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Key Sounds Label is a Japanese independent record label formed in 2001 as a brand of the publishing company VisualArt's.〔 Key Sounds Label was formed to catalog and release music related to visual novels produced by the brand Key, also under VisualArt's, known for developing such titles as ''Kanon'' and ''Air''. Excluding two albums and one single that were released by Key and VisualArt's before the label's formation, the majority of releases on the label all have a basis from one of Key's titles. There are other albums and singles on the label not directly related to the visual novels, such as two singles by Lia and one album by Riya. Unlike typical record labels, Key Sounds Label does not license any of the artists featured on albums and singles released on the label. 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 is no longer affiliated with Key or VisualArt's. Key often sells albums and singles on this label at the convention Comiket. Key Sounds Label is not under contract with JASRAC, or any other Japanese copyright collecting agency. As such, the releases on the label are not sold in Japanese stores with other music albums and singles, but are still widely available for online purchase. ==History== Key Sounds Label has its origins in 1999, two years before the first album on the label was released. When the visual novel company Key, under the publisher VisualArt's, was about to release their debut title ''Kanon'', Key produced the arrange album ''Anemoscope'' and bundled it with the first-print release of ''Kanon'' released in June 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Anemoscope'' album listing )〕 The second music release, a single, occurred in November 1999.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title="Last regrets / Place of wind which arrives" single listing )〕 The third release, another arrange album, followed in September 2000 bundled with the first-print release of Key's second title ''Air'', and was the first music release by Key to bear a catalog number, ''KYCD-0303''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Ornithopter'' album listing )〕 Each of these three were released in limited editions, and thus were not widely sold. In 2001, VisualArt's and Key decided to form Key Sounds Label and start cataloging the albums and singles released by Key with the tag "KSLA–" followed by the four-digit label number. For example, the first release bears the catalog number ''KSLA-0001''. The first two releases on the label were an album and a single released at the convention Comiket 60 in August 2001, and were sold by Key.〔 Since then, Key has regularly sold singles and albums under Key Sounds Label at subsequent Comiket conventions. Following the convention established with ''Kanon'' and ''Air'', Key has released three more arrange albums bundled with the first-print releases of Key's later titles ''Clannad'', ''Little Busters!'', and ''Little Busters! Ecstasy''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Mabinogi'' album listing )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''Semicrystalline.'' album listing )〕 These three albums were never re-released for general sale.〔 In early 2008, three of the albums on the label became available through the iTunes Store—partial albums of ''-Memento-'' and ''Recollections'', and the complete album ''Ma-Na''—under the name Key Sound Team. Later, ''-Memento-'' was removed, and the full ''Recollections'' album became available.〔 Most of the releases on the label contain music directly related to Key's visual novels, whether they be original soundtracks, remix albums, or image song singles and albums. There are other music singles and albums produced by members of Key not related to Key's titles. For example, the first album released on the label, ''Humanity...'', is the only album released by Work-S, a band produced by Shinji Orito.〔 Two maxi singles containing songs sung by Lia were released on the label in December 2002 and August 2003. An album entitled ''Love Song'' was released in August 2005 containing songs sung by Riya of Eufonius.〔 In December 2006, Key Sounds Label produced the first drama CD on the label, and two more followed in July 2007.〔 In December 2006, the first anime music single to commemorate the second anime TV series adaptation of ''Kanon'' was produced on the label, and an anime single for the ''Clannad'' anime TV series followed in October 2007.〔 A third anime music single, this time for the ''Clannad After Story'' anime TV series, was released in November 2008.〔 A short remix album for ''Clannad After Story'' was released in December 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clannad ~After Story~ "Toki o Kizamu Uta / Torch" -Piano Arrange Disc- )〕 Music singles and albums for the anime ''Angel Beats!'' were released between April and December 2010.〔 A single for the ''Little Busters!'' anime TV series was released in October 2012. Two singles for the ''Little Busters! Refrain'' anime TV series were released: the first in October 2013 and the second in November 2013. The first EP on Key Sounds Label contained songs from ''Air'' and was only released during the first concert of the Japanese trance music group OTSU held in May 2006.〔 The second EP contained songs from ''Little Busters!'' and was only released during the second OTSU concert held in May 2008.〔 Both concerts were sponsored by Key Sounds Label, and both EPs were released on gramophone records. The first ''OTSU Club Music Compilation'' album primarily containing remixed music from Key's visual novels was released in June 2006. The second ''OTSU Club Music Compilation'' album was released in February 2008 as a promotion for the second concert, and contains remixed music from ''Little Busters!''.〔 The third OTSU release, ''OTSU:Blasterhead'', contains remixed music from Key's visual novels and was released in February 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Key Sounds Label」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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