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Key Sounds Label is a Japanese independent record label based in Osaka, Japan, that specializes in trance music. The label formed in 2001 as a brand of the publishing company VisualArt's and was established to catalog and release music related to visual novels produced by the brand Key, also under VisualArt's. When Key Sounds Label formed, Jun Maeda, Shinji Orito, and Magome Togoshi were Key's signature composers and have continued to produce the majority of the music on the label, though Togoshi resigned in October 2006 and is no longer affiliated with Key or VisualArt's. Key and VisualArt's released one single and two remix albums between 1999 and 2000, leading to the formation of Key Sounds Label the following year. The first official releases on the label were Work-S' debut (and only) studio album Humanity... and Lia's debut single "Natsukage / Nostalgia" at the convention Comiket 60 in 2001. The first release to chart on Japan's Oricon charts was the Clannad Original Soundtrack released in 2004. Between 2006 and 2008, eight more releases—five singles and three albums—also charted on Oricon. The six singles and two albums released for the anime series Angel Beats! charted on Oricon in 2010.

Key Sounds Label's roster features Japanese bands and singers, several of which originated from the I've Sound techno/trance music production group under VisualArt's, such as Ayana, Lia, Mell, and Eiko Shimamiya. Other artists including Annabel, Chata, Eufonius, Karuta, LiSA, Marina, Runa Mizutani, Psychic Lover, Rita, Harumi Sakurai, Haruka Shimotsuki, Keiko Suzuki, Miyako Suzuta, Aoi Tada, Tomoe Tamiyasu, and Nagi Yanagi have also released records through the label. Key Sounds Label catalogs their releases on three indexes: KSLA/KSLM, KSLC and KSLV. The albums on KSLA/KSLM and KSLC are released on CD format, while video albums on KSLV are released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc.

Catalog

Under Visual Arts

Under Key Sounds Label

KSLA/KSLM

KSLC

KSLV

"—" denotes unassigned catalog numbers or releases not applicable to music artists.

Notes and references

1. This DVD contained the music tracks in FLAC format.

• This album was released on the 12-inch format and was limited to 500 copies.
• This album was released on the 12-inch format and was limited to 500 copies.

General

• "Key Sounds Label's discography" (in Japanese). Key Sounds Label. Retrieved January 25, 2011.

Specific

1. ^ "時を刻む唄/TORCH/Lia" [Toki o Kizamu Uta/Torch/Lia] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
2. "About Key Sounds Label" (in Japanese). Key Sounds Label. Archived from the original on March 22, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
3. Togoshi, Magome (July 10, 2007). "さらばKey、さらばビジュアルアーツ" [Farewell Key, Farewell VisualArt's] (in Japanese). Magome Togoshi. Archived from the original on March 15, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2009.
4. "Key Sounds Label" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on August 4, 2001. Retrieved October 8, 2009.
5. "CLANNAD ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK/ゲーム・ミュージック" [Clannad Original Soundtrack/Game Music] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
6. "Last regrets/風の辿り着く場所/彩菜" [Last regrets/Kaze no Tadoritsuku Basho/Ayana] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
7. リトルバスターズ! マキシシングル/サントラ [Little Busters! Maxi Single/Soundtrack] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
8. "リトルバスターズ!　Original SoundTrack/ゲーム・ミュージック" [Little Busters! Original SoundTrack/Game Music] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
9. メグメル/だんご大家族/ｅｕｆｏｎｉｕｓ，茶太 [Mag Mell/Dango Daikazoku/Eufonius, Chata] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
10. "リトルバスターズ! キャラクターソング～鈴～「鈴の密かな恋の唄／Mission:Love sniper」/鈴" [Little Busters! Character Song Rin "Rin no Hisoka na Koi no Uta / Mission:Love sniper"/Rin] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
11. "OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.2/ゲーム・ミュージック" [OTSU Club Music Compilation Vol.2/Game Music] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
12. リトルバスターズ! エクスタシートラックス/ゲーム・ミュージック [Little Busters! Ecstasy Tracks/Game Music] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
13. "OTSU オリジナルグッズ" [OTSU Original Goods] (in Japanese). OTSU. Archived from the original on February 21, 2009. Retrieved October 7, 2009.

External links

• Key Sounds Label's official website (in Japanese)

v t e Key
Brand of Visual Arts
People	Jun Maeda Shinji Orito Na-Ga Itaru Hinoue Naoki Hisaya Yūichi Suzumoto Yūto Tonokawa Magome Togoshi OdiakeS
Visual novels at Tactics	Dōsei Moon One: Kagayaku Kisetsu e
Visual novels	Kanon Air Clannad Planetarian: The Reverie of a Little Planet Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life Little Busters! Kud Wafter Rewrite Angel Beats! 1st Beat Harmonia Summer Pockets Loopers Lunaria: Virtualized Moonchild Heaven Burns Red Stella of The End
Animation and multimedia	One episodes Kanon episodes Air episodes Air film Clannad film Clannad episodes Angel Beats! episodes Little Busters! episodes Charlotte episodes Rewrite episodes Planetarian: Storyteller of the Stars The Day I Became a God Prima Doll Kaginado
Audio	Soundtracks Kanon Air "Tori no Uta" Clannad Planetarian Little Busters! Angel Beats! Kud Wafter Rewrite Charlotte Harmonia Summer Pockets Key Sounds Label Discography Humanity... "Birthday Song, Requiem" "Spica/Hanabi/Moon" Ma-Na Love Song Key 10th Memorial Fes Anniversary CD Circle of Fifth KSL Live World albums Other Key Net Radio Owari no Hoshi no Love Song
Category

• Key Sounds Label
• Video game music discographies
• Discographies of Japanese record labels