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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name        =  Josaka
| image       =  [[File:Josaka.png]]
| image_bg    =  
| parent      =  Josaka Music Limited
| founded     =  1999
| founder     =  Kevin Harrington, Jim Bowes
| status      =  
| distributor =  <!-- distributors, separate with commas or BR -->
| genre       =  Various
| country     =  {{Flag|UK}}
| location    =  [[Reading, Berkshire]]<br />London
| url         =  <!-- such as "[http://www.atlanticrecords.com/ Atlantic Records.com]" -->
}}

'''Josaka''' is an [[independent record label]] and music company based jointly in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] and London, England.

==History==
Josaka was founded in 1999 in order to [[web hosting|host]] a [[presentation]] given by Kevin Harrington to a [[Gartner Group]] conference in Amsterdam.<ref name="JOS">{{cite web|url=http://www.josaka.com/about-josaka/history-of-josaka/ |title=History of Josaka |accessdate=2008-11-01 |publisher=Josaka |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713120529/http://www.josaka.com/about-josaka/history-of-josaka/ |archivedate=13 July 2011 }}</ref>

For the next nine years, the [[web domain|domain]] ''josaka.com'' was used as a promotional platform for [[Berkshire]]-based bands, in the form of a [[web forum|forum]].

In 2004, Josaka started an annual music [[Variety show|showcase]], held at [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]]'s South Street Arts Centre until 2006.  In 2007, the event moved to Reading's ''Plug 'n' Play'' venue for one year only.<ref name="BBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/berkshire/content/articles/2008/02/05/josaka_birthday_2008_feature.shtml|title=Josaka's 9th birthday|accessdate=2008-11-11|publisher=BBC|year=2008}}</ref> The same year, Josaka became affiliated with the Reading leg of the [[Jail Guitar Doors]] charity.

==Record label==
In 2006, ''Josaka Music Limited'' was formed as record label and [[music management]] company.<ref name="DIS">{{cite web|url=http://drownedinsound.com/directory/labels/Josaka|title=Josaka (profile)|accessdate=2008-11-11|publisher=Drowned in Sound|year=2008|archive-date=8 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308155918/http://drownedinsound.com/directory/labels/Josaka|url-status=dead}}</ref> The label's first release was in April 2006; a [[double a-side]] by [[Wire Jesus]] entitled "''The Intruder/Another Day''".

The following artists have released music through the Josaka label:

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*[[Ben Marwood]]
*[[Quiet Quiet Band]]
*[[Hello Wembley]]
*[[Rebus (band)|Rebus]]
*[[The Trouble With Me]]
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*[[To The Barricades (band)|To The Barricades]]
*[[Tripwires (British band)|Tripwires]]
*[[Wire Jesus]]
*[[Secret Rivals (band)|Secret Rivals]]
*[[Sleep Room]]
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==References==
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