GPKISM
GPKISM a Visual Kei, rock band whose music revolves around the mix of Baroque, gothic and industrial sounds.
Members
Gothique Prince Ken or GPK for short, is the group's vocals, composer and lyricist. He's not a Japanese, rather, an Australian (well, he told me so, and yes, I had the nerve to ask and bug him constantly too). His a multi-talented artist. Yes, aside from his musical talent, GPK also does modeling and fashion designing. In fact, he has 2 fashion labels - Neo-Zero and Jardin de Seraphique. Neo-Zero's designs are mostly on the cyber goth genre while Jardin de Seraphique's designs could most probably fall under EGA fashion line. This is, of course, is only my presumption based on the designs I saw. Anyway, GPK was a part of a band called Flood of Rain too, before his GPKISM project started late 2007.
Kiwamu is GPKISM's guitarist (and possible the programmer as well, but I'm not too sure about it). GPKISM is one of his other projects aside from his main band, BLOOD. Well, he is most known as the "Kiwamu of BLOOD" anyway. In BLOOD, Kiwamu plays guitar, does the VJing and also programs. Aside from being the the leader of band, he also does the art direction and publication designs for BLOOD, yes, this includes the CDs, booklets, flyers, websites, etc. As you can see, like GPK, Kiwamu is also a multi-talented artists. In fact, he's like a artist in full package.
Ryonai is GPKISM's live keyboardist. Oroginally, he is from a gothic electro industrial band called BLAM HONEY. BLAM HONEY is not only a group that produces beautiful music, you'll fall in love with their album covers, flyers, posters and other graphics too. Ryonai is not only an musicial but a designer as well. He co-owns the brand SUPPURATE SYSTEM which produces different types of accessories and clothing with gothic, lolita, cyber, industrial, festish, and steam punk as theme. SUPPURATE SYSTEM, as a fashion brand, has gain populrity amongst the visual kei movement. Popular visual kei artist such as Mana, Kozi, Kaoru (Dir en Grey) and Kaya wears them, for example.
Discography
![[Sublimis] 1st press](layout/disc_sublimis.jpg) |
GPKISM [Sublimis] 1st press 01. Omnia Released: August 15th 2007 |
![[Sublimis] 2nd press](layout/disc_sublimis-2.jpg) |
GPKISM [Sublimis] 2nd press 01. Omnia Released: January 9th 2008 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_illuminatum.jpg) |
GPKISM 1st Maxi single [Illuminatum] 01. Illuminatum Released: Sepetember 3, 2008 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_atheos.jpg) |
GPKISM 1st album [Atheos] 01. Immaculatus Release: March 4, 2009 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_barathurm.jpg) |
GPKISM EP [Barathurm] 01. Barathrum Released: August 26, 2009 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_atheos-2.jpg) |
GPKISM 1st album [Atheos] 2nd press 01. Immaculatus Release: Oct 28th, 2009 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_iudicium.jpg) |
GPKISM EP [Iudicium] 01. Iudicium Release: Nov 25th, 2009 |
![[Illuminatum] 1st Maxi single](layout/disc_sanguis_rosa.jpg) |
GPKISM 2nd mini album [Sanguis Rosa] 01. Succubus Release: September 22, 2010 |
Official Links
GPKISM Related:
- GPKISM Official Website
- Darkest Labyrinth Official Website
- Darkest Labyrinth Official Myspace
- GPKISM Official Myspace
- GPKISM Official BEBO
- GPKISM Official Fansite
Gothic Prince Ken Related:
Kiwamu Related:
Ryonai Related:
GPKISM Official Street Teams
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- GPKISM Official Street Team
- GPKISM Official Australian Street Team
- GPKISM Official Italian Street Team
- GPKISM Official Swedish Street Team
- GPKISM Official Singaporean Street Team
- GPKISM Official American Street Team
- GPKISM Official Belgian Street Team
- GPKISM Official Chilean Street Team
- GPKISM Official French Street Team