Null Device is a collaboration between multi-instrumentalist Eric Oehler and lyricist Eric Goedken, with a host of others joining the fray. A cross-country collaboration that has produced three full-length albums and several independent releases, Null Device has been experimenting with various styles of music since the current lineup’s inception in 1997. With influences ranging from breakbeat to bhangra, electronica to middle-eastern folk music, from modern rock to 80’s pop, Null Device is a unique voice on the independent electronica landscape.

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Members

Eric Oehler: Vocals, Synths, Violins, Random Ethnic Insturments, Studio Geekery 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. The floor of his studio is littered with instrument parts and disturbingly stained back-issues of Sound On Sound.

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 has been known to clone DNA in his fridge.

Jill Sheridan: Vocals, Keys A longtime contributor to Null Device and related projects, Jill is a gifted singer with a fabulous wardrobe and a mild obsession with Robert Pattinson. She can also belch like a trucker.

Charles “Chuck4″ McKenzie: Bass, Donuts After playing in a number of bands for which he was particularly ill-suited, Chuck brings his solid low-end and the occasional banjo to Null Device. He also brings a sense of humour that borders on conceptual art, and a knack for finding donuts just about anywhere.

Elizabeth Scheef: Percussion, Keyboards A multi-instrumentalist who perhaps has a slightly excessive fondness for Renfests, Elizabeth switches seamlessly from modern electronics to ancient percussion. She also can eat an astonishing amount of pie.

Emeritus

Dan Clark: guitars, arrangements, backing vocals, rock, funk (2003-2007) 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 was a powerful weapon in Null Device’s musical arsenal. He continues to play as the lead guitarist for ND buddies Stromkern, and fronts his own goth-funk-rock project “The Dark Clan.” His propensity for hair growth must be seen to be beleived.

Contributors

Heather O’Brien: backing vocals, guitars
Orkestra Evimde: strings
Raya Wolfsun: arabic and classical greek vocals
Ramya Kapedia: urdu vocals

Gear and Studio

Null Device records at Submersible Studios in Madison. We’ve got some gear, too..