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{{short description|US electronic pop band}}
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| origin = [[Wisconsin]], [[United States|USA]]
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''' Null Device ''' is an [[electronic music|electronic]] [[pop music|pop]] band from [[Wisconsin]], [[United States|USA]].
''' Null Device ''' is an [[electronic music|electronic]] band from [[Wisconsin]], [[United States|USA]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://madison.com/entertainment/music/clubs-roundup-the-hunt-is-on-at-the-majestic/article_fa890ba5-835e-551a-8872-bbfdcac45350.html|last=Cisar|first=Katjusa|title=Clubs roundup: The hunt is on at the Majestic|website=[[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]]|date=March 31, 2010|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>


==Band history==
==Band History==
'''Null Device''' is an electronic band formed in 1995 by Eric Oehler, William Annis, and Tom Lawrence at the [[University of Wisconsin–Madison]]. After the amicable departures of Annis and Lawrence, Dr. Eric Goedken joined as a full-time lyricist and producer. Other more recent band contributors are guitarist Dan Clark, vocalist Heather O'Brien and string ensemble Orkestra Evimde. Named after [[/dev/null]], the group was originally an informal project for members of the university's [[Undergraduate Projects Lab]] interested in the [[techno]] music of the burgeoning [[rave]] scene. Through connections to [[Stromkern]]'s Ned Kirby and a variety of DJ's from local clubs, the project slowly became more focused on vocal-oriented industrial dance music, driven by Lawrence's experimental audio software. It was at this point that Goedken joined the band full-time and Null Device became a more melodic electronic pop act in the mold of [[Depeche Mode]] and [[New Order]]. After some local and underground success, they were signed to [[Nilaihah Records]] in 2002.


Founded in 1995 by students at the [[University of Wisconsin]], Null Device initially focused on instrumental electronic music before transitioning to more traditional [[synthpop]]. After a series of independently-released demos, they were signed to [[Nilaihah Records]] in 2002, and released several subsequent albums via that label. In that time they incorporated influences of Arabic and Indian traditional instrumentation.
Due to the band's history with computers and the geographic separation of the members (Oehler remained in Madison, Goedken moved to California and later Massachusetts), they were early adopters of internet technology for collaboration. The first Null Device website was created in mid-1994 and quickly became central to the band's promotion and distribution strategy.


After the dissolution of the label, they went on to release two more records independently, before signing to Distortion Productions.
While their label debut and early works are straightforward [[synthpop]], their more recent works have seen a broadening of influences, taking cues from [[breakbeat]], [[trip-hop]] and [[drum and bass]] and incorporating a wide range of ethnic influences and instruments. Subsequent releases have seen the use of [[dumbek]], [[dholak]], [[duduk]], [[cumbus]], [[sitar]] and [[violin]]. Null Device has also contributed to various projects with a number of other industrial, synthpop and electronic artists, including [[Armageddon Dildos]], [[B! Machine]], [[Blind Faith and Envy]], [[Caustic (band)|Caustic]], [[The Dark Clan]], [[Distorted Reality]], [[The Gothsicles]], [[Epsilon Minus]], [[Hungry Lucy]], [[Polymorphous Perverse]], [[Stochastic Theory]] and [[Stromkern]].

==Members==
===Current===
* Eric Oehler - [[Vocals]], [[Violin]], [[Synthesizer]], [[Percussion]], [[Fender Bass VI|Bass]], Songwriting
* Eric Goedken - [[Lyrics]], [[Record producer|Production]]
* Jill Sheridan - [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboards]], Songwriting, Vocals, [[Record producer|Production]]
* Kendra Kreutz - [[Cello]]

===Former===
* Elizabeth Scheef - [[Dumbek]], [[Frame drum]]
* Dan Clark - [[Guitar]]
* Charles "Chuck4" McKenzie - [[Bass (instrument)|Bass]]
* Tom Lawrence - Synthesizer
* William Annis - Synthesizer


==Discography==
==Discography==
===Albums===
===Albums===
⚫
* 1999 - ''The Year in Pixels''
*'''Excursions''' (Nilaihah Records, 2007)
* 2002 - ''Sublimation''
*'''[[A Million Different Moments]]''' (Nilaihah Records, 2004)
* 2004 - ''A Million Different Moments''
*'''[[Sublimation (album)|Sublimation]]''' (Nilaihah Records, 2002}
* 2007 - ''Excursions''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.isthmus.com/music/the-bin/null-device/|title=Null Device - Excursions|last=Albertoni|first=Rich|date=August 24, 2007|work=[[Isthmus (newspaper)|The Isthmus]]|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref>
⚫
*'''[[The Year in Pixels]]''' (1999)
* 2010 - ''Suspending Belief''<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.isthmus.com/music/the-bin/null-device-suspending-belief/|title=Null Device: "Suspending Belief"|last=Albertoni|first=Rich|date=May 13, 2010|work=[[Isthmus (newspaper)|The Isthmus]]|publisher=Jeff Haupt|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref>
* 2013 - ''While You Were Otherwise Engaged''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.side-line.com/null-device-while-you-were-otherwise-engaged-cd-album-distortion-productions/|title=Null Device – While You Were Otherwise Engaged|website=Side-Line|date=December 27, 2016|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
* 2016 - ''Perihelion''
* 2019 - ''Line Of Sight''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2019/10/17/null-device-line-of-sight/|author=Bruce|title=Null Device: "Line Of Sight"|website=I Die, You Die|date=October 17, 2019|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
* 2022 - ''The Emerald Age''<ref>{{cite web |author1=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Null Device: The Emerald Age |url=https://www.idieyoudie.com/2022/11/25/null-device-the-emerald-age/ |website=I Die: You Die |access-date=27 February 2023 |date=25 November 2022}}</ref>


===EPs and Singles===
===EPs and Singles===
* 2000 - ''Crimson''
⚫
*'''[[Recursions]]''' (2009)
⚫
* 2000 - ''Submariner/Love Stain'' (Split EP with Polymorphous Perverse)
*'''[[The London EP]]''' (Nilaihah Records, 2005)
* 2001 - ''Subliminal''
*'''Footfalls''' EP (2003)
* 2003 - ''Footfalls'' (EP)
*'''[[Subliminal (Album)|Subliminal]]''' (self-released demo, 2001)
* 2005 - ''The London'' (EP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.localsoundsmagazine.com/2005/12/10/null-device-the-london-ep/|last=Bunny|first=Sean|title=NULL DEVICE – The London EP|website=Local Sounds Magazine|date=December 10, 2005|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
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*'''[[Submariner/Love Stain]]''' (self-released, 2000) split EP with Polymorphous Perverse
⚫
* 2009 - ''Recursions''
*'''Crimson''' (self-released, 2000)
* 2010 - ''Fading Belief'' w/ The Dark Clan
* 2011 - ''Something More Exciting Than A Tornado (Live)''
* 2011 - ''Misadventures in Dub 1''
* 2011 - ''[[Monkey Gone to Heaven]]''
* 2012 - ''Meds''
* 2012 - ''Triangular (2012 Version)''
* 2014 - ''Night Owl''
* 2014 - ''Aphelion''
* 2015 - ''Wardrobe''
* 2016 - ''What's On Your Mind''
* 2017 - ''All You Fascists Bound To Lose''
* 2018 - ''Only You''
* 2021 - ''Red Right Hand''
* 2021 - ''Run/Let You In''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.synthpopfanatic.com/videos/null-device-releases-thrilling-new-video-for-run/|last=Brandon|first=Chris|title=Null Device releases thrilling new video for "Run"|website=Synthpop Fanatic|date=March 20, 2020|accessdate=December 12, 2021}}</ref>
* 2022 - ''Flags''
* 2023 - ''[[True Faith (song)|True Faith]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.nulldevice.com/ Official Site]
*[http://www.nulldevice.com/ Official Site]
*[http://nulldevice.bandcamp.com/ Music Site]
*[http://www.nilaihah.com/ Nilaihah Records]
*[http://www.nilaihah.com/ Nilaihah Records]
*[http://www.legendsmagazine.net/144/null.htm Interview @ Legends]
*{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20041119184942/http://www.legendsmagazine.net/144/null.htm Interview @ Legends]}}


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[[Category:Musical groups from Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Musical groups from Wisconsin]]
[[Category:American electronic music groups]]
[[Category:Electronic music groups from Wisconsin]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1995]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1995]]

Latest revision as of 01:59, 21 May 2024

For the special file, see /dev/null.
Null Device
OriginWisconsin, USA
GenresElectronic, Synthpop
Years active1995–present
LabelsNilaihah, Distortion
Members
  • Eric Oehler
  • Eric Goedken
  • Jill Sheridan
  • Kendra Kreutz
Past members
  • Elizabeth Scheef
  • Dan Clark
  • Charles "Chuck4" McKenzie
  • Tom Lawrence
  • William Annis
Websitehttp://www.nulldevice.com

Null Device is an electronic band from Wisconsin, USA.[1]

Band History

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Founded in 1995 by students at the University of Wisconsin, Null Device initially focused on instrumental electronic music before transitioning to more traditional synthpop. After a series of independently-released demos, they were signed to Nilaihah Records in 2002, and released several subsequent albums via that label. In that time they incorporated influences of Arabic and Indian traditional instrumentation.

After the dissolution of the label, they went on to release two more records independently, before signing to Distortion Productions.

Members

[edit]

Current

[edit]

Former

[edit]
  • Elizabeth Scheef - Dumbek, Frame drum
  • Dan Clark - Guitar
  • Charles "Chuck4" McKenzie - Bass
  • Tom Lawrence - Synthesizer
  • William Annis - Synthesizer

Discography

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Albums

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  • 1999 - The Year in Pixels
  • 2002 - Sublimation
  • 2004 - A Million Different Moments
  • 2007 - Excursions[2]
  • 2010 - Suspending Belief[3]
  • 2013 - While You Were Otherwise Engaged[4]
  • 2016 - Perihelion
  • 2019 - Line Of Sight[5]
  • 2022 - The Emerald Age[6]

EPs and Singles

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  • 2000 - Crimson
  • 2000 - Submariner/Love Stain (Split EP with Polymorphous Perverse)
  • 2001 - Subliminal
  • 2003 - Footfalls (EP)
  • 2005 - The London (EP)[7]
  • 2009 - Recursions
  • 2010 - Fading Belief w/ The Dark Clan
  • 2011 - Something More Exciting Than A Tornado (Live)
  • 2011 - Misadventures in Dub 1
  • 2011 - Monkey Gone to Heaven
  • 2012 - Meds
  • 2012 - Triangular (2012 Version)
  • 2014 - Night Owl
  • 2014 - Aphelion
  • 2015 - Wardrobe
  • 2016 - What's On Your Mind
  • 2017 - All You Fascists Bound To Lose
  • 2018 - Only You
  • 2021 - Red Right Hand
  • 2021 - Run/Let You In[8]
  • 2022 - Flags
  • 2023 - True Faith

References

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  1. ^ Cisar, Katjusa (March 31, 2010). "Clubs roundup: The hunt is on at the Majestic". Madison. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Albertoni, Rich (August 24, 2007). "Null Device - Excursions". The Isthmus. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  3. ^ Albertoni, Rich (May 13, 2010). "Null Device: "Suspending Belief"". The Isthmus. Jeff Haupt. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Null Device – While You Were Otherwise Engaged". Side-Line. December 27, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  5. ^ Bruce (October 17, 2019). "Null Device: "Line Of Sight"". I Die, You Die. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "Null Device: The Emerald Age". I Die: You Die. 25 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  7. ^ Bunny, Sean (December 10, 2005). "NULL DEVICE – The London EP". Local Sounds Magazine. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  8. ^ Brandon, Chris (March 20, 2020). "Null Device releases thrilling new video for "Run"". Synthpop Fanatic. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
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