APPEARANCE ••• T W O • D I V I D E D • B Y • Z E R O

O Two Divided by Zero está lançando o seu segundo álbum demo: Appearance. Este trabalho é o resultado da tradução do som do álbum anterior Background para o formato ao vivo. É um disco mixado que conta com várias faixas do Background remixadas, algumas covers e outras inéditas. Este álbum representa o que o Two divided by zero vem tocando ao vivo nos seus live P.A.'s , desde o ano de 2004.

00. Two divided by zero (intro)
É uma brincadeira com o fato do nome do meu projeto ser inspirado no nome dessa música. Ela funciona muito bem como introdução. Ela aparece quase exatamente como a original, mas eu aplico uns efeitos de vocoder .

01. USB crime fighting car
Faixa do Background remixada. É um electrão tradicional com um baixo que remete a filmes de ação e perseguições de carros.

02. Introspective
Essa faixa é uma homenagem ao álbum dos Pet Shop Boys que me influenciou tanto. A baterias eletrônicas são a Yamaha RX-17 e RY-10, que são usadas na faixa Always on my mind/In my house e outras do álbum. A faixa tem varias citações a varias faixas desse álbum: Domino dancing , I'm not scared e I want a dog .

03. 198909
Usando a bateria eletrônica da Roland, TR-909, esta faixa, essencialmente technopop , tem um feeling mais para o final da década de 80 e início da década de 90. Ela soa um pouco como Reality e Try all you want do Electronic, ou qualquer faixa do álbum Technique do New Order.

04. Fine time
É praticamente um remix do clássico acid-house do New Order do álbum Technique . Eu alterei um pouco o timbre dos arranjos e a forma da música. Dei uma cara menos pop e mais de e-music.

05. Miami boss Oberheim
Mistura exata de electro com technopop, com influências de miami bass. As baterias eletrônicas usadas aqui são a Boss DR-220 e Boss DR-55.

06. Channel reaction 1986
Dub minimal jamaicano encontra os anos 80. Mistura elementos dos selos Basic Channel e Chain Reaction com as baterias eletrônicas TR-606 e TR-626.

07. Ultraseven
Faixa do Background remixada em vários aspectos. Ficou mais pesada, mais para pista, e ganhou um break. É essa versão que está na compilação AMP MTV Electrobreaks.

08. London-Rio flight connection 505
Essa também remixei em vários aspectos. Ficou com uma bateria quebrada e mais pesada. É um technopop britânico revisitado, cuja a bateria eletrônica foi feita com timbres da TR-505.

09. Life is good (for no particular reason)
Inspirada nas faixas que são lançadas pelo selo Goodlife do produtor The Hacker, a faixa mistura um loop sampleado de disco music para construir uma faixa de techno/electro com elementos dos anos 80.

10. What would Vince Clarke do?/Situation.
A primeira faixa que compus como Two divided by zero mas nunca lançada. Era uma homenagem ao Vince Clarke, metade do Yazoo e Erasure, mago dos synths analógicos. Para o Appearance, eu remixei a faixa e misturei com o hino 80's do Yazoo: Situation.

11. Paissandu 808
A faixa sunny e minimal do Background, virou um batidão dark e electro. A bateria está toda quebrada, e os teclados mais hard.

12. Rent
Cover dos Pet Shop Boys. Quis dar uma cara meio Madam Hollywood da Miss Kittin. O teclado do início parece um pouco Kraftwerk na minha opinião.

Você pode montar sua própria cópia de Appearance baixando o set mixado e também as capas do álbum. Os arquivos .tif estão disponíveis aqui*:

Appearance - capa - frente
Appearance - capa - verso

Produzido por Two Divided By Zero

Sample em Two divided by zero (Intro) tirado de Two divided by zero de Neil Tennant e Bobby Orlando, Parlophone Records.

Samples de baterias eletrônicas vintage em USB crime fighting car , 198909 , Fine time , Miami boss Oberheim , Channel reaction 1986 , Ultraseven , London-Rio flight... , Life is good , What would Vince Clarke... , Paissandu 808 e Rent , cortesia de Hyperreal.org.

Samples da bateria eletrônica Yamaha RX-17 em USB crime fighting car e Introspective cortesia de Funklab.

Samples da bateria eletrônica Yamaha RY-10 em USB crime fighting car e Introspective e sample de orchestra hit em Introspective cortesia de The Mod Archive.

Samples Love technique e de vocoder em Fine time tirados de Fine time de New Order, Qwest Records.

Sample de Paina Vocoder em Miami boss Oberheim cortesia de Hyperreal.org.

Sample de risada em What would Vince Clarke do?/Situation tirado de Situation de Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, Sire Records.

Gravado e mixado no Green Desktop Studio, Rio de Janeiro.
Vocais em Rent gravados por José Adaberon no DBL Estúdio, Rio de Janeiro.
Set mixado criado digitalmente.

Todas as faixas escritas por Robson Waterkemper exceto
Two divided by zero escrita por Neil Tennant e Bobby Orlando.
Fine time escrita por New Order.
Situation escrita por Vince Clarke e Alison Moyet.
Rent escrita por Neil Tennant e Chris Lowe.

Fotos por Valéria Cotta.
Design gráfico por Leonardo Favre.

Two Divided By Zero e Robson Waterkemper agradecem:
Valéria Cotta, Mãe & Pai & irmãos, Pery & Lea, Leonardo Favre, José Adaberon, Johann Heyss, Nepal @ Apavoramento, Daniel DiSalvo e Dudu Marote @ Segundo Mundo, Daniela Barbi & Binho S @ Electrofriends, Renato Lopes & Fernando Moreno @ Smartbiz, Tonyy @ Fiberonline, Ricardo Cassolato, Great Guy, Joana Mazza, Spark, Granulados, Marcelo Junqueira, Gaía & Gil Barbara @ rraurl, Schoreder, Nicholas Frota, Cid Andrade @ Plug, Marcelo Souza, Auto/man, Fernando Barbosa @ www.petshopboys.blogger.com.br, Salvador Martinez, Dima, Di_Indicator, Heiko Laux, Danny Elfman, Julian Mendelsohn, David Jacob, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Frankie Knuckles, New Order, Electronic, Lewis Martinée, FPU, Maurizio, Orbital, Kiko, Lady Tron, The Hacker, Bobby Orlando, Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode, Adamski, David Morales, Miss Kittin, Felix da Housecat, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys.

*Algumas impressoras não imprimem frente e verso corretamente, por isso aconselhamos efetuar alguns testes para que o encaixe aconteça de uma maneira perfeita. Outra sugestão é imprimir uma capa em cada folha e colar um papel no outro.

The Two divided by zero is releasing its second demo album: Appearance. This work is the result of the translation of the music from Background, the previous album to a more live PA format. It's a continuously mix record which has several remixed tracks from Background, some covers and some unreleased ones. This album represents what the Two divided by zero is playing live in its PA's since the year 2004.

00. Two divided by zero (intro)
It's a joke about the fact the name of my project is inspired by the name of this track. It works very well as an intro. It appears almost exactly like the original, but I have applied some vocoder effects on it.

01. USB crime fighting car
Remixed track from Background. A straightforward electro with a bass line that recalls action movies and car chases.

02. Introspective
This track is a homage to the Pet Shop Boys album that have inluenced me so much. The drum machines are the Yamaha RX-17 and RY-10, the ones used in the song Always on my mind/In my house and others from this album. This track has several quotes about songs from this album: Domino dancing, I'm not scared and I want a dog.

03. 198909
Using the electronic drum machine from Roland, TR-909, this track, essentially a technopop, has a feeling towards the late 80's and early 90's. It sounds a little bit like Reality and Try all you want from Electronic, or any track from New Order's Technique album

04. Fine time
It's practically a remix of the classic acid-house track from New Order's Technique album. I have messed up with the arrangement sounds and the form of the track. I've given a less pop feeling, thus a more e-music one.

05. Miami boss Oberheim
The perfect blending of electro and technopop, with influences of miami bass. The drum machines used here are the Boss DR-220 and Boss DR-55.

06. Channel reaction 1986
Jamaican minimal dub meets the 80's. It mixes elements from Basic Channel and Chain Reaction record labels with the drum machines TR-606 and TR-626.

07. Ultraseven
Track from Background remixed in several aspects. It has turned into a more heavy and floor friendly track and has gained a break also. This is the version that appears in the brazilian's MTV compilation: AMP MTV Electrobreaks.

08. London-Rio flight connection 505
This one I have remixed in a lot of aspects too. It's got a more broken and heavy beat. This is a brit technopop revisited, whose drum machine was builded with sound from TR-505.

09. Life is good (for no particular reason)
Inspired on the tracks that are released by the The Hacker's label Goodlife, this track mixes a disco music sampled loop to build a techno/electro track with 80's elements.

10. What would Vince Clarke do?/Situation.
The first track I have written as Two divided by zero, but never released. It was a homage to Vince Clarke, half of both Yazoo and Erasure, analog synth wizard. For the Appearance, I have remixed the track and blended it with the 80's anthem from Yazoo: Situation.

11. Paissandu 808
The sunny and minimal track from Background turned into a dark and electro breakbeat. The drums are more broken and the keyboard lines harder.

12. Rent
Pet Shop Boys cover. I wanted it to have a Miss Kittin's Madam Hollywood feel. The synth riff from the intro sounds a bit like Kraftwerk in my opinion.

You can make your own copy of Appearance downloading the mixed set and also the cover art from the album. The .tif files are available here*:

Appearance - cover - front
Appearance - cover - back

Produced by Two Divided By Zero.

Sample on Two divided by zero (Intro) from Two divided by zero by Neil Tennant and Bobby Orlando, Parlophone Records.

Vintage drum machines samples on USB crime fighting car, 198909, Fine time, Miami boss Oberheim, Channel reaction 1986, Ultraseven , London-Rio flight..., Life is good, What would Vince Clarke..., Paissandu 808 and Rent, courtesy of Hyperreal.org

Yamaha RX-17 drum machine samples on USB crime fighting car and Introspective courtesy of Funklab

Yamaha RY-10 drum machine samples on USB crime fighting car and Introspective and Orchestra Hit sample on Introspective courtesy of The Mod Archive

Vocoder and Love technique samples on Fine time from Fine time by New Order, Qwest Records.

Paina Vocoder samples on Miami boss Oberheim courtesy of Hyperreal.org

Laugh sample on What would Vince Clarke do?/Situation from Situation by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet, Sire Records.

Recorded and mixed at the Green Desktop Studio, Rio de Janeiro.

Vocals on Rent recorded by José Adaberon at DBL Estúdio, Rio de Janeiro.

Countinously mix digitally produced.

All tracks written by
Robson Waterkemper except
Two divided by zero written by Neil Tennant and Bobby Orlando.
Fine time written by New Order.
Situation written by Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet.
Rent written by Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe

Photos by Valéria Cotta

Design by Leonardo Favre

Two Divided By Zero and Robson Waterkemper thanks:
Valéria Cotta, Mãe & Pai & irmãos, Pery & Lea, Leonardo Favre, José Adaberon, Johann Heyss, Nepal @ Apavoramento, Daniel DiSalvo e Dudu Marote @ Segundo Mundo, Daniela Barbi & Binho S @ Electrofriends, Renato Lopes & Fernando Moreno @ Smartbiz, Tonyy @ Fiberonline, Ricardo Cassolato, Great Guy, Joana Mazza, Spark, Granulados, Marcelo Junqueira, Gaía & Gil Barbara @ rraurl, Schoreder, Nicholas Frota, Cid Andrade @ Plug, Marcelo Souza, Auto/man, Fernando Barbosa @ www.petshopboys.blogger.com.br, Salvador Martinez, Dima, Di_Indicator, Heiko Laux, Danny Elfman, Julian Mendelsohn, David Jacob, Phil Harding, Ian Curnow, Frankie Knuckles, New Order, Electronic, Lewis Martinée, FPU, Maurizio, Orbital, Kiko, Lady Tron, The Hacker, Bobby Orlando, Vince Clarke, Depeche Mode, Adamski, David Morales, Miss Kittin, Felix da Housecat, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys.

*Some printers don't print back and front correctly, therefore we advise you to make some tests so the fitting of the two covers could happen in a satisfatory way. Another suggestion is to print one cover in each sheet and glue them together.