Here are two of the three releases from New Jersey electropop/minimal synth band Nullset. Their only 12", Unisphere, was released in 1983 on JRM Records, and their final 7", Forget You First, was released in 1986 on Parabola Records. The 12" was produced by Matt Pinfield - the same Matt Pinfield who hosted "120 Minutes" on MTV back in the 90s! Musically, they are pretty straight-ahead electropop on their 12", with loads of analogue Korg synths and drum machines, with a nice minimal gem with "The One". The recording is a bit murky and lo-fi at times, as is the nature with these privately released no-budget records, but it's still pretty endearing. Bonus points for the great archaic Ascii art on the foldout insert!The 7" is a bit more full-band new wave, but the B side is still on the synthpop side of things. If anybody has their first 7", I would love to hear it!
Nullset: Unisphere 12"
1983, JRM Records
A1 - To The Point
A2 - Say Fall
B1 - Unisphere
B2 - The One
B3 - Times Out
Forget You First 7"
1986, Parabola Records
A1 - Forget You First
B1 - Counting to One
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THANKS!!!
This stuff was pretty cool, always appreciate people digging up this kinda stuff. Thanks!
I think early synthpop pioneers like Ultravox and the Human League, largely using monophonic synthesizers, produced music with a simple and austere sound
Nullset played New Brunswick, NJ and made the Rutgers campus kids go synth crazy. They're featured in the 80's music scene documentary "Rockin' Brunswick".
http://youtu.be/j7gha0TZdMU
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