2006年末に設立された東京のレコード・レーベル。
the nation’s premier label for hushed music – Pitchfork
Flau releases are sonically quite diverse, from acoustic folk to dream pop and complex drum experiments. And though eclectic, never before has a label’s oeuvre come together to so closely sound the way a cherry blossom looks – The FADER
one of the biggest names in the world of really small sounds…the perfect soundtrack to a Sunday evening – Timeout Tokyo
consistently impressive – XLR8R
Flau has associated itself with a signature sound…association with Flau suggests a superior level of pop craftsmanship…What’s remarkable about Fukuzono’s project, which launched at the end of 2006, is that he’s achieved quality control without uniformity – exclaim!
Flau has shown that sometimes silence beats flashiness – METROPOLIS Magazine
flau seem to have a magic touch; everything they put out..has a celestial, positively glowing aura about it that has us longing for more..sonically the label is incredibly diverse, but what its releases share in common are a playful curiosity, an unmatchable quality and a genre-bending commitment to evoking time and space within their sounds – DUMMY
Flau label casts its net across a worldwide community of artists with a particular affection for fragile arrangements and microscopic songwriting…A reliable resource for all the finest, quirkiest exploratory electronic pop music – Boomkat
it combines genuine emotion with a sense of playfulness – Fluid Radio
everyone’s favourite Japanese label and, of course, we make no exception – Going Solo
constantly surprising, consistently stunning – Dummy
un monde de l’infiniment fragile et doux – Ondefixe
one of our favourite labels – Textura
Flau are one of those unassuming labels, which since 2007 have been quietly making their way in the world releasing a diverse range of high quality albums…their roster of international artists blend field recordings, acoustic instruments, microsounds, and voice, in a sound that has become truly synonymous with the label – Furthernoise
worth finding – Foxy Digitalis
grow, pushing boundaries and releasing gems – Drifting, Almost Falling
An inner experience and pure fascination to little things concept and microscopic sounds. FLAU is the latest Label Of The Moment – Otsechka
the Tokyo label’s dreamy and cinematic aesthetic seems tailor-made for two favourite hobbies: idleness and letting the imagination run wild – Solar Flares
This label collects very particular artists from all over the world all under one roof that eclectically holds them together. Each artist is so unique, that you would like to read a whole book about them – PonyDanceClyde
2008-09 London, Cafe OTO
2009-09 Melbourne, Toff In Town
2010-08 Berlin, Altes Finanzamt
2012-05 Malaysia, Black Box Map
2012-05 Macau, LMA
2012-05 China Tour Beijing-Shanghai-Hangzhou
2012-06 Tokyo, Fujimigaoka Church & VACANT
2012-06 Kyoto, Metro
2013-04 London, Cafe OTO
2013-04 Berlin, Antje Øklesund
2013-12 Tokyo, VACANT
2016-03 Tokyo, VACANT
7/13（土）東京・Rittor Base w/八木皓平
8/3（土）岐阜・Slow Room w/ CazU-23
8/18（日）東京・Half Moon Hall w/ Wataru Sato, Haruhisa Tanaka, Chihei Hatakeyama
8/28（水）名古屋・K.D Japon w/ marucoporoporo, CazU-23
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©FLAU
神戸出身のHirohito Iharaによるプロジェクト。Telefon Tel AvivやSavath + Savalasらを輩出したアメリカ・シカゴのレーベルHefty Records
よりリリースされた『Odori』がPitchfork（8.3点）、FACT Magazine、 Stylus、XLR8Rなど様々なメディアで絶賛され、鮮烈なデビューを飾る。
アルバム『Odori』のリリース以降は勢力的に映画、舞台音楽などの製作に携わりながら、ピアノの持つ音の響きと和声の探求を進め、2015にflauと契約。今年８年ぶりとなるニューアルバム『GARCON』を発表する。彼が影響を受けたというプーランク、ラヴェルを彷彿とさせる優雅で洗練されたピアノ、様々なサウンド・コラージュとハイブローな実験性が見事に融合した、新しい形のサロン・ミュージックを聴かせる。
snow’s quietude, its serene chill, its atmosphere-filling quality, its delicate grace, or its dreamy childhood nostalgia – Pitchfork
ravishingly beautiful string-based melancholy – Stylus Magazine
It’s where the romantic era and the electronic age meet – Popmatters
Mesmerizing like an ambient electronic album but rigorous and tender in a way that skews closer to classical – Wondering Sound
Out of this world in all of the right ways – XLR8R
Straddling the line between modern technology and a classical sensibility – Almost Cool
truly unexpected…Ihara has come up with an endearing stylistic mix, somewhere between the glacial minimalism of 12k or Raster Noton and the lush melodics of fellow Japanese musicians Nobukazu Takemura, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Susumu Yokota. – Boomkat
ALBUM
Odori (hefty, 2007)
GARCON (flau, 2015)
COMPILATION
Wire Tapper 16 (wire, 2006)
Little Things (flau, 2008)
REMIX
History Is Bank part 2 (hefty, 2006)
JAPAN
神戸出身のHirohito Iharaによるプロジェクト。Telefon Tel AvivやSavath + Savalasらを輩出したアメリカ・シカゴのレーベルHefty Records
よりリリースされた『Odori』がPitchfork（8.3点）、FACT Magazine、 Stylus、XLR8Rなど様々なメディアで絶賛され、鮮烈なデビューを飾る。
アルバム『Odori』のリリース以降は勢力的に映画、舞台音楽などの製作に携わりながら、ピアノの持つ音の響きと和声の探求を進め、2015にflauと契約。今年８年ぶりとなるニューアルバム『GARCON』を発表する。彼が影響を受けたというプーランク、ラヴェルを彷彿とさせる優雅で洗練されたピアノ、様々なサウンド・コラージュとハイブローな実験性が見事に融合した、新しい形のサロン・ミュージックを聴かせる。
snow’s quietude, its serene chill, its atmosphere-filling quality, its delicate grace, or its dreamy childhood nostalgia – Pitchfork
ravishingly beautiful string-based melancholy – Stylus Magazine
It’s where the romantic era and the electronic age meet – Popmatters
Mesmerizing like an ambient electronic album but rigorous and tender in a way that skews closer to classical – Wondering Sound
Out of this world in all of the right ways – XLR8R
Straddling the line between modern technology and a classical sensibility – Almost Cool
truly unexpected…Ihara has come up with an endearing stylistic mix, somewhere between the glacial minimalism of 12k or Raster Noton and the lush melodics of fellow Japanese musicians Nobukazu Takemura, Ryuichi Sakamoto and Susumu Yokota. – Boomkat
