KM MARKIT

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). 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.

Urbarian Gym would disband thirteen years later on March 24, 2010.

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.Their first single, Oh Baby (stylized as OH BABY) would feature KM-MARKIT, YUKALI and 8. 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!!!.

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.

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.

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. 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 feat. KM-MARKIT). However, upon the release of Magnetic, she was no longer under the Rhythm Zone sub-label and chose to focus on independent work. 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.

Track List
Digital Single

1. "Magnetic feat. miray" - 3:57 Arranger: KM-MARKIT • KEMUMAKI Lyrics: KM-MARKIT • miray

Studio Albums

1. "VIVID" April 20, 2005
2. "MARK OUT"
   Rank: #97 December 6, 2006

The Raiders Albums

1. "THE RAIDERS" August 24, 2011

Singles

1. "Give a Little..." (KM-MARKIT, SPHERE & 杏-ann-)August 25, 2010
2. "NEXT EPISODE feat. NaNa" November 24, 2010
3. "MAGNETIC (along with miray)" November 19, 2014

The Raiders Singles

1. "OH BABY" July 6, 2011
2. "SUGAR/Higher" July 27, 2011
3. "B.M.N. (Big Monster Nuts)" June 20, 2016
4. "Shut a Fu%k Up!!!" July 25, 2012
5. "GET IT ON" August 29, 2012

Collaborative Efforts & Featured Artist

1. "Taidou" (胎動 / Quickening) (December 25, 1998) from album Doytenna 2000 / LIBRO with Ark, KEMUMAKI & DOBINSKI
2. "MAD MAXX" (February 19, 2000) from album THE SHOW CASE (THREE THE HARD WAY) / Low IQ 01 x ZEEBRA x UBG
3. "BEAT BOXING feat. KM-MARKIT" (June 14, 2000) from album ZEEBRA 「BASED ON A TRUE STORY」 / ZEEBRA
4. "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
5. "ONEWAY" (November 20, 2001) from album N / UBG
6. "URBAN BARBARLIAN GUERRILLA (UBG)" (June 19, 2002) from album GUERRILLA GROWING PLATINUM / UBG
7. "CHANGE THE GAME" (December 18, 2002) from album Change The Game / Various Artists
8. "G.Y.M feat. OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT, BRZ" (May 8, 2003) from album NEW DEAL PRESENTS SHOW and PROVE / Various Artists
9. "Stop the Violence feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT" (September 26, 2003) from album UNITED NATIONS III / DJ Yutaka
10. "THE TRAINING DAY feat. ZEEBRA, UZI, OJ & ST, KM-MARKIT & CHINO" (January 21, 2005) from the album DADDY'S HOUSE VOL.3 / DJ MASTERKEY
11. "Hot Stuff feat. KM-MARKIT" (April 13, 2005) from album secret / Koda Kumi
12. "unreliable feat. KM-MARKIT [remixed by FIRSTKLAS]" (May 21, 2005) from album LOVE IS THE MESSAGE / Various Artists
13. "IT'S ALL A G[@]ME feat. GOTZ, CHINO, SUMI & KM-MARKIT [UBG REMIX]" (June 1, 2005) from album Street Dreams / ZEEBRA
14. "MUSIC TRIBE feat. Q & KM-MARKIT" (January 11, 2006) from album DRAMA / Full Of Harmony
15. "Taste Of Honey feat. CO-KEY & KM-MARKIT" (February 15, 2006) from album The New Beginning / ZEEBRA
16. "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!!!