Advice needed...
 

Hello everybody! My name is Anton Tsygankov, I'm new on this forum. I'm guitarist from Moscow, Russia. Had won 9 rock guitar contests. I'm looking for record label which can can release my CD in Japan. Do you know any labels in Japan that can be interested in that? I keep searching very hard but there's still no sucess...

Here's some samples of my music:

http://www.antontsygankov.com/music/COLORDANCE.mp3
http://www.antontsygankov.com/music/FEELING.mp3
http://www.antontsygankov.com/music/FLYFARAWAY.mp3

http://www.antontsygankov.com/music/TheSky.mp3
http://www.antontsygankov.com/music/ANTIengl.mp3

Regards,
Anton.

Have you already contacted any Japanese labels? If you have, which ones?

I sent e-mails mp3's to every label from that list and didn't received a single reply. It's too damn expensive to send CD's to Japan using real express mail, it's about 80$ per letter.






333 Discs Tokyo, Japan

Abcdefg Records Nagoya, Japan

Abreath Japan

Air Mail Recordings Tokyo, Japan

alienFOODS Tokyo, Japan

Angel's Egg Tokyo, Japan

Avex Trax Tokyo, Japan

Bad News Records Tokyo, Japan

Berry Records Tokyo, Japan

Cab Records Tokyo, Japan

Cafe au Label Tokyo, Japan

Captain Trip Tokyo, Japan

Chocolat Art Returns Tokyo, Japan

Clover Records Tokyo, Japan

Club Lunatica Tokyo, Japan

Daisyworld Discs Japan

Dodgie Disc Tokyo, Japan

East Works Entertainment Tokyo, Japan

Escalator Records Japan

Flower Records Tokyo, Japan

Futon Records Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan

Galaxy Train Japan

Garando Records Japan

Güt Japan

Hi-Jump Tokyo, Japan

Hot-Rockin Nagoya, Japan

III Records Tokyo, Japan

King Karizma Records Tokyo, Japan

King Records Japan

K.O.G.A. Records Japan

Konami Music Tokyo, Japan

Little Pad Records Tokyo, Japan

Living, Dining & Kitchen Records Tokyo, Japan

Naira Disco Tokyo, Japan

Nitelist Music Tokyo, Japan

Painted Sky Discs Tokyo, Japan

Parachute Recordings Japan

People's Records Tokyo, Japan

Philter Records Tokyo, Japan

Polystar Japan

Pop Biz Tokyo, Japan

Program Music Japan Tokyo, Japan

Propaganda Records Japan

Pure Records Tokyo, Japan

Quince Records Tokyo, Japan

Readymade Entertainment Tokyo, Japan

Rev-Node Japan

RIAX Records Yokohama, Japan

Sister Records Tokyo, Japan

Soul Fighting Music Sendai, Japan

Syft Records Osaka, Japan

Trolley Bus Kyoto, Japan

ULF Records Tokyo, Japan

Victor Entertainment Japan

Vivid Sound Tokyo, Japan


Vroom Sound Tokyo, Japan

Wallabies Chiba, Japan

Windfarm Records Japan

Wood Records

Well, here is my little knowledge..

Avex are the main record company in japan. To nurture talent they have the AAA, the Avex Artist Academy. They also have sub labels, the most known is Ryhtem Zone

Hello! Project are a girl pop label, not for you i dont think

DefStar are connected to Sony Records Japan, there artists include YeLLOW Generation, the brilliant green and tommy heavenly and her things.... yarr

Other things are like universal japan

cant really think of anyone else

Thanks for your help.

First off, good stuff. Reminds me of Liquid Tension Experiment, which is definitely not a bad thing. I'm not sure about any Japanese labels, but you could try Magnatune. They are an online label, they sell your album in digital format and you keep more of the proceeds than you would with a standard label. In fact, when I finish some recordings I'm doing this summer, I'll be submitting my stuff to them in hopes of getting a deal with them. I'm a guitarist myself. But good luck in your search for a deal, you've definitely got skills. And while I'm thinking about it have you tried sending demos to Inside Out or Magna Carta Records? Your sound is definitely Inside Out material.

Edit: Oh yeah, Magnatune is here.

umm...why not try to put it on myspace.com or something? That might help you out a lot.