Zwei (band)

Zwei
Origin	Japan
Instruments	Bass
Years active	2003-present
Labels	VAP, Universal, 5pb.
Website	http://www.zweima.com/

Zwei is a Japanese duo formed in 2003 composed of model Megumi Ueno (born May 24, 1980) on bass and Ayumu (born March 30, 1978) on vocals. Ueno models for Japanese punk brand SeXpoT RevenGe and has appeared in the Kera magazine.

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. 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. 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 sung the opening theme for the visual novel Robotics;Notes, developed by 5pb. too. The band also sings the opening theme for the anime 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.

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)
• Kakucho Place (June 27, 2012)
• Junjo Spectra (November 21, 2012)

Albums

• Pretty Queen (October 14, 2004)
• Z (Zeta) (December 21, 2005)
• Re:Set (March 3, 2013)

DVD

• Zwei in the Box (February 22, 2006)

External links

• Zwei official website (Japanese)