nil00

l0ve is an ode to yearning, a racing ride through a love that feels boundless but is confined to the boundaries of time, like a quickly fading summer. It dances light-footedly across these emotions in opening songs such as l0ve 5am and No 1 Crush, before settling into a weighted melancholy in tracks Luminous Doom and Beautiful Fish; sonic sunsets that grapple with the inherent loneliness that pairs with overwhelming feelings of desire and lust. Lyrically, l0ve asks questions about how love can feel both fleeting and infinite all at once, its last two numbers, Ragequit and with u, operating as final heart bursting attempts to hold on tight to a love that may have run its course.

nil00 began making music after working in Liverpool’s music scene as a videographer and music journalist. Their extended friendship circle naturally included a large range of the city’s musicians, such as Yank Scally, who co-produced nil00s debut EP 00, and Charlie Power of Yeno Tha Soundsystem, nil00s long term mixing partner. The combination of working closely with musicians on their visual outputs, plus a critic's ear for good music, bred a hunger in the artist to create the kind of music they felt was missing from the scene. nil00’s first ever track, a rough demo made in 2018, was an early formation of what was to become l0ve 5am, the opening and eponymous track on l0ve.

00, nil00’s debut EP, was accompanied by impressive visuals, conceptualised and animated by nil00, using generative AI to create alternate universes and digital landscapes that represent their music. Their commitment to sharing behind the scenes clips of the video making process created an organic virality and nested a solid and dedicated fanbase of nil00s glitchcore style. This buzz was amplified when nil00 dropped a then incomplete snippet of their track Just Remember You’re Beautiful, And Two Hours Comes Pretty Easily, I Wanna Spend It With You (Beautiful Fish) in 2022, which went swiftly viral and introduced a new wave of listeners to nil00s sound.