Key Party Records was a Japanese independent record label established in 1997 by Henry Lee Euro, known as the vocalist for the band Speed-ID. The company had both a recording studio and a design studio focusing on visual kei

Visual Kei

is a movement among Japanese musicians, that is characterized by the use of make-up, elaborate hair styles and flamboyant costumes, often, but not always, coupled with androgynous aesthetics. Some sources state that visual kei refers to a music genre, or to a sub-genre of Japanese rock, with its...

 bands of a similar style of music and dress. The Key Party label went on to sign bands like Aliene Ma'riage

Aliene Ma'riage

Aliene Ma'riage was a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed by Kyoka, Mast and Ray in 1998 and disbanded in 2001. The group released three albums, along with several single and videos...

, Noir Fleurir and Missalina Rei. Key Party was eventually incorporated into Enamell Records

Enamell Records

Enamell Records was an indie rock label established in Japan in 1998. It was a subsidiary company of Tears Music Co., Ltd. It also catered for the mainstream music industry, while specialising in the handling of artists from the Japanese visual kei movement...

, which has since become defunct.

May 3–5, 2005, there was a three day Key Party 2005 revival, consisting of a Q&A and two concerts in the style of the labels Hold Your Key concerts.The first concert featured a line-up of original Key Party bands; the second concert featured the current bands of members of former Key Party bands.

Signed bands

• Aliene Ma'riage
  Aliene Ma'riage
  Aliene Ma'riage was a Japanese visual kei rock band, formed by Kyoka, Mast and Ray in 1998 and disbanded in 2001. The group released three albums, along with several single and videos...
  
  
• Crow(later Kagrra)
• Eliphas Levi
• Lar~Mia
• Missalina Rei consisted of four members: Arisu Arisugawa, Hiro, Aya, and Kazui. In 1999, the comedic song "Tokimeki" (ト・キ・メ・キ, December 16, 1999) was released via Enamell Records and it reached number 85 on the Oricon Single Weekly Chart.
• Neil
• Noir Fleurir (formerly Deflower)
• Noi'x
• Rapture
• Speed-id

CD

• Hold Your Key - Dual Shock Version Directors Cut
• Hold Your Key Kagi o Nigere! 1999 (Hold Your Key 鍵を握れ! 1999) (Feb 24 1999)
• Hold Your Key - Dual Shock Version 1999.5.30 Shibuya Public Hall (渋谷公会堂)
• Hold Your Key 2000

Video

• Hold Your Key 1999 (1999)
• The End of Century ~Key Party Omnibus Live Video (Mar 23 1999)
• Hold You Key 2000 (Jan 21 2000)
• Key Party All Stars-Hold Your Key 05 (2005)