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TRANSLATION OFFICIAL BLOG - July 10th 2015
My voice can be heard
on GACKT Blomaga so,
those who want to read it all, check out the Blomaga
※This article is an excerpt from the “GACKT's Trashy Stories” corner in the Blomaga.
【Delivered thrice a month】
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt
Some how...
in 2015,
on 4 July,
I have survived
the birthday party from hell.
These few days,
because I haven't been able to sleep at all,
I thought that if I collapsed halfway
this tequila birthday party from hell
might be my last... but
it would seem like this will repeat itself next year too.
One, after another,
I'm honestly to happy be able to
add another year without incident this year.
The business community, the entertainment industry, regardless of occupation,
to my many business associates,
to my many close friends who rushed for me too,
I would like to sincerely thank them.
And to all the LOVERS
who still celebrate GACKT,
I would like to convey my thanks and love from the bottom of my heart.
I'm not good with words but...
I really,
really,
thank you.
One, after another,
because it's this season,
many things suddenly crossed my mind.
Life,
isn't just about always doing well.
If I were to make a comparison, life is like surfing.
There are people who have peaks and valleys in their life but,
I don't think that life dips down.
Essentially,
like surfing you're always on the waves
preparing to ride the coming wave,
and the challenge is to find a big wave.
While looking for that, you ride the small waves.
What techniques are used by
surfers who can ride big waves?
These guys
don't just wait patiently for the next wave offshore.
Instead, guys like that
even if they managed to find a big wave
they will be swallowed by that wave, and that will be the end.
First of all is to go out to sea.
This, in relation to life, would mean to start moving.
Before thinking about this and that
first you have to move and try getting into the sea,
and challenge yourself without being afraid of failure.
Then,
after awhile, you'll realise.
When you look from the shore,
although the surfers floating on the sea
look like they're amazing,
but in actuality most of them aren't that great.
Just that, if there are people floating around,
there are even more people swimming.
Unless you made a move you wouldn't have seen it.
And once you start swimming,
it is, in short, tiring.
At the start, you paddle and paddle but you can't move forward.
There are many people who give up here.
That too, is life.
Once you get past that,
before you even realise it yourself
you've become good at paddling.
Then, when you try standing on your board
you fall so easily into the sea that it seems like a joke.
This too, is life.
When other people do it it looks easy but,
when you try it you'll realise that you can't manage it at all.
But even so, without giving up,
it is also a point to lower your pride
and ask how to get better at it.
By watching and imitating, in other worlds to copy someone, is also another point.
It doesn't matter which road you use.
The bottom line is,
to 【never give up】.
To be committed...
In other words, to be devoted and continue on.
When you look back at that,
you will start to notice differences in the waves.
You start to be able to see the breaks in the waves.
This too, is life.
In fact, most people do not realise
that in everything
you can find similar flows
where minute differences exist.
Rather,
when you become aware of that point,
from trivial accidents, you become able to find things that you can use to protect yourself with.
Then, again, you have to be aware.
There are guys who think that they're good at riding the waves,
simply ignore others,
selfishly ride the waves round and round,
and never get to progress.
This too, is life.
Important times, places, friends,
if are given the leeway to have many opportunities to share,
if you can can see the gaps between those points,
the number of people you can call friends will naturally increase.
And,
when you become someone who can increase your circle of friends,
you will naturally be able to call out to strangers who are swimming with all their life too.｢Hang in there!｣
｢Don't give up!｣
｢You'll be fine!｣
This too, is life.
Its not about who's on top or below.
What's important is that the you who can call out to others exists.
Then, again, you have to be aware.
Although your body strength won't necessarily go up after riding for years,
you're riding the waves well.
To be able to achieve balance,
you have to get to the point
where without using excess strength, you can naturally stand up.
To get that far,
【keep on moving】
【don't give up】
These basic things are the minimum requirements
that you have to instinctively understand without saying anything.
And, be aware that the result of doing small things over and over again,
is being able to become the you in that moment of time.
From here
whether to challenge and even bigger wave or not,
is up to you.
This too, is exactly what life is.
And,
all the things around you,
all the people you surround yourself with,
the friends who were involved in it with you
to be able to give a big thank you to them,
this too, is【life】.
The smallest unit for a human is not 1.
Though indeed when you were born
and maybe when you die you will be alone.
However, for humans to survive
they have to create a life where at least 2 or more people are connected together.
Although it may not always be a case of "the more the merrier",
even if you have too many, it isn't a problem.
Rather,
more than the numbers, to those many people
how much do you convey your thankfulness to them,
that to me is the most important thing.
GACKT, 42 years old.
By the time I realise it I'm already at this age.
While laying my hand on the grave of a deceased friend
I let him know that
this year too, I was helped by many people and worked hard too.
By the time I realise it,
it's already been 17 years...
It went by in a flash.
But, instead of looking back with a sigh,
didn't I still leave behind something big.
I'm still doing it.
Something even bigger.
Watch me.
Well then,
I'll come visit again.
My name is GACKT.
My motto is『Mr. YOUR FRIEND』
Recently smiles have been coming out naturally for me,
my brother.
GACKT
My voice can be heard
on GACKT Blomaga so,
those who want to read it all, check out the Blomaga
※This article is an excerpt from the “GACKT's Trashy Stories” corner in the Blomaga.
【Delivered thrice a month】
http://ch.nicovideo.jp/channel/gackt
Source: GACKT Blog
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
© GACKT ITALIA
TRANSLATION EXCITE.CO.JP: Remix Album by GACKT & Prominent DJs Completed "Do it however you like!" - Part 2 - June 30th 2015
When I make the next band, maybe I'll add the feel of club music taste
――Was there any point when GACKT-san felt the urge to try out being a DJ yourself?
GACKT： Honestly, I wouldn't want to do that solo. However, when I make the next band, maybe I'll add the feel of club music taste. Because in the first place I planned for something like that. Therefore it became a really good point of consideration.
――I see. Incidentally, right now dance music is in vogue but, to GACKT-san, when thinking about the relationship between "music" and "dancing", what is each of their positions relative to the other's like?
GACKT： Hm…… The relationship between “music” and “dancing” is, for music, it attracts consumers for a business, I believe it has an important economic benefit. At present you can't sell CDs. If you do that you can't be a musician. As to why, it's because the system where by you make sales profits from the people who buy CDs you released has completely collapsed. From a musician's point of view, it might be something that they would call ridiculous, but if you're asking me, I would say 「the era of the CD bubble was weirder」. During the CD bubble that lasted for around 10 years from the year 1990 to the early half of the year 2000, everyone was too focused with the method of “growing the market and the musician with a sales strategy centered around CDs". Regardless that it was originally the center of the majority of a musician's profits, deviating from that, they'll become specialised with making a CD and how to sell it. In the end, this will create an environment in which the next generation of musicians cannot thrive.
――So you're saying that it's a structural problem.
GACKT： Even amongst musicians, about DJs and remixers, there are people who say 「aren't they just people who combine people's songs together?」. But I doubt that and wonder 「is that really so?」. Indeed, they may not be considered as original, and it's probably difficult to answer 「what part of it makes it their own song?」 but, these people don't really sell CDs. Because when these DJs make appearances, they are able to gather people at clubs,and with just that, I believe that this justifies them being defined as artistes. Music has simply become a tool to sell CDs, and in recent years this rotten trend has been around, in other words, it has facilitated the appearance of people who go by remixing and use music to gather more people.
When you think from that view, the position of DJs who can draw customers is revisiting the fundamental ideal of music, and in that sense it is an untarnished flow.
――Meaning that it creates a place where patrons can experience and feel the music live right.
GACKT： That's right, actually, its because at these places the patrons are really "using the music". Buying multiple copies of a CD for the sake of getting certain privileges, then discarding the CDs…… I want to ask, is that really the right thing to do as a musician? The more you do something like that, without a doubt your music will go wrong, and the losses you sustain will be even greater. In the first place it is not something that we should be doing.
――That is true…… After this work's release, I'm sure you have many activities planned as well. The single release, birthday party event, and the 【LAST VISUALIVE TOUR】 is ahead as well.
GACKT： Yeah. I have to, work hard……（laughs）.
For now I'll finish this run, then I'll probably think about what comes after when it ends?
――At present how do you spend your days? Is it all work going on concurrently?
GACKT： While progressing with work, right now, the main thing for me is to heal my injured body. For the sake of pulling off 【LAST VISUALIVE TOUR】 properly to the end. All the while during these 16 years, because I've been doing reckless activities, I've put quite a bit of burden on my body. Well, I guess it comes back to haunt you? or something…… Because I've been pushing myself to the limits until now, you can pretty much say it's of course that this would happen though.
――Which part, specifically, hurts or has gone bad?
GACKT： Now my back is really bad. Because it really hurts when it gets cold, more often than not I'll always be in an area that has a higher temperature and is warm. While looking for various environments where I can live comfortably, the place where I unexpectedly felt that was suitable for me was Dubai. Everyone said 「It's hot! 」 but for me, that humidity and temperature is perfectly bearable. It's the same as Japan in the sense that it has no natural resources but, I was surprised that Dubai is really progressing, including for their tax system and their acceptance of foreigners. Right now, isn't it the fastest progressing country in Asia? Well, when you ask 「right now, what is something that Japan is proud of? 」, to me, it's not trade, only culture is left. History, services that are uniquely Japanese, our music, etcetera, until we export them quickly, to the foreign countries, it will become an era where we're can't show them 「this is what Japan is all about 」.
――So you're saying that we have to build Japan's identity based on our culture.
GACKT： Unless people start to see that it's useless. At one point in time, something called J-POP was built up, and to a certain extent it penetrated the Asian market. But, right now, there's no more Japanese-produced music going around. To me, I believe that the current mission we have to pursue is to figure out how, as a Japanese, I can delivery music out of Japan.
――So GACKT-san, as someone whose name is well recognised overseas, has to take the lead right.
GACKT： Well, it's because thus far I've been having activities overseas as well. Also, most of Japan's musicians can't speak foreign languages. Isn't that part of the problem as well （laughs）? Although they've studied for 7 or 8 years, it's amazing, the percentage of people who can't speak a word of English despite that. It's a special trait, of this country. Really!
――When you said that your physical condition is bad, you'll want to rest but, when you think of the fans waiting for you, you'll want to continue your activities more so…… you have mixed emotions.
GACKT： Right now, I'm not exactly resting. While healing my body, I'm doing training, I'm also carrying out production activities, that's the situation now. In any case, I'll run with all my might until the end of the 【LAST VISUALIVE TOUR】. I'll finish this run, then I'll think about what comes after when it ends. If I have my body, I can still do it anyway, unless I don't have it I can't do it. So unless I try doing it, I won't know.
――At what stage has the 【LAST VISUALIVE TOUR】 progressed to?
GACKT：Ah~ I can't talk about that yet.
――Understood （laughs）. I'll look forward to it.
GACKT： Thank you.
≪My season≫
GACKT introduces what he's most interested or into recently!
Dubai
Recently, I've been looking for a place to live in that is suitable for me. At the start of this year, I thought 「shall I live in Europe?」 and went around various countries but, the climate was not suitable for me, and I found that my body ached. Although the scenery is nice…… What was unexpectedly suitable was Dubai. The food was delicious, and it was comfortable for my body for which I was looking for a warm place to be in. I think for spring, autumn, and winter the average temperature is around 30℃? And then, when it gets to summer it exceeds 50℃! I heard that there was a law that “prohibits working outside for more than a certain number of hours”. So yeah, it's impossible to work in that environment. Isn't it scary （laughs）. Before I went I didn't know a single thing about Dubai but, I gave it a go and went, I was really moved by the country's many interesting and amazing points. Then I researched about various things, starting with their taxation, acceptance of foreigners, I understood that the country's policies are good. The country's system came out really well. They are equipped with infrastructure that will surprise you, but even those that were incomplete or still in development were amazing too. Really, the country is simply amazing.
Source: excite.co.jp
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
© GACKT ITALIA
FACEBOOK UPDATE – July 10th 2015
「GACKTRACKS」Official Goods Online sales closing soon!
The Official goods which have been a great hit at the event
Will be finishing their Online Sales this weekend on Sunday 12th July!
If you're still considering a purchase, get in as soon as possible^^
《「GACKTRACKS」Official Goods Sales Site》
https://fan-goods.jp/gacktracks/
TRANSLATION OFFICIAL NEWS: [GACKTRACKS] Official Goods Pre-Order Deadline Nears! - July 10th 2015
Well-received at the event as well, the Official Goods' Pre-Order season will end this weekend on 12 July (Sun)!
Those who have yet to place your orders, do access it soon ^^
<< [GACKTRACKS] Official Goods Sales Site>>
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TRANSLATION EXCITE.CO.JP: GACKT "Honestly, I underestimated DJs" apologises to DJ KOO on the Talk Show - July 9th 2015
On July 4th, GACKT has released a remix album 『GACKTRACKS-ULTRA DJ ReMIX-』 that features world renowned DJS like ☆Taku Takahashi, TeddyLoid and DJ KOO. On July 3rd, these prominent DJs/Remixers and GACKT came together in the all-night Release Party held at Shangri-la Tokyo.
In the 5 star hotel's luxurious 27th floor, DJs played non-stop until dawn and at this same event, a talk show with GACKT, DJ KOO and ☆Taku Takahashi was held before that. GACKT and DJ KOO who have only been cordial with each other until now have suddenly appeared to grow close, with DJ KOO even saying 「Recently, y'know, （GACKT has been）messing with me~」.
About the work that was produced with this sense of distance and the experiences in the production, GACKT said 「Heading in the direction of the “LAST VISUALIVE”, while talking about wanting to get people excited, the topic of this album popped up but, because my voice isn't suited for remixes, I initially rejected it. But people got interested, and when I brought it up, really famous people quickly contacted me saying they were interested in participating, by the time I realised a really great end-product was produced, and it's become a favourite album for me too」.
Furthermore, he added 「This time, I didn't give a single order or say “it's better to do it this way”. That way, each and everyone of the DJ's colours can be fully expressed. Also, when I heard the finished product, I felt... top DJs are a class of their own. Honestly, because I've underestimated DJs, I would like to take this opportunity to apologise」 as he expressed his respect for the DJs' technical excellence.
On the other hand, from the collaborators team, ☆Taku Takahashi said 「The times when GACKT-san takes a breath is unique, so his characteristics are strong, down to breathing」, DJ KOO too, praised him saying 「Until now I've been in music for tens of years but, GACKT's song arrangements too are perfect」. As a vocalist, GACKT, who has been creating works where he is particular about every detail, had a smile on his face as he said 「I'm happy that they understood that for me. I can tell that they have created these works with love too」.
At the end of the talk show, they had a toast with champagne to celebrate the release of 『GACKTRACKS-ULTRA DJ ReMIX-』. DJ KOO said jokingly to GACKT, who is known as the unbeated "First-Class Entertainer" in Geinoujin Kakudzuke Check 「Is this the best champagne around? Or, is this one sold in regular shops?」, showing their playful side.
Also, at the venue, speakers from "FUNKTION-ONE", a global top brand, was used. These have been used in festivals and concert tours by numerous famous artistes like Pink Floyd, Underworld, the Chemical Brothers, and more. Even here, it is a grand event which displays GACKT's particularities and spirit of entertainment.
Note that the next day after this event, on the 4th, at Shangri-La Tokyo, 『GACKT's 42nd BIRTHDAY PARTY』 will be held. As Excite Music will be reporting this event in detail in the coming days, we hope that you look forward to it.
Release Informations
Remix Album
『GACKTRACKS -ULTRA DJ ReMIX-』
2015.07.01リリース
【GACKT STORE Limited Edition】CD＋DVD
GLCD-00012/B / ￥5,800（no tax）
※LP size special edition
※Lyrics in booklet
【Normal Edition】CD
GLCD-00013 / ￥2,800（no tax）
［Tracklist］
1.ANOTHER WORLD（☆Taku Takahashi ReMIX）
2.JESUS（TeddyLoid ReMIX）
3.キミのためにできること（TJO & YOSUKE from BLU-SWING Re-MIX）
4.REDEMPTION（STUDIO APARTMENT ReMIX）
5.CUBE（DanceFloorExperience MiX / MARC PANTHER）
6.WHITE LOVERS -幸せなトキ-（DAICHI YOKOTA ReMIX）
7.LU:NA（DJ OMKT ReMIX）
8.OASIS（MITOMI TOKOTO ReMIX）
9.CLAYMORE（ULTRA DJ ReMIX / DJ KOO）
10.小悪魔へヴン（FPM EURODISCO MIX）
11.SECRET GARDEN（Jazztronik ReMIX）
12.キミに逢いたくて（Jazzin'park D&B ReMIX）
13.暁月夜 -DAY BREAKERS-（el poco maro ReMIX）
14.忘れないから（ROCKETMAN ReMIX）
＜DVD＞ ※GACKT STORE限定盤のみ収録
GACKTRACKS MEGA MIX Music Clip
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Source: www.excite.co.jp
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
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