KM-Markit
Daisuke Kawai だいすけ・かわい | |
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Birth name | Daisuke Kawai |
Also known as | "KM-MARKIT" |
Origin | Tokyo, Japan |
Genres | R&B, Rap, Hip-Hop |
Years active | 1998 | –present
Labels | Pony Canyon, Raider Music Records |
Website | Official Ameblo |
Daisuke Kawai was born December 16, 1976 in Tokyo, Japan. He is known best under his stage name "KM-MARKIT." In 1998, he was initially part of the Urbarian Gym (URBARIAN GYM / UBG), a Japanese hip-hop group, which also featured popular Japanese rapper ZEEBRA beginning in 1997. He would go on to sign with the Pony Canyon label in 2004, releasing his first album, Vivid, in April the following year. He would release one more album under the Pony Canyon label before splitting off to do his own projects.
UBG would later disband in 2010.
After UBG's disbandment, in 2010, he co-founded the Raider Music Record and helped create the underground hip-hop group THE RAIDERS, becoming the executive producer. The group would release one album, The Raiders, along with several singles. KM-MARKIT would also collaborate with other artists, though they were under different labels.
Biography
Daisuke "KM-MARKIT" Kawai was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 16, 1976. In 1998, he joined the Urbarian Gym, a hip-hop group who was created by Japanese rapper ZEEBRA in 1997. Daisuke would break away from the group to begin his solo projects under the Pony Canyon label in 2005, with is debut album Vivid (stylized as VIVID).[1] The album would feature Kumi Koda, who, at the time, was Japan's most popular artist, despite Kumi being under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone at the time.
He would release his second studio album, Mark Out (stylized as MARK OUT), a year later on May 12, 2006. Unlike Vivid, Mark Out would chart at #97 on the Oricon charts. It remained on the charts for two weeks.[2]
Urbarian Gym would disband thirteen years later on March 24, 2010.[3]
In 2010, after UBG's disbandment, KM-MARKIT co-founded the new Raider Music Record label and would join the underground hip-hop group The Raiders, coming on as the executive producer. Other members included MINESIN, D-ON, HAR-CO, 8, HI-D, YUKALI, MICHO, KOHH, TY-KOH, TAKESHI & SATOSHI and Mr. LOW-D.[4][5] Their first single, Oh Baby (stylized as OH BABY) would feature KM-MARKIT, YUKALI and 8.[6] They would release their first album, The Raiders the following year.
The Raiders would go on to release a few singles following their debut album: Get It On (stylized as GET IT ON), B.M.N. (Big Monster Nuts) and Shut a Fu%k Up!!!.[7]
KM-MARKIT would release a few solo works post The Raiders album under the Raider Music Record label.
These included Next Episode feat. NaNa in 2010 and Magnetic (along with miray) in late 2014.[8]
Uncharted Singles
Magnetic (along with miray)
Magnetic (stylized as MAGNETIC) is the third solo single by rapper KM-MARKIT. It featured R&B/dancehall/reggae artist miray. miray had previously worked with KM-MARKIT on her self-titled album, miray, in mid-2010.
The single failed to chart on Oricon and Recochoku.[9]
Information
Magnetic is the third solo single by KM-MARKIT and features reggae artist miray. The single was digitally released on November 19, 2014.
The song was released on iTunes Japan as a digital single.[10] miray was initially under the Avex sub-label Rhythm Zone. On August 4, 2010 (four years prior to the single), she and had featured KM-MARKIT on her album miray in the song "Box Seat" (stylized as BOX SEAT).[11][12] However, upon the release of Magnetic, she was no longer under the Rhythm Zone sub-label and chose to focus on independent work.[13] This independent work led her to the indie record label Raider Music Record, which was co-founded by KM-MARKIT himself.
Despite being a single, "Magnetic" did not receive a music video and was released solely as audio, not unlike his prior singles, Give a Little... and Next Episode feat. NaNa.
The song was classified as electronica/rap due to the synthesizer used predominately throughout the song.[14]
Track List
Digital Single
- "Magnetic feat. miray" - 3:57
- Arranger: KM-MARKIT • KEMUMAKI
- Lyrics: KM-MARKIT • miray
Albums
Studio Albums
The Raiders Albums
- "THE RAIDERS"
- August 24, 2011
Singles
Singles
- "Give a Little..." (KM-MARKIT, SPHERE & 杏-ann-)[15]
- August 25, 2010
- "NEXT EPISODE feat. NaNa"
- November 24, 2010
- "MAGNETIC (along with miray)"
- November 19, 2014
The Raiders Singles
- "OH BABY"
- July 6, 2011
- "SUGAR/Higher"
- July 27, 2011
- "B.M.N. (Big Monster Nuts)"
- June 20, 2016
- "Shut a Fu%k Up!!!"
- July 25, 2012
- "GET IT ON"
- August 29, 2012
Collaborative Efforts & Featured Artist
- "Taidou" (胎動 / Quickening) (December 25, 1998)
- from album Doytenna 2000 / LIBRO with Ark, KEMUMAKI & DOBINSKI
- "MAD MAXX" (February 19, 2000)
- from album THE SHOW CASE (THREE THE HARD WAY) / Low IQ 01 x ZEEBRA x UBG
- "BEAT BOXING feat. KM-MARKIT" (June 14, 2000)
- from album ZEEBRA 「BASED ON A TRUE STORY」 / ZEEBRA
- "Usohappyaku feat. MICADELIC, INDEMORAL, KM-MARKIT, MINESIN, BACKGAMMON & DOBINSKI" (嘘八百 / Full of Lies) (December 20, 2000)
- from album 三善的大魔境 / Miyoshi/Zenzou
- "ONEWAY" (November 20, 2001)
- from album N / UBG
- "URBAN BARBARLIAN GUERRILLA (UBG)" (June 19, 2002)
- from album GUERRILLA GROWING PLATINUM / UBG
- "CHANGE THE GAME" (December 18, 2002)
- from album Change The Game / Various Artists
- "G.Y.M feat. OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT, BRZ" (May 8, 2003)
- from album NEW DEAL PRESENTS SHOW and PROVE / Various Artists
- "Stop the Violence feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT" (September 26, 2003)
- from album UNITED NATIONS III / DJ Yutaka
- "THE TRAINING DAY feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT & CHINO" (January 21, 2005)
- from the album DADDY'S HOUSE VOL.3 / DJ MASTERKEY
- "Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT" (April 13, 2005)
- "unreliable feat. KM-MARKIT [remixed by FIRSTKLAS]" (May 21, 2005)
- from album LOVE IS THE MESSAGE / Various Artists
- "IT'S ALL A G[@]ME feat. GOTZ, CHINO, SUMI & KM-MARKIT [UBG REMIX]" (June 1, 2005)
- from album Street Dreams / ZEEBRA
- "MUSIC TRIBE feat. Q & KM-MARKIT" (January 11, 2006)
- from album DRAMA / Full Of Harmony
- "Taste Of Honey feat. CO-KEY & KM-MARKIT" (February 15, 2006)
- from album The New Beginning / ZEEBRA
- "FLY HIGH" (February 22, 2012)
- from single FLY HIGH / w-inds
- KM-MARKIT wrote the lyrics for both "FLY HIGH" and "Put your hands up!!!"
- "Shampoo Bubble" (August 23, 2017)
References
- ^ "VIVID / KM-MARKIT / ORICON STYLE". Oricon. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "MARK OUT / KM-MARKIT / ORICON STYLE". September 3, 2016.
- ^ "【速報】ZEEBRAがTwitter上でUBG解散を発表". Amebreak. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "THE RAIDERS!!! / YUKALI OFFICIAL BLOG". Ameba. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ "THE RAIDERS". Oricon. Retrieved September 3, 2016.
- ^ "Apple Music Download The Raiders "OH BABY feat. KM-MARKIT, YUKALI and 8 - Single"". iTunes. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "Apple Download The Raiders". iTunes. Retrieved September 7, 2016.
- ^ "MAGNETIC / KM-MARKIT along with miray". YouTube & TuneCore. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "KM-MARKIT along with MIRAY "MAGNETIC"". Recochoku. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "Apple Music Download KM-MARKIT along with MIRAY "MAGNETIC - Single". iTunes. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "miray Official Website / discography". miray Official. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
- ^ "miray, KM-MARKIT, CORN HEAD : miray(with DVD)(Version A)". Amazon Japan. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
- ^ "miray Official Website". miray Official. Archived from the original on September 17, 2016. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
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- ^ "Apple Music Download KM-MARKIT, SPHERE & ANZU-ann- "Give a Little... - Single"". iTunes. Retrieved September 8, 2016.