The Ghosts of far east
Mastered by John Davis
(Metropolis Studio, London,UK)
Led Zeppelin / The Killers / Gorillaz etc...
MCs(Start to Finish)
Snow (GUM PROJECT)
Beyond (140)
Catarrh Nisin(140)
Itaq
DUFF (KITAKANTO SKILLZ / ARTCORE)
PAKIN(Dark Elements / GUM PROJECT)
produced by
Kamass & Raid (GUM PROJECT)
Mixed by
PAKIN
From far east with love, for someone who is keep straggling 2019
（日本語は下記）
This is the last release of GUM PROJECT in 2019.
Thank you for supporting us! So this is a FreeDL as a gift for you!
We've already finished this tune around this summer and tried to release it for "Grime Olympic" organised by Rise FM. (You may find the lyrics are a little offensive than usual but I wish you'd get it:)
But, this one couldn't be played because of some reason.
After few months, the winter has come. End of the year will come soon. So we decided to reboot this project affnd intended to blush it up more higher level. After summer we kinda lost the timing for releasing this for various reasons, now winter has officially arrived here in Tokyo and new year celebration is on our doorstep as well. Then we thought we should put this out so decided to reboot this project and tried to brush it up by adding some new spices.
Proudly, The mastering engineer John Davis helped to do it. He is the one of top engineer of "Metropolis Studio" based in London, UK. (Yes, THAT Metropolis studio…many top artists are making music like winner of 2018 Brit Awards.)
Luckily we had an opportunity to meet up with John Davis @ Metropolis Mastering last month since he was visiting Tokyo! We had to jump on that and asked him to master our new version.
Here we go, we had added some UK kick ass bass into our sound!
Just for your info, John started his career from the late 80s and worked with top musicians : Headie One, The Killers, Gorillaz, Dua Lipa, Led Zeppelin etc… Please check more info here
www.thisismetropolis.com/engineers/john-davis/?lang=ja
And of course, all of MCs and producers featured on the song are special too. Japan's top grime artists joined in this project such as Catarrh Nisin and Beyond, they are representing "140" the finest grime crew in Kansai area. DUFF is one of the original Japanese grime artists. And Itaq is a young talent but has become one of the top MC in Japan, at last, rap and Jujutsu Warrior Snow and the organizer PAKIN from GUM PROJECT.
The theme of the song is "Nobody notice us, but we still do our own thing and stand here". No media pay attention to Grime scene yet in Japan so we act like a ghost. Nobody can see us and nobody can beat us…
This is our humble release from our own label.. We are hoping this song to be meaningful and triggers rebirth of Japanese grime scene in 2020. I hope you enjoy it and have a good new year!
Big love from Tokyo
PAKIN
誰にも気づかれていない何者かの為に、東の果てから愛を込めて。
GUM PROJECT、今年最後のFree DL作品。本作品は元々2019年夏に行われたGrime Olympicに提供する曲であったが、諸事情にてお蔵入りとなってしまった楽曲である。
今回リリースするに当たり当時の楽曲を再度ブラッシュアップすべく、UKの名門スタジオ、メトロポリススタジオを代表するマスタリングエンジニア、ジョン・デイビスにマスタリングを依頼。
80年代後期、彼のキャリアはMinistry Of Sound、Boys Own、ClassicやDef Jamといった錚々たるレーベルのレコードカッティングからスタートした。ゴリラズ、The Killers、レッドツェッペリンといった世界的アーティストの楽曲を担当し、現在は世界中のアーティストが彼のクライアントだ。
数十年のキャリアを持つ彼の感性と技術が、日本人のGrime MCたちの曲を世界クラスまで引き上げる。
彼の担当したアーティスト（一部）は下記の通り。
The Killers / Gorillaz / Dua Lipa/ Led Zeppelin / Lana Del Rey / FKA Twigs / Primal Scream / U2 / Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds/ Royal Blood / Years & Years / The XX
www.thisismetropolis.com/engineers/john-davis/?lang=ja
また、参加したアーティストも日本を代表するGrime MC達ばかりだ。
関西を代表するGrime Crew、140から天才的なフロウを持つCatarrh Nisinと素晴らしい声を持つBeyond、関東からは栃木県をrepresentする重鎮MC DUFF、若手ながらベテラン顔負けのスキルを持つItaq、そしてGUM PROJECTから柔術もラップも極めるSnowと、主催者PAKIN。合計6名のマイクリレー。
また、ビートプロデュースは同じくGUM PROJECTより奇才Kamass & Raid。
これは、2019年、掛かるべき時に掛からなかった音楽を供養するためのリリースでもあり、同時に2020年の（ジャパニーズ）グライム再誕を願うリリースでもある。
誰にも気づかれていない何者かに、この楽曲を贈ります。
released December 31, 2019
Mastered by John Davis
(Metropolis Studio, London,UK)
Led Zeppelin / The Killers / Gorillaz etc...
MCs(Start to Finish)
Snow (GUM PROJECT)
Beyond (140)
Catarrh Nisin(140)
Itaq
DUFF (KITAKANTO SKILLZ / ARTCORE)
PAKIN(Dark Elements / GUM PROJECT)
produced by
Kamass & Raid (GUM PROJECT)
Mixed by
PAKIN
