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 , 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.
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.
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.
Artists Domo Records
A New Revenge Aco Takenaka Akasau Akiko Kosaka Akiko Moriyako Agatsuma Aman Ryusuke Seto Benedetti & Svoboda Chuck Barris Dave Eggar Dennis Banks Dino Malito Ema & Esoh Fiddle Witch & The Demons Of Doom Franci Fumio Miyashita Han Harleigh Cole Hiroki Okano Horny Toad Jazz On The Vine Jean-Francois Maljean Kitarō Kotahi Te Wairua Kuni Murai Lee Blaske Luis Perez Luis Villegas Luna Masa Takumi Michael Vescera Michel Huygen Minmi Nao Watanabe Nawang Khechog Neuronium Nicholas Olate Ninja Scroll Olate Dogs Peas Randy Armstrong Randy Miller (composer) Ray Obiedo Rin' Sangeeta Kaur Sapphron Obois Seda Bağcan Shinji Shinji Ebihara Stableford Stephen DeRuby Stephen Small Steve Reid Susan Mazer and Dallas Smith Tao Of Sound The Violet Burning Uma Silbey ViVA Girls Yoshida Brothers Yukiko Haneda
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)
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Domo Records 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.