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Zero Degree

Zero Degree was founded in 2004 by Matthias Erhard who already had a long background in experimental music. During his 2 year stay in Canada from 1999 to 2001 he discovered minimal and idm, which opened him up to a whole new perspective of ways to express his creativity. In 2007 he met Bernhard Korth, whose main attention was on creating ambient soundscapes influenced by synthesizer pioneers like Klaus Schulze. While Matthias' emphasis is focused on programming complex rhythmical structures, Bernhard loves to create endless evolving pads and dreamy spheres to get lost in between time and space. Together they create a very atmospheric mixture of minimalistic rhythmical structures and lush ambient sounds.

Music for closed eyes

Zero Degree are

m.e. - clock generator
b.k. - atmospheric disturbances

Contact

For booking please contact us here
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Sounds

Zero Degree proudly performed with:

Alarmen, Spherical Disrupted, 100blumen, Empusae, Geneviéve Pasquier, Winterkälte, Norm, MC1R, Displacer, Atrox, Heimstatt Yipotash, Imminent, Esplendor Geometrico, Sanctum, Ah Cama Sotz, Twinkle, Xabec and many more
It will be:
04. February 2012 Revenge of the mighty Ant Moers
It was:
10. June 2011 WGT Leipzig
5.-7. November 2010 Maschinenfest Oberhausen
29. May 2010 Cat Ulm
30. April 2010 Black Opera München
24. October 2009 Cult Nürnberg
28. February 2009 Cult (as nullgrad) Nürnberg
28. August 2008 DJäzz (as nullgrad) Duisburg
23. August 2008 Omega (as nullgrad) Erlangen
29. February 2008 DJäzz Duisburg
1. February 2008 Besetztes Haus Erfurt
24. November 2007 Maschinelle Klangkraft Nürnberg
10. November 2007 consider:noise Leipzig
14. July 2007 U-Haft Muzak Regensburg
12. May 2007 Audiophob Live Ilmenau
30/31. March 2007 Elektroanschlag 8 Altenburg
08. December 2006 Unterdruck Nürnberg
19. August 2006 Omega Erlangen
05. August 2006 Hoffnungshütte Düsseldorf
Releases:
Zero DegreeCD, Album + BoxAudiophob2005
Rot3xFile, MP3, EP, 192Audiophob2006
The Inner RealmCD, AlbumAudiophob2008
Aufbruch6xFile, MP3, EP, 192Audiophob2009
ProbeCD, AlbumAnt-Zen2010
Probe7xFile, AAC, Album, 256Ant-Zen2010
Transit7xFile, WAV + 7xFile, MP3 + 7xFile, FLACAnt-Zen2011
Remixes:
BarriereCD, AlbumAudiophob2007
Barriere / Barriere ZweiCD, Album + CDr, AlbumAudiophob, Audiophob2007
Barriere DreiPlutonium (Wiederaufbe...Audiophob2007
La Sierra MecánicaCD, AlbumConfusibombus2009
La Sierra MecánicaCD, Album, PromoConfusibombus2009
RemixedAdagio (Zero Degree Re...Audiophob2010
Compilations:
Are You Deaf?Drown In DarknessLe Petit Machiniste2006
Consider: NoiseFor YouNot On Label2007
Elektroanschlag 3StellwerkElektroanschlag2007
3 Years Of D.I.Y.CellLe Petit Machiniste2008
HyperakusisFrozen SunlightAudiophob2008
Krachcom.pilation 1ZentrumKrachcom Records2008
Krachcom.pilation 2Vigil Coma (Helium Lea...Krachcom Records2009
Maschinenfest 2010Bleak DreamsPflichtkauf2010
krachcom.pilation 3MorgenrotKrachcom Records2010
More Than Nine LivesHalcyon (Planetfall Mix)Industry82011
These Sounds Will Have To Meet Somewhere In BetweenBury Me With SilenceSignifier2011
Elektroanschlag 8 // Final EditionBeyond The BarrierElektroanschlag2012

Zero Degree uses:

Ableton Live
Max/Msp/Jitter
NI Komplete
NI Maschine
Akai APC 40
Waldorf Largo
Spectrasonics Omnisphere
Motu 2408mk3
Motu 24 i/o
RME Fireface 400
Sonic Core A16 Ultra
UAD Duo

Access Virus TI2
Akai MPC 2500
Ensoniq ASR10
Elektron Machinedrum UW
Korg Electribe ER 1
Korg Radias
Korg DSS1
Moog Slim Phatty
Novation Nova II
Waldorf μQ
Waldorf Pulse
Franconian Beer

Mackie 1402 VLZ
Allen&Health Wizard3 16:2

Event TR8XL

Alesis Bitrman
Alesis Midiverb
dbx 1066
Akai MFC 42
Jomox M-Resonator
Digitech StudioQuad V2
Sherman Filterbank