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Null Device

Null Device - Synthetic music for synthetic people

About Me

Null Device jumps genres with a dizzying frequency, while maintaining a distinctive melodic sound. Experimentingwith everything from synthpop, breakbeat, IDM, bhangra, middle eastern folk music, and rock-n-roll, they've carvedout a unique niche on the independent electronica landscape.

My Interests

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Member Since: 10/11/2004
Band Website: nulldevice.com
Band Members:

Eric Oehler: Vocals, Synths, Violins, Naive Guitar, Bass, Duduk, Dumbek, Çümbüs, Tef, Dholak

A computer-geek trained as a classical violinist, Eric has always been somewhat of a musical dilletante. Having played in orchestras, chamber groups, folk bands, baroque trios, jazz combos and rock bands, he maintains a fairly obsessive pursuit of new styles of music. He occasionally tries to learn new instruments just for the hell of it.

He currently has sideburns.

Dr. Eric Goedken: Lyrics, Videography, Production, Additional vocals

A highly-published biochemist, Eric Goedken has a poet's soul, an artist's eye, and an unerring ear for a hook (these are all his, and are not part of any sort of gruesome frankensteinian experiment). Contributing elegant lyrics, beautiful videos, production note and suggestions, and the occasional spoken word track, he is an indespensible contributor to Null Device.

He does not have sideburns.

Dan Clark: guitars, arrangements, rock, funk - a musician with actual training in composition, Dan eschewed the life of the starving modern composer for the life of the rock god. Bringing his considerable compositional talent and guitar heroics to genres from pop-punk and prog-metal to musical theatre and goth, Dan is a powerful weapon in Null Device's musical arsenal.

He did not used to have sideburns, but does now.

Chuck McKenzie: bass - Former low-end man for glam-rock acts and bluegrass bands, Chuck McKenzie brings his deep tones to Null Device. He also brings a deep knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons.

He has red hair.

Elizabeth Scheef: Dumbek, dholak, keys - also recognizable as the keyboardist for synthpop mates Stochastic Theory, Elizabeth also plays various bits of ethnic percussion, is a great driver on long road-trips, and probably likes RenFest-ish stuff a bit more than is healthy.

She has long hair.

Jill Sheridan: Vocals, keys - A frequent collaborator turned band member, Jill brings her golden voice to the band. AND she can belch like a trucker.

She also has long hair.


Influences: Conjure One, Royksopp, Depeche Mode, Hybrid, Tarkan, PanjabiMC, A-Ha, GusGus, Niyaz
Sounds Like: Conjure One (kinda), Royksopp (ish), Depeche Mode (esqe), Panajbi MC (here and there), Hybrid (once in a while), Imogen Heap (occasionally)
Record Label: Nilaihah Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

State of the Device, 2007

Some good, some bad, some unusual.After scrambles, delays, scrapped tracks, flashes of inspiration, writer's blocks, and all that goes along with those, we finally finished and released album 3, "Excu...
Posted by Null Device on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 12:17:00 PST

"Excursions" Release Date

Null Device's long-awaited third album, "Excursions" finally has a release date July 24th, 2007.It's at the factory now.I'm so excited I can barely contain myself.We're also playing that Saturday her...
Posted by Null Device on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 09:04:00 PST

This is what it looks like.

Panorama of the Studio Originally uploaded by nulldevice. Here's roughly the final version!(of course, panorama-fisheying distorts things, but you get the idea. It's not actual 100 feet long an...
Posted by Null Device on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:37:00 PST

Construction

You may wonder why the blog's been silent for so long.Has Eric given up on music? Or been injured by falling furniture?No, no nothing like that.I've been busy. Building a studio.I've already had a f...
Posted by Null Device on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:36:00 PST

New in the world of Null Device.

Whew.Those of you who read my periodic updates must think I haven't touched anything new in a while. This of course, is patently untrue.First, construction has started on a new and more exciting stud...
Posted by Null Device on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 11:35:00 PST

Pledge Time at WORT

  Dr. Parks! Originally uploaded by nulldevice. Twice a year, the local community radio station WORT throws their pledge drives.  For a few years now I've gone down to help out dur...
Posted by Null Device on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:04:00 PST

Another Weekend, Another Rehearsal

Another weekend, another rehearsal.  Another acoustic rehearsal, to be precise.  Those are fairly exhausting, as there's no hiding behind the backing tracks, no hiding easy-way-out songwriti...
Posted by Null Device on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 07:00:00 PST

Stuff n Things

Okay I've been kinda busy recently.Well, actually I'm just addicted to "Lego Star Wars II:The Original Trilogy" and it's been consuming a lot of my time.  It's sad, but it's also fun.  The g...
Posted by Null Device on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:58:00 PST

Something Adequate playlist

Things went reasonably well last night, although as usual I misjudged the loudness of the "talky music" during the first segment. I also started fading a bit towards the end.  At one point I bel...
Posted by Null Device on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 06:37:00 PST

Musical Ramblings du jour

It's software upgrade season again.Dammit!Native Instruments has released upgrades to pretty much everything, and since I use a large number of their products, I'm eventually going to have to shell ou...
Posted by Null Device on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 07:05:00 PST