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NuL is more than a band. NuL is part of a revolution, rising from the undiscovered underground of the Internet to surface
randomly all across the worldwide web. It exploits the greed of the modern commercial Music Industry, by placing itself in
the ever-widening cracks in the Music Industry's draconian marketing strategy. The music of NuL does not adhere to any
formula. It is raw, pure, and from the gut. NuL is musical guerilla warfare.
All of NuL's music is freely available as high-quality downloads, and being Creative Commons licensed, NuL allows the
music to be freely copied and distributed by anyone for non-commercial purposes.
History
Adriaan Pelzer and Simon Kruger have been working together since helping to form the avant-garde rock group Nothing in
1996. After Nothing broke up in 1998, they started experimenting with electronic music on a Pentium II 350 Mhz. Using
mainly Soundforge, Fruity Loops and Cool Edit Pro, the machine was barely capable of keeping up with their immense
creative drive. During this time, they often resorted to Open Source tools on the Linux Operating system, like Csound,
ECASound and raw programming to generate sounds and noise with often very random results.
Their style of preference during these early days was mainly glitch and drum 'n bass, inspired by artists such as Aphex
Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher and even Sigue Sigue Sputnik. These early works resulted in their first CD, EeN, released by
themselves in 2004. This release is in itself an interesting case study, as all of the music on the CD as well as the CD
artwork are available as free downloads, allowing anyone to create their own CD. This is marketed as the "Please Pirate"
campaign, aimed at attracting the Pirate CD market of Southeast Asia.
In 2004 Pelzer moved to Singapore with his wife, Mareli Minnaar, and together they started developing a more hard-edged
industrial sound. They also started experimenting with vocals on most of the music. In 2005, while in Singapore, they
created the NuL website, http://www.nul.com.sg, which acts as the central seeding point for all of NuL's media online. In
2008 the total downloads reach an astounding 30000 on the website alone.
When Pelzer and Minnaar returned to South Africa in 2006, they found an overwhelming awareness of NuL, mainly as a
result of their online endeavours whilst living in Singapore. They subsequently started NuL as a live show, together with
Kruger and two new members, Dawid Kahts (guitar) and Niel de Lange (video jockey). The live show has been a huge
success, and incorporates the shocking though energetic live video mixing of Niel de Lange. The number of fans is still
growing with every gig, and NuL plans to grow its live show accordingly.
The second CD, Twee, has been released in 2007, and work has commenced on a third CD. The winning formula is topped
by Gerrie Roos, who does full-time sound, and Chris Erasmus, who handles Cameras and Lighting.
NuL is:
Adriaan Pelzer – Keyboards and Vocals
Simon Kruger – Bass Guitar
Dawid Kahts – Guitar
Mareli Minnaar – Analog Synth
Niel de Lange – Visual Jockey & Lighting
Gerrie Roos – Sound Engineer
Chris Erasmus – Cameras & Lighting