#1.g.k

[karacastro]

Some people are born to be stars. You can tell how the energy surrounding them outshines others. On stage, he's a dragon showing his true colours. These photos were taken during the live performances of Katsu Kakiguchi and his band 1.G.K in Kyoto, Japan. Dragon - as the series later was named - was part of the Shasen Exhibit in Osaka, Japan.

[1gk]

Shiro by 1.G.K (by 1gkband)

This is 1.G.K's latest single "Shiro." If you like the song and you like supporting independent artists, please buy music by 1.G.K on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/cCFbhc We also always appreciate a tweet or a G+. 1.G.K is: Vocals - Andy Vocals/production/break dancing - Katsu Guitar - Hiroki Bass - Kyouhei DJ - Shouhei Drums - Jodie Find more videos and photos here: http://www.1gkband.com "Shiro" Lyrics On a childish summer night Away from the streetlights Reflected in kids' eyes Dance the fireflies Dilated pupils see Lightshows while the grownups sleep They dream in dollar green Nature dreams around me Smiles and lives like fireflies  They glow in waves Secrets and mysteries live In your childhood days Writing prose is okay by the daylight But writing nights is for a mind like a firefly Writing prose is okay by the daylight But writing nights is for a mind like a firefly Sweet simplicity It took me decades of study to achieve To free the kid in me Free it The feeling Stop thinking Don't be afraid To fail your way I've seen it The free live The sea lends A feeling of being a wave Smiles and lives like fireflies  They glow in waves Secrets and mysteries live In your childhood days Smiles and lives  Like fireflies Glow in waves I'm falling In waves I'm falling Child for life Colors outside the lines The ground is falling away I'm soaring Fall away Fearless like I was I just want to learn to play Fall away Tumbling impulse I just want to feel the waves Fall away Fearless like I was I just want to learn to play Fall away Tumbling impulse I just want to feel the waves Freedom from fear Break Impulsing Break Freedom from fear Break Impulsing Break Fall away Freedom Break Impulsing Break Fearless like I was I just want to feel the waves Fall away Freedom Break Impulsing Break Fearless like I was I just want to feel the waves Free it The feeling Stop thinking To fail your way Free it The feeling Stop thinking To fail your way Free it  The feeling Stop thinking Don't be afraid

[1gk]

Hi everybody. To thank you for your continued support and encouragement, here is a preview of "Touch of Destiny" by 1.G.K. This song was written for the soundtrack of a movie in which lead singer Andy Heather starred in 2012. If you like the song and you like supporting independent artists, please buy music by 1.G.K on iTunes by clicking here: http://bit.ly/cCFbhc If you enjoy the song please, please retweet, Facebook share or Google Plus. 1.G.K is: Vocals - Andy Vocals/production/break dancing - Katsu Guitar - Hiroki Bass - Kyouhei DJ - Shouhei Drums - Jodie To find out what we're up to, find us on Twitter at @1gkband

  Here are the lyrics: 

  Touch of Destiny

VERSE 1

Adrift in Kyoto nights Between conveyer lives Her finger pressed send The extra puzzle piece  To the future planned out east Like cookie cutters

  CHORUS

In the summer she drifted to me Like a reed in a stream finds an eddie Now she's nothing but faint memories  Of a future that wasn't to be And I'm searching for strange families  In the cafes and lantern-lit alleys Under skies of a dead channel grey Fragile memories are fated to fade 

  CHORUS 2 Just one day in every 10 years  She steps off a ship of her fears  Let the souls of the dead drift away,  Til the sun burns the remnants of day Cos I'm searching for strange families  In the clubs and the cable-strewn alleys Under skies of a dead channel grey Fragile memories are fated to fade

  VERSE 2

Tattooed behind the ear To mark the day the fear And trauma marked her Now she can't meet my eyes An open circuit dies If you can't close it

  CHORUS 3

In the summer she drifted to me Like a touch of destiny Like a past life was starting to bleed Into this future reality And I'm searching for community In the cafes and lantern-lit alleys Under skies of a dead channel grey Fragile memories are fated to fade

[1gk]

Jodie with yakuza movie legend Terajima Susumu at Lab Tribe.

What a night…

[1gk]

Andy and Katsu, 1.G.K vocalists, performing live in Kyoto, Japan.

Photo by Kara Castro

[katsu1gk]

緊急参戦

1.G.K緊急ライブ参戦 2013/2/23（Sat） 京都LAB TRIBE

【HARD CREAM TATTO TEAM 1or8 NON birthday special 】

京都Digital Rockの先駆者 熱過ぎる先輩達『ELDRA』との対バン二回目

盟友

SNIPE達もライブするぜ

  http://bit.ly/YXrLrb

[katsu1gk]

羊

自分のダンスレッスンの時間から多くの事を学んだ。

  俺が何も声かけなくても自分達で励まし合ってひたすら練習するその姿

  この場で出会い、友達になった彼らは年齢や育った環境も違うけど

『うまくなる』

という共通の目標がある

  しかも『絶対うまくなってやる』

という高い意識の中で。

  そしてたった少しの間で現実にうまくなり続けているその努力と気力に尊敬する。

  踊り始めた頃の、

楽器を触りバンドやり始めた頃の気持ちと被った

  俺には必要な時間だった

  大人になっていくと付いて回る余計な感情なんてぶっ壊せばいい

  理想の中で抗っている

  自分の行動や進む道が正しいかなんてみんな不安だ

俺もそうだ

  己を信じるしかない

  目標に向かう過程で立ちはだかる壁が怖い

だから怖くないと知ったのかも知れない

  俺は俺に毎日笑われている

  苦しみや辛さのなかにちょこっとある輝きが達成や感動に繋がると信じきる

    http://bit.ly/eA8V8J

[1gk]

"One More Time" by 1.G.K

このメディアプレイヤーで1.G.K新曲の「One More Time」を聞いてみてください。今回は映画のイメージに合わせ、今までの1.G.Kにはないテイストです。皆様どう思いますか？

Here at long last is a preview of one of the new songs that is available from the iTunes Store now. The song is called "One More Time" and it was written for the soundtrack to a movie in which Andy acted.

Buy this song on the iTunes Store here:

The lyrics are about the concept of home and the meaning of family. Here they are in their entirety:

One More Time

I’m six years of tears and smiles from our goodbye

Your sunset’s my sunrise, I’m tied to you by wires

A thousand storey screen cannot play back a life

A retina’s a way for seeing myself in your eyes

Now one more time and I’ll take you with me

I thought a home was more than bricks and firesides

by pinning down my heart, I’d pin my home inside

Turns out the hearts I love are spread too far and wide

For me to choose a home from the places I reside

Now one more time and I’ll take you with me

We use to have three pairs of eyes to make it worthwhile

One was God, one fame and one was mother for a while

Without your eyes on me gravity feels weak

I’m scared I’ll fall away from home, from you, from me

Now one more time and I'll take you with me