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Happy Valentine's Day!! Hope you all have a sweet day with lots of love and chocolates. Here are some love songs from Domo's artists. Enjoy :)

With All My Love / JABBERLOOP


Mon Amour / Michina & Tomo


Love Is / M-Swift



L.O.V.E. / miu-clips



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Daruma staff went to check LA-based four piece band "Radical Blood Orange" at Viper Room on 1/17. Their sounds are so hard and heavy and they showed us really cool performances!! 

Are they humans? Or Wolves?!

Daruma staff went to check Japanese No.1 indie rock band "Man With A Mission" at Whiskey A Go Go on 11/17. Their performance is absolutely incredible!

They will perform at Roxy Theatre on 11/21 and 22.
You gotta check them out!!

The Roxy Theatre Website

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Do you like Japanese band???

Tune in Tokyo is a J-Pop & Global Dance DJ unit established in 2008, with monthly club events in the Los Angeles area.

On Thursday, August 19th during Nisei Week, They presents "Sakura Bomb", a showcase featuring a great lineup of Japanese-flavored rock, punk, and electro.The event will be headlined by Lemon Drop Kick, Keshiki, Stephanie Yanez, and Nightmares for Robots.

Date: August 19 (Thursday)

Time: 8:00 PM - 11:30 PM

Venue: 2nd Street Jazz
366 E. 2nd Street Los Angeles CA 90012

More information



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Can't see the flash though.. :(

LA is now heating up for two big Japanese artists coming to LA in June.

One is Miyabi who is recognized as Japanese Samrai guitarist and is the one of the top artists in the mainstream rock scene in Japan.

And the other is the one of the hottest Japanese idols, Jin Akanishi. He is a member of popular J-Pop group, KAT-TUN and is the one of the two lead vocalists.

Their music styles are so different but it is true that they both attract a lot of J-Rock/J-Pop fan in the world. And what's interesting is they both will perform at Club Nokia in the downtown, LA in June! Will you go to Miyavi? or Jin? or both???
Fans should be sooo busy so be ready for it! :)


Miyavi: http://myv382tokyo.com

Jin Akanishi: http://www.jinakanishi.us

PLAYLIST looks at the dyanamic fusions coming out of Japan. Japanese brass is in full swing, from Tokyo to Texas. The big band sounds of Asakusa Jinta, the traditional shamisen fusions of Yoshida Brothers, and all-girl pop line-up Pistol Valve are rocking audiences around the world. Plus, were exploring the streets and neighborhoods of Tokyo and the new wave of fusion bands who make up the club scene there. Omodaka are producing traditonal Japanese music with a modern twist, and the extreme fishing trio Gyoko mix their musical prowess and with culinary delights of sushi.

Japan Nite was finally over....!!

The final stage was a Knitting Factory in LA, and it was packed with the great audience!
Daruma staffs visited to support detroit7's show and we were soooo excited at their energetic live performance.
We are happy to have such a great band in our label.
We just love them!

We really thank all of you who came to see Japan Nite and/or bought detroit7 CD!!!  Even though US tour was over, we keep supporting detroit7.
They will start the Europe tour soon and we will report it as much as we can.

And we will introduce more bands soon!
So, stay tuned :)


By Daruma Staff

SXSW '09 is just over, and over fifteen thousand people came to this huge music event to discover new talents or to have some crazy parties!
Japan Nite started in 1996, and many Japanese bands have played there including Puffy, Oreska Band, ELLEGARDEN and so on.
With this as a start, some bands grabbed their chances to debut in the U.S, and achieved big success. Bands found their ways to burst onto the music scene in the US.
It may not be too much to say that Japan Nite has been the gateway to success for Japanese bands.
And as all of you seeing our website know, we, Daruma Label, released the US debut album for one of the bands performing at Japan Nite this year. We are now so exciting to receive feedbacks from you guys!

We will update photos soon!

By Daruma staff