| Extasy Records | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Yoshiki Hayashi |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Media Factory (music division)/QQS Distribution Warner Music Group (2000-2022) Independent (2007-) TuneCore (2022-) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Official website | www |
Extasy Records is a Japanese record label founded in April 1986 by Yoshiki Hayashi, co-founder of the heavy metal band X Japan. The label's first release was X's 1986 single "Orgasm".[1]
Over the next few years, the label signed several then-little-known bands, among them future million-selling Glay and Luna Sea. Extasy along with Free-Will are credited with helping to spread the visual kei movement.[2] The label also hosted a series of events to promote the groups, called Extasy Summits, which would also feature formerly signed bands that had already moved on to a major label.[1]
- ^ a b "Extasy Records company profile". extasyrecords.co.jp/eng. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved July 31, 2007.
- ^ Dejima, Kouji. "Bounce Di(s)ctionary Number 13 - Visual Kei". bounce.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 1, 2008. Retrieved July 27, 2014.