Zwei (, Latn, ja, Dzuvai) is a Japanese duo formed in 2003 composed of Megu on bass guitar and Ayumu on vocals.
"zwei" (pronounced ) is the
German word for "two", referencing how they are a duo.
Biography
Megu and Ayumu started their career as Zwei in 2004 under
VAP, Inc. They released their debut single "Movie Star" in May 2004. Since then, the band started developing a techno-rock style with some similarities with
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music, electronic band formed in Basildon, Essex in 1980. Originally formed with the line-up of Dave Gahan, Martin Gore, Andy Fletcher (musician), Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke, the band currently consists ...
. In October 2004, they released their debut album ''Pretty Queen''. The following year, they continued releasing singles, and a second album, but in general, the sales of both the albums and the singles was limited. Probably the most popular song of this era was "Dragon", released in July 2005.
In 2007, Zwei officially left VAP and signed on with
Universal Music Group
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. However, in 2010, the band left Universal and moved to
5pb. They started singing songs for some of the video games developed by the same company. As a result, the popularity of the band started growing moderately. In 2012, they sang the opening theme for the
visual novel
A visual novel (VN) is a form of digital interactive fiction. Visual novels are often associated with the medium of video games, but are not always labeled as such themselves. They combine a textual narrative with static or animated illustratio ...
''
Robotics;Notes'', developed by 5pb. too. The band also sings the opening theme for the
anime
is a Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, , in Japan and in Ja ...
adaptation of ''Robotics;Notes''.
In 2013, the duo announced they would be releasing their first album in 8 years, titled "Re:Set," on April 24.
Their song "Last Game" is used as the ending theme to the anime series ''
Steins;Gate 0''.
Discography
Singles
* Movie Star (May 26, 2004)
* Watashigai no Uta (July 22, 2004)
* Hikari (March 23, 2005)
* Dragon (July 21, 2005)
* FAKE FACE/Shiroi Machi (November 16, 2005)
* 1+1=2 (June 20, 2007)
* Distance (June 2008)
* Koyubi no Paradox (August 4, 2010)
* Inanna no Mita Yume (January 15, 2012)
* Kakucho Place (June 27, 2012)
* Junjo Spectra (November 21, 2012)
* Heading For Tomorrow (July 24, 2013)
* Brave the Sky (feat.
Kanako Itō) (April 30, 2014)
* Yakusoku no Augment (June 25, 2014)
* Lyra (November 25, 2015)
* Last Game (April 25, 2018)
* Avant Story (December 26, 2018)
Albums
* ''Pretty Queen'' (October 14, 2004)
* ''Z (Zeta)'' (December 21, 2005)
* ''Re:Set'' (April 24, 2013)
* ''NEO MASQUE'' (August 26, 2015)
* ''Ley Line'' (June 21, 2017)
[5pb.Records http://5pb.jp/records/release/ley-line/ (accessed on 2017-08-07)]
DVD
* Zwei in the Box (February 22, 2006)
References
External links
Zwei official website
Japanese rock music groups
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups from Tokyo
Female musical duos
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