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
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CAT No. FLAUR06
Release Date: Japan - April 18th / Overseas - June 15th, 2012
Format: CD/DIGITAL
初期のモダン・クラシカル傑作群やFatCat、Typeからリリースされている静謐なピアノ・アンビエント作品、ボーカルや全てのアレンジメントを手がけて話題を呼んだDepeche Modeのカバー、Micro Mega:, Arca, ON, 0など様々な名義でその留まるところを知らない才能を発揮しているフランスの現代作曲家Sylvain Chauveau。
2001年より様々なアーティストへと提供してきたリミックスの中から、Sylvain自身がセレクトした現在では入手困難なトラック、未発表曲を多数含む初めてとなるリミックス集が完成しました。
Carl Craigともコラボレーションを果たす同国の人気テクノ・アーティストAgoriaのためにオーケストラを用いた冒頭曲など、オリジナルの歌以外は全て 新しくレコーディングした素材を用いて再構築するというルールに基づき、荘厳でミニマル、時にドラマティックにリアレンジされ、Sylvainの楽曲へと 生まれ変わった全７曲、もはやSylvain Chauveauの新たな新作といっても過言ではない唯一無二の美しさを讃えています。
マスタリングは12KのオーナーTaylor Deupreeが担当。
I’ve been remixing songs by other artists since 2001 and it’s something I always like to do. This year, in collaboration with the Flau label, I’ve decided to compile my favourite remixes and to release them on one CD. Most of the time, I like to transform very much the original songs. I try to bring them into my own musical atmosphere. For example, on Agoria’s techno song “Heart Beating”, I kept nearly nothing of the original music but I replaced it by orchestral parts that I had recorded with a 40-strings orchestra for the film by HR Boe “Beast”. Anyway, I always want to keep faithful to the original melodies. On this selection of remixes, I kept the original vocal parts.
Some remixes are made out of songs that I’ve done myself (“Dernière Etape Avant le Silence”, “A_”) or with my band Arca with long-time collaborator Joan Cambon (“Attractions”, which inspired the title of this EP as “Abstractions”).
Those remixes are another side of my musical work that had never been compiled before.
– Sylvain Chauveau
01 Heart Beating (remix of Agoria)
02 Attractions (remix of Arca)
03 High in the Morning (remix of Paul Duncan)
Dernière Etape avant le Silence (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)05 Ik Week (remix of At The Close Of Everyday)
06 A_ (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)
07 Grey (remix of StretchAndRelax)
Armstrong-meets-Richter dramatic emotional neoclassical business and more modern, experimental grooves…Solid collection. – Norman Records
‘Abstractions’ manages to sweep up the rare occasions when the French neo-classical feller allows himself to tackle tunes out of his regular comfort zone. – Boomkat
I quite enjoyed this melancholy…it fits the whole atmospheric trip all of these Japanese releases are in. Nice – Vital Weekly
Les 7 pistes d’Abstractions sont à la fois singulières et proches par l’élégance d’interprétation et de ré-orchestration minimalistes dont Sylvain Chauveau est l’un des virtuoses. – Toujours un coup d’Avance
Depuis dix ans qu’il réalise des remixes d’autres musiciens, Sylvain Chauveau est maintenant bien familier de ce mécanisme même si, sur ces pages, on n’a jamais encore eu l’occasion d’évoquer ce versant de son travail. – EtherREAL
Dispuestos de manera templada, cada elemento esta ubicado de forma que evita la interrupción. Casi sin adornos, los sonidos se abren paso entre el tejido sintético, flotando sobre una red invisible de ruido discreto. Así es como Chauveau vuelve a fabricar el material extraño y el suyo, envolviendo la melodía y las estructuras entre el silencio y hebras transparentes – Hawái
CAT No. FLAUR06
Release Date: Japan - April 18th / Overseas - June 15th, 2012
Format: CD/DIGITAL
01 Heart Beating (remix of Agoria)
02 Attractions (remix of Arca)
03 High in the Morning (remix of Paul Duncan)
Dernière Etape avant le Silence (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)05 Ik Week (remix of At The Close Of Everyday)
06 A_ (remix of Sylvain Chauveau)
07 Grey (remix of StretchAndRelax)
初期のモダン・クラシカル傑作群やFatCat、Typeからリリースされている静謐なピアノ・アンビエント作品、ボーカルや全てのアレンジメントを手がけて話題を呼んだDepeche Modeのカバー、Micro Mega:, Arca, ON, 0など様々な名義でその留まるところを知らない才能を発揮しているフランスの現代作曲家Sylvain Chauveau。
2001年より様々なアーティストへと提供してきたリミックスの中から、Sylvain自身がセレクトした現在では入手困難なトラック、未発表曲を多数含む初めてとなるリミックス集が完成しました。
Carl Craigともコラボレーションを果たす同国の人気テクノ・アーティストAgoriaのためにオーケストラを用いた冒頭曲など、オリジナルの歌以外は全て 新しくレコーディングした素材を用いて再構築するというルールに基づき、荘厳でミニマル、時にドラマティックにリアレンジされ、Sylvainの楽曲へと 生まれ変わった全７曲、もはやSylvain Chauveauの新たな新作といっても過言ではない唯一無二の美しさを讃えています。
マスタリングは12KのオーナーTaylor Deupreeが担当。
I’ve been remixing songs by other artists since 2001 and it’s something I always like to do. This year, in collaboration with the Flau label, I’ve decided to compile my favourite remixes and to release them on one CD. Most of the time, I like to transform very much the original songs. I try to bring them into my own musical atmosphere. For example, on Agoria’s techno song “Heart Beating”, I kept nearly nothing of the original music but I replaced it by orchestral parts that I had recorded with a 40-strings orchestra for the film by HR Boe “Beast”. Anyway, I always want to keep faithful to the original melodies. On this selection of remixes, I kept the original vocal parts.
Some remixes are made out of songs that I’ve done myself (“Dernière Etape Avant le Silence”, “A_”) or with my band Arca with long-time collaborator Joan Cambon (“Attractions”, which inspired the title of this EP as “Abstractions”).
Those remixes are another side of my musical work that had never been compiled before.
– Sylvain Chauveau
