Domo Records

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Domo Records
Founded	1993 (1993)
Founder	Eiichi Naito
Distributor(s)	MVD Entertainment Group
Genre	New-age, world, electronic, indie rock, J-pop
Country of origin	U.S.A.
Location	Los Angeles, California
Official website	www.domomusicgroup.com

Domo Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, California.

Domo Records was established in 1993 by Eiichi Naito, a record producer, recording engineer, and artist manager. Domo is an abbreviation and romanization of the Japanese expression dōmo arigatō (どうもありがとう), which means "thank you very much" in Japanese.

Domo Records first signee was Japanese composer Kitarō, who in 1994 won a Golden Globe for Best Original Score with his soundtrack to the Oliver Stone film Heaven & Earth and in 2001, won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album for Thinking of You. Kitaro's albums with Domo Records have received sixteen Grammy Award nominations.^[1]

The label has been distributed by Narada, Virgin/EMI Records, Fontana Distribution/Universal, Allegro Media Group, and Entertainment One Distribution. The record label's executive team currently includes Eiichi Naito and Dino Malito.^[2]

Domo Records has continued to sign and develop other artists including the Yoshida Brothers, Dave Eggar, Seda Bağcan, Kuni Murai, Peas, Tao of Sound, Luna and The Viva Girls.^[3]

Artists[]

Domo Records

Daruma Label

• Coma*
• Jabberloop
• M-Swift
• Kaoru Ono
• Miu-Clips
• Michina & Tomo

Kanpai Records

• Appogee
• Indicia
• Little Plastic Pilots
• Peas
• Prototokyo
• Test Shot Starfish
• Hoppy Kamiyama & Bill Laswell
• The Saboten

Soundtracks[]

• Soong Sisters (2000)
• Metropolis (2002)
• Confessions Of A Dangerous Mind (2003)
• Ninja Scroll (2003)
• Steamboy (2005)
• Impressions Of The West Lake (2009)
• Toyo's Camera (2009)
• 442 – Extreme Patriots Of WWII (2010)
• Forest Of Time (2012)
• An Ethics Lesson (2013)
• Foulball (2015)

References[]

https://www.domomusicgroup.com/releases/

Further reading[]

• Kaplan, Don. "Domo Links With Three Other Labels." Billboard – The International Newsweekly of Music, Video and Home Entertainment v. 110, i. 21 (May 23, 1998): 65, 71.