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. FLAU36
Release Date: Japan - Sep11th / Overseas - Sep 23rd 2013
Format: CD/Digital/LP
2012年にリリースしたEPがガーディアン、Dazed and Confusedなど海外の主要メディアでいち早く紹介され、瞬く間に完売。Kisses, Chad Valley, Keep Shelly in Athensらを擁する人気レーベルCASCINEのオーナーがYoursTrulyにてCuusheへのラブレターを公開するなど海外レーベル／ブログから大注目を集める中、４年ぶりとなるニューアルバムがついに完成しました。
先行公開され話題を呼んだバレアリック・ギター・ハウスI Love You、リリースを熱望されていたダウンテンポHanabiなど、ゆらめくピアノとギターのストローク、アナログ・シンセサイザー、繊細なコーラスが幾重にも折り重なり、空間に歪む独特の漂う音像は、より強度を増して、私たちを夢の世界へと誘います。
シンセポップ、シューゲイザー、アンビエントR&B、チルウェイブ、インディ・ディスコといったシーンのキーワードと耽美な歌世界を抜群のポップネスで鮮やかに結びつけ、儚さと強さを併せ持った歌声でドリームポップの新しい地平をも提示した新作です。
アートワークを公開初日で25000viewを記録、今年のベスト・ミュージック・ビデオとの呼び声高いアニメーションMV「Airy Me」を製作した久野遥子が担当。 可愛くもどこかストレンジな感性でCuusheの魅力を引き立てています。
Cuusheはこういった音楽をネクストレベルまで持って行っているとどこかで読んだが、彼女はそれ以上だ。彼女の作る音楽には究極の何かがある – Guardian
Cuusheは波打ち際の海岸のようなエレクトロメランコリアに僕らを誘う。これ以上無く美しい – Dazed and Confused
Butterfly Case is Cuushe’s brand new breath-taking 2nd full length album, coming four years after her beautiful debut “Red Rocket Telepathy” and the subsequent “Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream” EP.
While Cuushe’s debut album put more focus on field recordings and found sounds, in “Butterfly Case”, you can see her moving graciously from her dreams into reality, expressing herself with delicate analog tape, distorted synths, drum machines, looped guitars and her signature feathery vocals. This wonderful album is co-produced by flau label mastermind aus, with Geskia at the mastering helm. These astonishing new songs allow us see a new vision, an imagination from Cuushe that we’ve never seen before.
The balearic guitar-house track “I Love You”, which is one of the most popular tracks from the album, has already been receiving raving reviews from the press both in Japan and overseas, while the ambient-ish R&B take in “Hanabi” is a wonderful reminiscent of Cocteau Twins & early 4AD meet soul music. Cuushe’s uniquely beautiful voice, and the delicately beat-driven music that was masterfully produced in “Butterfly Case”, has undoubtedly unfolded a new exciting dimension in dream pop music. by Tim McGregor & Wei Yuen, mu-nest.
PRETTIEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR – The FADER
Cuushe’s siren call glittering across this softly undulating fabricn – Dazed and Confused (album of the month!)
No.25 of Gorilla Vs. Bear’s Album 2013
She’s at her best, though, when her singing manages to break through the dreaminess and deliver a simple and direct emotion – Pitchfork (7.0)
it’s the sort of thing you’d imagine playing over a dreamy Sofia Coppola montage of girls running through a field or Elle Fanning pirouetting on ice – NYLON Magazine
Cuushe’s unique, beautiful voice and ethereal, beat driven music truly offers a new dimension in dream pop – Fredperry Subculture
More sun gaze than shoe gaze, and more Washed Out than Cocteau Twins. Celestial, perfectly executed, mesmerizing. – Bandcamp
I Love You have a sturdy J-pop aesthetic hiding deep under all the ambient smoke and vapors. I Miss You taps into Julianna Barwick’s school of choral tapestry…If you find yourself locked in midnight-hour sleeplessness any time soon, get immersed in ‘Butterfly Case’: it’ll work a dream. – DUMMY
Cuushe offers an entrancing blend of vintage dream pop, Morr Music-like post-rock and glitch, and the sort of R&B that pours out of stay-at-home sensualists like How to Dress Well – SPIN Magazine
Sounding like a narcotized version of My Bloody Valentine fronted by Cocteau Twins chanteuse Elizabeth Fraser – BeatsPerMinutes
This is dream-pop at its most luxurious, and at times inventive…everything seems golden – The 405
Butterfly Case’ straight to analog tape proved to be a wise one, lending the sensuous production a feeling of lived-in earthiness – Diffuser.FM
you can tell from the multileveled pop delight, that its covering several geographical zones, all dreamy, starry-eyed, and floating above the atmosphere. – IMPOSE Magazine
Unrelentingly pretty and carrying the picture-perfect poise of a high-wire acrobat, it was a gorgeous blend of subdued synths and heart-in-throat vocals.– GoldFlakePaint
It’s ten tracks of lighter-than-pixie-dust pop, rich in plaintive atmospherics and gossamer textures – Planet Notion
Super-vibey dreampop cut with psychedelic electronic blips and gloopy vocals is a combo pretty much off limits to anyone apart from Claire Boucher, but that hasn’t stopped emerging artists from trying in their droves. – The Line Of Best Fit
I am captivated by her voice, such a light delight…like fragile butterflies resting on a silky scarf – Stereofox
Un album che immerge l’ascoltatore in un universo estetico delicato ed evoca atmosfere dreamy, in bilico tra Cocteau Twins e i primi Everything But The Girl,– Pig Mag (weekly favorite)
it’s the melody and Cuushe’s voice that raises it to another level. When Goldfrapp are at their most chilled out they’re still not quite as horizontal as Cuushe. – Echoes and Dust
She’s got a really beautiful aesthetic, backing her breathy, wistful vocals with warm swathes of soft synthpop and distant, indistinct shoegazey crunch – Norman Records
CAT No. FLAU36
Release Date: Japan - Sep11th / Overseas - Sep 23rd 2013
Format: CD/Digital/LP
2012年にリリースしたEPがガーディアン、Dazed and Confusedなど海外の主要メディアでいち早く紹介され、瞬く間に完売。Kisses, Chad Valley, Keep Shelly in Athensらを擁する人気レーベルCASCINEのオーナーがYoursTrulyにてCuusheへのラブレターを公開するなど海外レーベル／ブログから大注目を集める中、４年ぶりとなるニューアルバムがついに完成しました。
先行公開され話題を呼んだバレアリック・ギター・ハウスI Love You、リリースを熱望されていたダウンテンポHanabiなど、ゆらめくピアノとギターのストローク、アナログ・シンセサイザー、繊細なコーラスが幾重にも折り重なり、空間に歪む独特の漂う音像は、より強度を増して、私たちを夢の世界へと誘います。
シンセポップ、シューゲイザー、アンビエントR&B、チルウェイブ、インディ・ディスコといったシーンのキーワードと耽美な歌世界を抜群のポップネスで鮮やかに結びつけ、儚さと強さを併せ持った歌声でドリームポップの新しい地平をも提示した新作です。
アートワークを公開初日で25000viewを記録、今年のベスト・ミュージック・ビデオとの呼び声高いアニメーションMV「Airy Me」を製作した久野遥子が担当。 可愛くもどこかストレンジな感性でCuusheの魅力を引き立てています。
Cuusheはこういった音楽をネクストレベルまで持って行っているとどこかで読んだが、彼女はそれ以上だ。彼女の作る音楽には究極の何かがある – Guardian
Cuusheは波打ち際の海岸のようなエレクトロメランコリアに僕らを誘う。これ以上無く美しい – Dazed and Confused
Butterfly Case is Cuushe’s brand new breath-taking 2nd full length album, coming four years after her beautiful debut “Red Rocket Telepathy” and the subsequent “Girl You Know That I Am Here But The Dream” EP.
While Cuushe’s debut album put more focus on field recordings and found sounds, in “Butterfly Case”, you can see her moving graciously from her dreams into reality, expressing herself with delicate analog tape, distorted synths, drum machines, looped guitars and her signature feathery vocals. This wonderful album is co-produced by flau label mastermind aus, with Geskia at the mastering helm. These astonishing new songs allow us see a new vision, an imagination from Cuushe that we’ve never seen before.
The balearic guitar-house track “I Love You”, which is one of the most popular tracks from the album, has already been receiving raving reviews from the press both in Japan and overseas, while the ambient-ish R&B take in “Hanabi” is a wonderful reminiscent of Cocteau Twins & early 4AD meet soul music. Cuushe’s uniquely beautiful voice, and the delicately beat-driven music that was masterfully produced in “Butterfly Case”, has undoubtedly unfolded a new exciting dimension in dream pop music. by Tim McGregor & Wei Yuen, mu-nest.
