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"Null and Murayama concoct a visceral brew of pulverizing free rock improvisation and Merzbow-style white noise power electronics, as guitars and the mysteriously titled `nullsonics' duel it out with primitive pugilistic percussion, all accompanied by Null's truly terrifying guttural growls and banshee screams." - DUSTED KK Null and Seijiro Murayama both get full chapters in the book of legendary underground Japanese musicians. Null started Zeni Geva, spent two years collaborating with Merzbow, released records by Melt-Banana, recorded twice for John Peel, and collaborated with Daniel Menche, James Plotkin, Jim O'Rourke, John Zorn, and many more. Murayama is a founding member of Keiji Haino's Fushitsusha and has worked with Fred Frith, Tom Cora, and KK Null since 1982. Null and Murayama formed Absolut Null Punkt in 1984. In 1987, they broke up, and then seventeen years later reformed for some live performances and released the singular Live In Japan on Important Records. Metacompound, their first studio recordings in over nineteen years, is indescribable. Combining free jazz, heavy rock, industrial noise, glitch, and free improvised dynamics, ANP creates a sound that is entirely unprecedented.