manifold Records 1995
Aurora Remixes (EP) (2 versions)   Rawkus Primitive 1996
Guitar Organism (CD, Album)   Nux Organization 1996
Invisible Disaster (CD, Album)   Black Hole Records 1996
Terminal Beach (CD, Album)   Manifold Records 1996
Erg/Sec (7", S/Sided, Ltd, Cle)   Manifold Records 1998
Extasy Of Zero-G Sex (CD)   Vinyl Communications 1998
Inorganic Orgasm (CD, Album)   Manifold Records 1998
Nullsonic (CD)   Vinyl Communications 1998
0.0004 (CD, Album)   Vinyl Communications 1999
An Evening With (CDr, Ltd)   Met 1999
GeV (CD, Album)   Staalplaat 1999
Perfect Vacuum (CD, Album)   Item Recordings 1999
Split (7")   Wagenhalt Recordings 1999
A Split Release (CD, Ltd)   Crionic Mind 2000
Discoteca Plasma (CD)   Mindfield Records 2000
Freedom And Solitude (CDr, Mini, Ltd)   Sin Organisation 2000
Invisible Fire / Mad Water (7", Ltd, Blu)   Syntactic 2000
Japan 2000 (CDr)   RRRecords 2000
Peak Of Nothingness (CD, Album)   Hushush 2000
Terminal Hz (CD, Album)   Ground Fault Recordings 2000
Freakout Modulation (CD, Album)   Harsh House 2001
Split (10", Ltd, Cle)   Torture Music Records 2001
Transgenic Nomad (CD, Album)   Sonore 2001
Astrodynamix (CD)   Long Arms Records 2002
Datacide In Year Zero (CDr)   Crucial Blast 2002
ERG Per Galaxy (CD, Album)   Opposite Records 2002
Interstellar Chemistry (CD, Album)   Beta-lactam Ring Records 2002
Kosmik Engine (CD, Album)   Voidstar Productions, Important Records (2) 2002
Atomik Disorder (CD, Album)   Neurot Recordings 2003
Helium Flash (CDr, Mini, Ltd)   Loud! 2003
Split (2 versions)   Autofact Records ... 2003
Xenoglossia (CD, Album)   Insofar Vapor Bulk 2003
Zentropy (LP)   Autofact Records 2003
Arc Seconds (7", S/Sided)   Helicopter 2004
Astral Loop (CD)   Urgence Disk Records 2004
Split (CD, Mini)   Sunship Records, Bar La Muerte 2004
Anima Motrix (CD, Album, Ltd)   Dot Dot Dot Music 2005
Kosmo Incognita (CD, EP)   Thisco 2005
Number One (CD, Album)   Touch 2005
Prime Radiant (CD, Album)   Blossoming Noise 2005
Radio-Animus/Anima (File, MP3)   Touch 2005
Artificial Life (CD)   Crippled Intellect Productions 2006
Ergosphere (CD)   Blossoming Noise 2006
Kosmista Noisea (CD, Album)   Important Records (2) 2006
Mamono (CD, Ltd)   Blossoming Noise 2006
Raijin (CD, Album, Dig)   Asphodel 2006
Xenoglossia 2 (CD, Mixed)   Electroclub Records 2006
BaryoGenesis (CD, Album)   Vivo 2007
Fertile (CD, Album)   Touch 2007
Gamma Ray Burster (CD, Album)   Steinklang Industries 2007
Akumu (CD, Dig)   Vital 2008
Galactic Tornado (CD, Album, Ltd)   Quasi Pop Records 2008
Outer Bounds Of Sound (LP, Ltd)   Noiseville 2008
Oxygen Flash (CD, Album)   Neurot Recordings 2008
Extropy (CD, Album, Ltd)   Hello From The Gutter 2009
Into (CD, Album)   Silentes Minimal Editions 2009
Mondo Paradoxa (CD)   Auf Abwegen 2009
Sonic Erosion (Cass, Ltd)   Nux Organization  
Remixes:
Reworked (CD) Echoes From Lamberton ... Vivo 2003
Magical Crystal Blah Volume 2 (CD) KK Null Helicopter, Kitty Play Records 2005
Alter (CD) Dekompozition Kknutll Hydra Head Records, Double H Noise Industries 2006
Signia (CD, Album) Pagan PharmaFabrik 2007
Production:
Dead Tech Vol. II (LP, Comp)   Dossier 1988
Hatsu-Koi (CD, Album)   Nux Organization 1993
Sexual Aesthetic Salon After School (7")   Skin Graft Records 1993
Wohlstand (CD, Comp) Kaiki Suspense Kumo Ot... Human Wrechords 1994
Dead Tech 3: New Japanese Music (CD, Comp)   Charnel Music 1995
It's In The Pillcase (7")   Skin Graft Records, Nux Organization 1995
Tokyo Invasion Volume 1: Cosmic Kurushi Monsters (2xCD, Comp) Love Isn't Blind Virgin 1996
Speak Squeak Creak (Album) (2 versions)   A-Zap Records 2001
Mix:
Hedgehog (7", EP)   Charnel Music 1994
13 Hedgehogs (MxBx Singles 1994-1999) (CD, Comp)   A-Zap Records 2005
Appears On:
Alienation (LP)   Transrecords (2) 1986
Dead Tech - No Wave From Japan (LP, Comp) Telesma Sicut Dei, Zet... Dossier 1986
Dry Lungs II (Cass, Comp) Trash! Crash! Placebo Records 1986
Live At Final Wars (LP)   Transrecords (2) 1986
Vast Impotentz (Cass, Album)   Nux Organization 1986
太陽の皇子 (LP, MiniAlbum)   Transrecords (2) 1986
Doglamagla (12", Ltd, Pic)   Transrecords (2) 1987
How To Kill (LP)   Nux Organization 1987
Ultima Action / 最終行動 (LP)   Nux Organization 1987
Ultrasonic (LP)   Nux Organization 1987
Dead Tech Vol. II (LP, Comp) Dead Car, Sun Crash (L... Dossier 1988
Killsonic Action (LP, Tra)   Dossier 1988
Live On Suicide (Cass, C60)   Nux Organization 1989
3-90 (Cass, Mixed, C60)   Psychic Rally 1990
Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers (Comp) (2 versions) Metaktion Midas Music ... 1990
Maximum Money Monster (Album) (2 versions)   Pathological Records ... 1990
Sacrificial Shack (Single) (2 versions) Sweetheart C/Z Records 1991
Total Castration/全体去勢 (CD, Album)   Public Bath 1991
U.S.A. Live '91 (Cass, Album)   Nux Organization 1991
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (CD, Comp) Amerika SSE Communications 1992
My Rest Place Live (CD, Album)   SSE Communications 1992
Split LP (LP, Ltd)   Supreme Tool Supplies 1992
Allright, You Little Bastards! (CD, Album)   Nipp Guitar 1993
Autofuck (7") Autofuck Skin Graft Records, Skin Graft Records 1993
Desire For Agony (Album) (2 versions)   Alternative Tentacles 1993
Disgraceland (7", Single)   Alternative Tentacles 1993
Leningrad Blues Machine (CD, Album)   Nux Organization 1993
Live In Amerika (CD)   Nux Organization 1993
Nai-Ha (CD, EP)   Nipp Guitar 1993
Ultrasonic Action (CD)   Nux Organization 1993
Ambient 4: Isolationism (2xCD, Comp) Lost (Held Under) Virgin, Virgin 1994
Devil From The East・A Decade Of Yoshida Tatsuya (CD, Album) Dogla Magla, 炎 -Blaze- Bloody Butterfly 1994
Greatest Hits Vol.2 (CD, Comp) Amerika, Dry Lungs SSE Communications 1994
Hedgehog (7", EP)   Charnel Music 1994
Wohlstand (CD, Comp) New Flesh Human Wrechords 1994
Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings (12", Comp) Skullfuck Not On Label, Not On Label 1995
Dead Tech 3: New Japanese Music (CD, Comp) YOU SUCK!! (Live) Charnel Music 1995
Erase Yer Head No. 1 (7") Hate Trader Pandemonium Records (2) 1995
Freedom Bondage (Album) (2 versions)   Alternative Tentacles 1995
Implosion (Maxi) (2 versions)   Black Hole Records 1995
Indiscreet Stereo Test Record (CD, Comp) Kundalini Dance Discreet/Indiscreet, Discreet/Indiscreet 1995
Swarm Of Drones (2xCD) Drowning In Aurora Asphodel 1995
Trance Europe Experience (CD, Album)   Nux Organization 1995
Yona-Kit LP (Album) (2 versions)   Skin Graft Records ... 1995
Meathead Against The World (CD, Album) Large American Jaw Sub/Mission Records 1996
Nai-Ha / Superunit (LP + 12", S/Sided)   Skin Graft Records 1996
Scratch Or Stitch (Album) (2 versions) What Do You Slaughter ... Skin Graft Records ... 1996
Show You Their Duelling Banjos (7") Black Room Sub/Mission Records 1996
Tokyo Invasion Volume 1: Cosmic Kurushi Monsters (2xCD, Comp) Love Isn't Blind Virgin 1996
International Incident (CD) Live At Heaven's Door,... Charnel Music 1998
Restoration 1996 (2xCDr, Comp) Dawn Of Annihilation Bake Records 1999
Mort Aux Vaches: Meltdown Of Control (CD, Album, Ltd)   Mort Aux Vaches 2000
大蜩琳 [Daejohw-Ling] (CD, Comp)   Fractured Sisters' Secrets 2000
10,000 Light Years (Album) (2 versions)   Neurot Recordings ... 2001
Soun - An Anonymous And Random Compilation / Composition (7", S/Sided, Ltd) Soun Gameboy Records 2003
Live In Japan (CD)   Important Records (2) 2004
13 Hedgehogs (MxBx Singles 1994-1999) (CD, Comp)   A-Zap Records 2005
Metacompound (CD, Album)   Important Records (2) 2006
Absolute Magnitude (CD, Ltd)   Blossoming Noise 2008
Japanoise Of Death I + II (2xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Helium Flash Phase 0.3... Steinklang Industries 2008
Living In A Free World? (2 versions) Kurve, Re:duce Stichting Mixer  
Tracks Appear On:
Sexorama 2 (Cass, C90) Deusex Makina ZSF Produkt 1984
Overload Extasya (Cass, C60) Nihilo Azoth Twilight ... Nux Organization 1985
錬金術 Alchemy Noise Omnibus (LP, Comp) Untitled Alchemy Records (2) 1985
Dead Tech - No Wave From Japan (LP, Comp) Telesma Sicut Dei Dossier 1986
Dossiers (LP) Sandrack Onomatope Dossier 1986
Hard Drugs (Cass, Ltd, C46) Kolifanta Zylotrik Nux Organization 1986
Helter Skelter (Cass, C30) Telesma Sicut Dei Beast 666 Tapes 1986
Desperately Seeking Suicide (LP, Comp, Ltd) Killing God Priapismus Records 1987
Enkele Gemotiveerde Produktiemedewerkers (Comp) (2 versions) Metaktion Midas Music ... 1990
Noise And Junk Omnibus (CD, Comp) Infinity RRRecords 1991
Tawamure - Come Again (3xAcetate, 7", Comp, Ltd) The Last One Minutes Vanilla Records 1991
Dry Lungs V (2 versions) Bad Sun Rising (Excerpt) Subterranean Records ... 1992
Sexorama (5xCass) Deusex Makina Statutory Tape 1992
Come Again II (CD) Song For Shimen Furnace 1993
Ambient 4: Isolationism (2xCD, Comp) Lost (Held Under) Virgin, Virgin 1994
Endless 1 (CD, Comp) Rain Trees Manifold Records 1994
Water (CD, Comp) Dead Moon Ritual D.O.R. 1994
Wohlstand (CD, Comp) Wall Of Silence Human Wrechords 1994
Endless 2 (CD, Comp) Zen Walker Manifold Records 1995
Indiscreet Stereo Test Record (CD, Comp) Kundalini Dance Discreet/Indiscreet, Discreet/Indiscreet 1995
Swarm Of Drones (2xCD) Drowning In Aurora Asphodel 1995
Loud! In Your Ears (Cass, Comp, C70) Intron Feedback Loud! 1996
Tokyo Invasion Volume 1: Cosmic Kurushi Monsters (2xCD, Comp) Love Isn't Blind Virgin 1996
Eine Sonne Voll Blut (CD, Enh) Bazillus, Freezing Dream DV 1997
We Hate You: A Small Tribute to Throbbing Gristle (CD + 7") Psychofuzz Jazzassin Records 1997
Air Freshener (CD, Comp, Car) 10-1 Erg/Sec Earwing Records, Anubis Records (2) 1998
Digital Dust (CD, Comp) Drowning In Air (Bonus... Rawkus Primitive 1998
Moonlanding Vol. 3 / 4 (7", Ltd) The Last 1 Minute Or A... Helicopter 1999
Restoration 1996 (2xCDr, Comp) Dawn Of Annihilation Bake Records 1999
Ricci's Pieces (CD) Lost In Your Speed Mindfield Records 1999
Sadomachinism (CD, Comp, Ltd) U.H.D.0023 Misanthropic Agenda 1999
Sneak Preview Volume Two (CDr) Untitled Cuts Staalplaat 1999
ElektNoiz #4 (CD, Comp) Plasma MSBR Records 2000
Tribute To Nippon (CD, Comp) Y2KK Ummo Records 2000
Japanese Independent Music (CD) BDDM Sonore 2001
Beta-Beat Label Sampler (CDr, Comp) Algebra & Orbit Beta-lactam Ring Records 2002
Fertilization Of The Ovum (Comp) (2 versions) Discoteca Plasma Bear Walking 2002
Strings And Stings II (CD, Comp) Night Of The Sun FBWL 2002
Avantoscore 2003 (CD) Kosmik Engine (Life Ex... Avanto Recordings 2003
Geologists And Professional Tourists Volume 2 (CD, Comp) Fission, Assassin From... N&B Research Digest 2003
Grain: A Compilation Of 99 Short Tracks (CD) Year Zero Dot Dot Dot Music 2003
Ikebana: Merzbow's Amlux Rebuilt, Reused And Recycled (2xCD, Comp, Gat) Decomposition Important Records (2) 2003
Japanoise (CD, Ltd) Star Burst Little Mafia Records 2003
Japanoise Of Death (Comp) (2 versions) Helium Flash Phase 0.3 Steinklang Industries 2003
BullDozer#3 (CD) Nulldozer Fulldozer Records 2004
Guitar Series (Vol 1) (CDr) Cryonics, Winter Solst... Table Of The Elements 2004
Neurot Recordings I (CD + DVD + , Comp) Atomik Flash Neurot Recordings 2004
Winter 2003/04 Sampler (CDr, Comp) Algebra & Orbit Beta-Lactam Ring Records 2004
...It Just Is (In Memoriam: Jhonn Balance) (2xCD) Scatorvator Nocharizma, Fulldozer Records 2005
Darklife & Interstice (CD, Car) Astralloop V.11 Urgence Disk Records 2005
Koji Tano (2005 - ∞) - A Tribute (File, MP3, Comp) msbrRIP Steinklang Industries 2005
We Would Be Happy - A Noise Opera (CD) French Kiss, Come Toge... Roggbif Records, Sunship Records, Nihilist, Little Mafia Records, Back Bacon 2005
Viva Negativa! - A Tribute To The New Blockaders Volume I (2 versions) Song X Vinyl-on-demand 2006
Audiotion - Sonic Tribute To Takashi Miike (2xCD, Dig) Abyss Vital 2007
Gusstaff Ina Pill Vol.4 (CDr, Promo) 1 Gusstaff 2007
Idioscapes (CD, Ltd, Dig) Idioscape / Decomposition Idiosyncratics (2) 2007
Nødutgang 2007 (CDr) Ergos [Ryusei] Mix Go To Gate Records 2007
Japanoise Of Death I + II (2xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd) Helium Flash Phase 0.3... Steinklang Industries 2008
Japanoise Of Death II (CD, Ltd, Comp) Untitled Steinklang Industries 2008
Steinklang Industries IV 2007-2008 (CD, Comp) Gamma Ray Burster Steinklang Industries 2008
Fabrique (CD, Comp) (Synchroflash) Room40 2009
Silentes 2004 2009 Anniversary Set (Box, Ltd) In, Alone, Intramuscol... Silentes 2009
Unofficial Releases:
Service Minded (Cass, Unofficial) Love Isn't Blind Fat Bankroll 2000
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