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
音楽家・中井雅子のソロプロジェクト。音大にて、クラシック、管弦楽法、ポップス、スタジオワークなどを学び、卒業後、音源制作を中心に据えた活動を開始。作曲、ストリングスアレンジ、ピアノ演奏等を行う。彼女が紡ぎ織りなす世界は、ファンタジーとダークネスな感情が重なり共鳴し特有の美しさとノイズを生み出している。これまでにJulia Holter、Sylvain Chauveau、James Blackshaw、Ulises Contiらと共演。デビューミニアルバム『After the noise is gone』を2012年にリリース、2015年9月にPredawnをゲストに迎えたファーストアルバム『The World Left Behind』をリリース。
Masako Nakai is a Japanese composer and pianist. She studied modern and classical music in college where she began to create artful arrangements for piano and strings. The world she weaves is full of fantasy and darkness, with an emotional resonance of beauty and noise. She released her debut mini album After The Noise Is Gone in 2012 and has performed live together with Sylvain Chauveau, James Blackshaw and Ulises Conti. Her first full length album The World Left Behind has released in September of 2015 and will include several collaborations with Japanese vocalist Predawn.
ALBUM
After The Noise Is Gone (pokhara/rondade, 2012)
The World Left Behind (flau, 2015)
SOUNDTRACK
ナミヤ雑貨店の奇蹟 (WARNER MUSIC, 2017)
サクラダリセット (flau, 2019)
JAPAN
音楽家・中井雅子のソロプロジェクト。音大にて、クラシック、管弦楽法、ポップス、スタジオワークなどを学び、卒業後、音源制作を中心に据えた活動を開始。作曲、ストリングスアレンジ、ピアノ演奏等を行う。彼女が紡ぎ織りなす世界は、ファンタジーとダークネスな感情が重なり共鳴し特有の美しさとノイズを生み出している。これまでにJulia Holter、Sylvain Chauveau、James Blackshaw、Ulises Contiらと共演。デビューミニアルバム『After the noise is gone』を2012年にリリース、2015年9月にPredawnをゲストに迎えたファーストアルバム『The World Left Behind』をリリース。
Masako Nakai is a Japanese composer and pianist. She studied modern and classical music in college where she began to create artful arrangements for piano and strings. The world she weaves is full of fantasy and darkness, with an emotional resonance of beauty and noise. She released her debut mini album After The Noise Is Gone in 2012 and has performed live together with Sylvain Chauveau, James Blackshaw and Ulises Conti. Her first full length album The World Left Behind has released in September of 2015 and will include several collaborations with Japanese vocalist Predawn.
May 22nd, 2021
尾山台Flussのライブ・パフォーマンス・シリーズ「itto」にRayonsが出演。「The World Left Behind」から2曲と、新曲「For Piano」の3曲を演奏しています。 ……
May 1st, 2020
Bandcamp限定でRayonsのライブ盤「The World Left Behind Live at WWW」をリリースしました。この作...