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2iGHTMARE FESTIVAL

2ikKen

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"Even though life is hard, painful, and like a nightmare (2iGHTMARE), let's accept it and enjoy our lives like a festival"
With this in mind, Kazuki Nakamura makes full use of his guitar sound in this album named "2iGHTMARE FESTIVAL", and successfully incorporates pop-rock and pop-punk sounds into hip-hop. The song "Lightning" depicts the fleeting nature of a summer romance, and "Siren" strongly sings about the struggle to free oneself from the spell of a past lover.
All five songs on this album were produced by Kazuki Nakamura, who has produced almost all of 2ikKen's songs since his debut. The guest performers on this album are Ayumu, a singer with a smooth, high-pitched voice who previously performed on "Dreamin' Remix", and Toco, a female singer with a delicate yet powerful voice. Mixing and mastering was done by Usnow, who has worked on all of 2ikKen's songs to date. The cover was co-created by Ken Ichihara, Mako Iida, and 2ikKen himself.

Artist Profile

  • 2ikKen

    2ikKen (Nikken) is a 23-year-old Yokohama-based artist who discovered HIPHOP at the age of 15, when he was at rock bottom and feeling depressed. He was saved by the aspect of HIPHOP that expresses the pain and suffering of people who are not accepted by society, and he became an artist himself. Together with beat maker kiz vil. (now Kazuki Nakamura), with whom he began his career, he debuted with the 3-track single "2iGHT CAPSULE" released in September 2020. Although non-promotional, the single made various playlists. In December 2020, "TOKIO STAR NiGHT" from the same single was made into a music video directed by Shintaro Kunieda. Despite being the debut work of a newcomer, it received over 10,000 views within a week of its release and caught the attention of various experts. Among them, SKY-HI (Mitsuhiro Hidaka) singled out 2ikKen as "the newcomer to watch in 2021" in his own corner of J-WAVE's radio program "SONAR MUSIC. In August 2022, 2ikKen released the EP "2iGHTMARE FESTIVAL", and in June 2023, they released their long-awaited 1st album "Devil Son" and quickly rose to the center of the scene.

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