Unter Null

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Unter Null (German for 'Below Zero') is an aggrotech music project formed in 1998 by the then 17 year old Erica Dunham, in Seattle, USA. As of 2011, she is based in Portland, Oregon.

Overview

Founder Erica Dunham has a history of musical education with training in the Classical Piano, Cello and Guitar; however, she describes her primary trade as being a chef on her online food store 'Unterbites' which she runs alone .

Unter Null was founded initially as a powernoise project influenced by a number of similar prominent artists, including Noisex, Converter and P.A.L.

Her first, self-titled, album was released in 2001. In 2002, she was picked up by Leech and NTT/Annihilvs Records, and released her second, web-exclusive album Neocide.

Three years later, in 2005, she signed with Alfa Matrix. Since then, she has since released a large number of EPs and albums, as well as appearing on compilation albums with other artists. Unter Null have also performed multiple live shows around the world, with a short US and European tour in 2005 and a lengthy European Tour in 2006.

In early 2008, Dunham launched her side project Stray with the release of the self-titled a 2CD album in cooperation with a number other bands including Mothboy, Detritus and Testube.

On December 25, 2008, Erica's studio, containing her musical, recording and electronic equipment as well as other belongings, were destroyed in a fire. It was feared at first that her newest album, Moving On, had been lost in the fire, although it was later found that they were recoverable from the damaged hard drive.