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Key Party Records
Key Party Records was a Japanese independent record label established in 1997 by Henry Lee Euro, known as the vocalist for the band Speed-ID. The company had both a recording studio and a design studio focusing on visual kei bands of a similar style of music and dress. The Key Party label went on to sign bands like Aliene Ma'riage, Noir Fleurir and Missalina Rei.''Cure'' Vol 21, June, Released 2005.04.21, pg 73 - 76 Key Party was eventually incorporated into Enamell Records, which has since become defunct. May 3–5, 2005, there was a three-day ''Key Party 2005'' revival, consisting of a Q&A and two concerts in the style of the labels ''Hold Your Key'' concerts. The first concert featured a line-up of original Key Party bands; the second concert featured the current bands of members of former Key Party bands.''Cure'' Vol 23, August, released 2005. 6.21 Signed bands * Aliene Ma'riage * Crow (later Kagrra, was a Japanese visual kei folk rock band. They were originally signed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visual Kei
, abbreviated , is a category of Japanese musicians that have a strong focus on extravagant stage costumes that originated in Japan during the early 1980s. Koji Dejima of '' Bounce'' wrote that visual kei is not a specific sound, but rather it "revolves around the creation of a band's unique worldview and/or stylistic beauty through visual expressions in the form of makeup and fashion". While visual kei acts can be of any music genre, it originated with bands influenced by glam rock, heavy metal, punk rock and gothic rock. Visual kei was pioneered by groups such as X Japan, Dead End, Buck-Tick, D'erlanger, and Color, and gained further notoriety in the 1990s through the success of groups like Luna Sea, Glay, L'Arc-en-Ciel, and Malice Mizer. The movement's success continued through the 2000s with Gackt and more musically broad bands such as Dir En Grey, the Gazette, Alice Nine, Girugamesh, and Versailles, a period which some critics term . Many acts tone-down their appea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aliene Ma'riage
Aliene Ma'riage was a Japanese visual kei rock Rock most often refers to: * Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids * Rock music, a genre of popular music Rock or Rocks may also refer to: Places United Kingdom * Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wale ... band, formed by Kyoka, Mast and Ray in 1998 and disbanded in 2001.Sachi Hasegawa ''Aliene Ma'riage Interview'' Fools Mate Vol 219, Jan 2000 pg 107 The group released three albums, along with several singles and videos. The band's sound was described as "a fusion of gothic elements and hard edge sound."''Review of Les Soirée Yoru no Butoukai/Senrei no Shou ~ Shoutan Hen'' by Yahoo Music Retrieved on Aug 29 2007 History By December 1999 the 8 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kagrra,
was a Japanese visual kei folk rock band. They were originally signed to the now defunct Key Party Records under the name "Crow". The group changed its name when they signed to PS Company in 2000. History The band's major debut was in 2004 with the single "Urei".Barks ''Kagrra, Biography'' retrieved Apr 3, 2010Cdjournal.com ''Kagrra, Artist Profile'' retrieved Apr 3, 2010 Kagrra,'s concept is "Neo Japanesque". Their lyrics were in the style of era poetry, their costumes frequently incorporated traditional Japanese clothing styles, and traditional Japanese instruments and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Japanese Record Labels
Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspora, Japanese emigrants and their descendants around the world * Japanese citizens, nationals of Japan under Japanese nationality law ** Foreign-born Japanese, naturalized citizens of Japan * Japanese writing system, consisting of kanji and kana * Japanese cuisine, the food and food culture of Japan See also * List of Japanese people * * Japonica (other) * Japanese studies , sometimes known as Japanology in Europe, is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanese language, history, culture, litera ... {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
