KK.Null
Overview
KK.Null (1961-) is an accomplished noise artist, working with many artists and bands in the experimental music scene over his 23+ year history.
The Man
KK.Null (Kishino Kazuyuki) hails from Tokyo, where his career started during his time studying Butou dancing as a guitar improviser, and gained fame since with his solo works and other projects (most famous is probably Zeni Geva, which is described at his official site as a "progressive hardcore trio"). He has worked with dozens of bands and artists, including John Zorn, Yamamoto Seiichi (of Boredoms), Otomo Yoshihide, and more. He is described as a "composer, guitarist, singer, electronicist and drummer," which definitely holds true, and has also been credited with production on various albums, including Melt-Banana's album Speak Squeak Creak, and has even started his own record label, Nux Organization. He has been credited with creating one of the first records to bring Japanese alternative music to America, with the LP Deadtech, which also has an artspace named after it in Chicago, Illinois (America).
The Music
Null has dabbled in many types of music with his various projects, but his mainstay seems to be noise. Here is a list of the bands he's worked with, been in, and toured with.
Collaborations and Tour Collaborations
This does not include other artists he has made bands with
- Merzbow
- Hanatarash
- Dekoboko Hajime (John Zorn)
- Fred Frith
- Steve Albini
- Jim O'Rourke
- Darin Gray
- Thymme Jones
- Zbigniew Karkowski
- Yamamoto Seiichi (ex-Boredoms)
- David Brown
- Haino Kaiji
- Andrew Garton
- Matthew Thomas
- Greg Kingston
- Jon Rose
- Philip Smartzis
- Tanaka Atau
- Incapacitants
- Note: Some American artists are lists purely because of their extensive work with Japanese artists.
Bands
Both founded and joined
- YBO2
- A.N.P. (Absolut Null Punkt)
- Zeni Geva
- Terminal HZ
- Meltdown of Control
- Gugan
- Ontoko
- Ultimate Space Machine Nullsonic
- Monster DVD