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ZYX
12+ albums
minimal synthminimal wavej-popHello Projectnew wave
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There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Macabre synth-inflected Post-Punk/New Wave duo from Vienna, Austria. Walter «ZYX» Eberl (voc., dr.box., electronics, key., synth.), 1981 records: 1981 Get Away Wisdom / Trust No Woman 07INCH45 1981 Trust No Woman 12INCH33 2) ZYX (ジックス, Jiks, pronounced zicks) was a short-lived Japanese pop group made up of five Hello! Project kids led by 矢口真里 (Yaguchi Mari) of モーニング娘。 (Morning Musume). Yaguchi acted as a mentor and the group released two singles. ZYX is important in that it is the first unit that Hello! Project Kids officially joined with the second being あぁ！ (Aa!) formed in 2003, the third being Berryz工房 (Berryz Koubou) in 2004, and the fourth being ℃-ute in 2005. As 清水佐紀 (Shimizu Saki) and 嗣永桃子 (Tsugunaga Momoko) were selected to become members of Berryz Koubou in 2004, the activity of ZYX virtually ended. The name ZYX is a kind of acronym using a somewhat intricate play in notation. "Z" and "Y" are taken from the phrase "Zettai Yume o Bai ni." (絶対、夢を倍に, We hope that you will definitely accomplish your dreams double in size.?) "Bai ni", meaning "[to accomplish] double in size", is represented not as "B" but as a multiplication mark "×" which was then identified with letter "X" in its formal resemblance. Also, it is strongly conscious that the letters ZYX are the last letters of the English alphabet in reverse order. In Hello! Project, this inverted order naming is followed by the groups W created in 2004, 美勇伝 (v-u-den) in
