Darkest Labyrinth
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Darkest Labyrinth | |
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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://www.starwaverecords.jp/ |
Starwave Records (formerly Darkest Labyrinth and Cure) 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.
First called Cure, Starwave Records started as an Osaka-based project to release works by label-owner Kiwamu's own band BLOOD. The label changed names to Darkest Labyrinth and 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 (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.
Darkest Labyrinth reached its heyday in 2009, releasing works by a variety of international and Japanese artists. As of March 2009 Darkest Labyrinth had released 50 titles from the label and distributed 280 titles from other labels for Japanese major distribution.[1]
In 2010, the web store rebranded itself as Starwave Records and opened a new facebook account.[2]
The most successful artist on the label was BLOOD who had sold over 20 000 CDs.[1]
Artists signed[]
- BLOOD
- GPKism
- Spectrum-X
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[]
See also[]
- List of record labels
- List of electronic music record labels
External links[]
- Official Site
- English web-store
- Japanese web-store
- Official MySpace
- Digital Music Store at HearJapan
Notes[]
- ^ a b Storm Warning Entertainment/Code 7 music distribution Darkest labyrinth info page
- ^ "Starwave Records". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/rosenoireonmyspace[dead link]
- ^ ReGen Magazine news[permanent dead link] March 18, 2009
- ^ Angelspit website Archived 2009-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. January 28, 2009
- Japanese independent record labels
- Electronic music record labels
- Industrial record labels
- Goth record labels
- Record labels established in 2000