Zweizz

Infobox musical artist
Name = Zweizz

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Img_capt = Zweizz live 2008
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Oslo, Norway
Genre = IDM,
noise,
electroacoustic music
and black metal
Years_active = 2003 – present
Label = Vendlus Records
Current_members = Svein Egil Hatlevik

Zweizz is the primary performing alias of Norwegian musician and composer Svein Egil Hatlevik (born May 27, 1977).

Hatlevik started using the Zweizz alias in 2003 after leaving the Norwegian black metal group Dødheimsgard. According to Hatlevik, Zweizz should be considered a one man band, not a solo project. Hatlevik defines the musical style of Zweizz as a mixture of IDM, noise, electroacoustic music and black metal.

Hatlevik also uses the pseudonym Zweizz in other bands which he is also a member of, such as Umoral and Pronounced "Sex". As a member of Dødheimsgard he used the aliases "Hologram" and "Magic/Logic".

The first Zweizz release was the 7" EP "Black Necrotic Obfuscation", issued through Vendlus Records in 2004. On March 24th 2007 Zweizz released his debut album "The Yawn of the New Age", also through Vendlus Records. Later the same year Epicene Sound Systems released an untitled Zweizz cassette EP in a limited quantity of 30 copies. Side B of this release is built entirely from recordings of the Soviet ANS synthesizer. [ [http://www.epicenesound.com/catalog-esr.html] . Retrieved April 26 2008.]

Hatlevik is also a founding member of the avant-garde metal group Fleurety.

Discography

As Zweizz

* "Black Necrotic Obfuscation" (EP, Vendlus Records) - (2004)
* "The Yawn of the New Age" (Full length, Vendlus Records) - (2007)
* "Untitled" (Cassette, Epicene Sound Systems) - (2007)

Cooperation projects

* "Shiva Gives Me A Hand Whenever I Need One, Then I Fuck The Bitch" on an untitled EP in cooperation with Winters In Osaka (2008)

Guest appearances

* "Cynic" and "Whore" on "Demo'dn' I by Dementia Absurda (2007)
* "Satyr's Birth" on the EP Red Tooth, Red Claw by Winters In Osaka (2008)
* "The Shift" on the album "Zoom Code" by ThanatoSchizO (2008).
* "He Came as Swarms" on the album "The Silver Hour" by Swarms (2008).
* "Swarming Locusts" and "Submission to Falsities" on the album "Syndicate of Lethargy" by Execration (2008).

Remixes

* "Kledt I Nattens Farget" from the tribute album (2007)
* "There is need - The Extreme Zweizz Fuckover" featured on the remix album "The Circular Drain" by Solefald (2008).

With Dødheimsgard

*"Satanic Art" (Mini CD) (1998)
*"666 International" (1999)

With Fleurety

* "Black Snow" (Demo) - (1993)
* "A Darker Shade of Evil" (EP) - (1994)
* "Min Tid Skal Komme" (Full length) - (1995)
* "Last-Minute Lies" (EP) - (1999)
* "Department of Apocalyptic Affairs" - (2000)
* "Min Tid Skal Komme (Reissue)" - (2003)

With Pronounced "Sex"

* "XXX" (Interregnum Records) - (2008)

With Umoral

* "Untitled" (EP, Vendlus Records) - (2007)

Line-up

*Svein Egil Hatlevik - Computer, Vocals (Fleurety, Umoral, Pronounced "Sex", ex-Dødheimsgard)

External links

* [http://www.vendlus.com Vendlus Records ]
* [http://www.zweizz.com Zweizz official homepage] (Currently redirects to MySpace)
* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/41551-column-show-no-mercy Interview 2007 ]
* [http://magazine.absolutezeromedia.us/Zweizz.htm Interview 2007 ]
* [http://wm08.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:fnfwxqurldfe Zweizz on Allmusic.com ]

References