Absolut Null Punkt (often abbreviated to ANP) is a Japanese rock band formed by
KK Null
, known by his stage name KK Null, is a Japanese experimental multi-instrumentalist active since the early 1980s. He began as a guitarist but learned how to compose, sing, play drums, and create electronic music. He also studied Butoh dance at ...
and
Seijiro Murayama in 1984.
ANP's music incorporates elements of
free jazz
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,
heavy rock,
industrial music, and
glitch music
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The glitching sounds featured in glitch tracks usually come from audio recording d ...
. Although the group disbanded in 1987, they reformed in 2003 for a series of live performances. Recordings of these performances make up the ''Live in Japan'' album, released on the
Important Records label. This was followed by ''Metacompound'', the group's first studio recording in 19 years, also released on the Important Records label.
Absolut Null Punkt (Absolutt Nullpunkt) is
Norwegian
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* Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway
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for "
Total zero point".
References
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Japanese noise rock groups
Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups established in 1984
1984 establishments in Japan
Important Records artists
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