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Darkest Labyrinth Founded 2000 Founder Kiwamu Distributor(s) Daiki Sound (JASDAQ: 3350) Genre Gothic rock, EBM, electro-industrial Country of origin Japan Location Tokyo Official Website http://darkestlabyrinth.jp/ Darkest Labyrinth is a Tokyo based record label, distributor, and web store specializing in gothic and visual kei artists in genres such as Electro-industrial, darkwave, gothic rock, EBM, and industrial metal.
Originally called Cure, Darkest Labyrinth started as an Osaka-based project to release works by label-owner Kiwamu's own band BLOOD. The label expanded to distribute music by international Gothic and Post-Industrial artists in Japan. In 2007 the label started to sign other artists, making its first deals with international groups such as Virgins O.R. Pigeons (Greece), Spectrum-X (Italy) and GPKism (Australia). That same year they released their first compilation record "V.A. - Darkest Labyrinth" featuring various tracks from Japan's dark underground music scene.
Currently Darkest Labyrinth releases works by a variety of international and Japanese artists. As of March 2009 Darkest Labyrinth has released 50 titles from the label and distributed 280 titles from other labels for Japanese major distribution.[1] The most successful artist on the label so far is BLOOD who have sold over 20 000 CDs.[1]
Contents
Artists signed
- BLOOD
- GPKism
- Spectrum-X
- Noir du'Soleil
- SUICIDE ALI
- 2 Bullet
- Rose Noire[2]
- Seileen
- Takuya Angel[3]
- Angelspit[4]
Note: some artists are only signed to Darkest Labyrinth for Japanese releases, while they are signed to other labels for Europe, North America, etc.
Labels distributed
- Alfa Matrix
- Aural Music
- Deadscarlet Records
- Decadance records
- SOUND BASE MUSIC
- THORNTREE RECORDS
- Subsound Records
- URGENCE DISK
- HTD Records
See also
External links
- Official Site
- English web-store
- Japanese web-store
- Official MySpace
- Digital Music Store at HearJapan
Notes
- ^ a b Code 7 music distribution Darkest labyrinth info page
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/rosenoireonmyspace
- ^ ReGen Magazine news March 18, 2009
- ^ Angelspit website. January 28, 2009
Categories:- Companies listed on the JASDAQ Securities Exchange
- Japanese independent record labels
- Electronic music record labels
- Industrial record labels
- Goth record labels
- Record labels established in 2000
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