Balloom

Balloom
	Music publisher
Industry	Japanese music
Founded	March 4, 2011
Headquarters	Japan
Key people	Wowaka, Toku P, Fullkawa Honpo and Hachi

Balloom is an independent

Dōjin music

.

History

Balloom was created in March 2011 by

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, a cover of Zone's "Secret Base (Kimi ga Kureta Mono)" sung by voice actresses Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu and Saori Hayami.^[3]^[4]

The first release on the label was the album Unhappy Refrain by Wowaka on May 18, 2011, which reached number 6 on Oricon's albums charts.^[5] The label organised their first live concert for Honpo Fullkawa's at Shimokita Mosaic in Tokyo on October 22, 2011.^[6]

Vocaloid producer Hachi released his debut album Diorama on May 16, 2012, under his real name Kenshi Yonezu, which debuted at number 6 on Oricon.^[7] The album was one of the winners of the 5th CD Shop Awards, an award voted on by music store personnel.^[8] Yonezu left the label in April 2013, and became a major label artist under Universal Sigma.^[9]

On September 25, 2013, Balloom Best was released: a 2CD compilation album of all of the musicians who released music under the label. In November 2013, Wowaka's band Hitorie was signed to major label

Sony.^[10]

Artists

Agoaniki (アゴアニキ)

Fullkawa Honpo
Oster Project
Scop (すこっぷ)
Nanou (ナノウ)
Toku P
Wowaka
Kenshi Yonezu

Released albums

Wowaka - Unhappy Refrain (2011)
Fullkawa Honpo - Alice in Wonderword (2011)
Nanou - Waltz of Anomalies (2011)
Oster "Big Band" Project - Gossip Cats (2011)
Agoaniki - Agoagōgōgō (2011)
Scop - Days (2012)
Kenshi Yonezu - Diorama (2012)
Nanou - Unsung (2012)
Nanou - Andloids: All Time Best of Nanou (2013)
Balloom Best (2013)

References

^ 人気クリエイター8組が音楽レーベル設立！ [8 popular creators form a music label!] (in Japanese). Oricon. March 4, 2011. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
^ "V.A.「BALLOOM BEST」発売記念特集インタビュー" [V.A. Balloom best release special interview.] (in Japanese). Natalie. September 27, 2013. Archived from the original on March 7, 2014. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ オープニングテーマ＊エンディングテーマ (in Japanese). Anohana Project. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
^ "劇場版「あの花」公開記念、「secret base」がLPサイズで" [Secret Base released in LP size to commemorate the film version of Anohana's release] (in Japanese). Natalie. August 2, 2008. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
^ 「アンハッピーリフレイン」 wowaka（現実逃避P） (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ "News" (in Japanese). Balloom. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2014.
^ 「diorama」米津玄師 (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
^ "CDショップ大賞入賞7作品決定、過去受賞者登場ライブも" [CD Shop Awards announces seven winners, past winners' live at event] (in Japanese). Natalie. February 4, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
^ 米津玄師、ユニバーサルシグマより5月にメジャーデビュー [Kenshi Yonezu, major debut in May under Universal Sigma] (in Japanese). Natalie. April 3, 2013. Retrieved September 25, 2013.
^ ヒトリエ新レーベル「非日常レコーズ」立ち上げメジャーへ [Hitorie new album! Creating Hichijo Records, and a major label.] (in Japanese). Natalie. November 5, 2013. Retrieved March 8, 2014.