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コンサート企画・制作:FOUNDLAND他
海外アーティストの招聘:Ólafur Arnalds, Julia Holter, Julianna Barwick他
各種媒体への音楽製作・提供: IKEA, SONY, CANON, d&TV(D&DEPARTMENT)他
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“The records 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
“Tokyo’s Flau label is one of the biggest names in the world of really small sounds: its discography teems with recordings that blend field recordings, electronica and more traditional instrumentation to create some awesomely lovely headphone music ? the perfect soundtrack to a Sunday evening”
– Timeout Tokyo
“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
“Japan’s 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
“Flau is everyone’s favourite Japanese label and, of course, we make no exception” – Going Solo
“constantly surprising, consistently stunning Japanese label” – 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. Based in Tokyo, 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
“flau is a small (but growing) label based in Tokyo…easy to miss, but this label are worth finding” – Foxy Digitalis
“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
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2018-02-23 Billboard Live Tokyo – Predawn 10’th anniversary special live
2018-03-10 台中 Legacy
2018-04-12 福岡 papparayray
2018-04-13 北九州 小倉城庭園
2-18-04-14 東京 VACANT FOUNDLAND w. gutevolk, marucoporoporo, manami kakudo
2018-04-15 大阪 天満教会
RACHAEL DADD with BAND + EMMA GATRILL + ICHI Go Echo Japan Tour 2018
2018-04-17 大阪 大阪倶楽部
2018-04-20 東京 VACANT
2018-04-21 金沢 金沢21世紀美術館
218-04-22 名古屋 三楽座
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2018-04-27 熊本 早川倉庫
2018-04-28 福岡 住吉神社能楽殿
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2018-07-06~08 Feanedock Timber Festival
2018-03-10 東京 ULTRASUPERNEW Gallery w. submerse, daisuke tanabe, notuv, Δktr
2018-03-10 東京 ULTRASUPERNEW Gallery w. neon bunny, daisuke tanabe, notuv, Δktr
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“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.
昨年リリースした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
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 - September 11th / Overseas - September 23rd 2013
Format: CD/Digital/LP
“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.
昨年リリースした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