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. FLAU06
Release Date: July 2nd, 2008
Format: CD / DIGITAL
ジャズを出発点に、室内楽やワールド・ミュージックを消化し、世界をまたにかけて活躍するピアニストHenning Schmiedt。妊娠中の妻が暑い夏を心地よく過ごせるように、との想いから作られた本作『Klavierraum』は、その独特なスタイルから生まれた静謐な音響空間が美しいピアノ小品集。明確な構造と即興の間にある、純粋な音の美しさを響かせています。
2019年に再発、カバーの背景がクリーム色に変更となっています。現在は「Klavierraum, später」との２CD版が発売中です。
Henning Schmiedt’s solo album is a rendez-vous with piano solos. It is a very personal album by this artist who has been one of the greats on the international world music stage for years now as a composer, arranger and, of course, a pianist.
He himself describes the origins of his current solo album as follows: “The color WHITE is the one of the“piano room” (Klavierraum). It is the month of August, it’s hot, mywife is pregnant & she needs a room, where she would feel well. Just a beautiful room.
I wanted to do beautiful music for her, which fills space, sounding, and not a “must”.
‘White’ – simply my solo piano music, for ‘at home.’”
01 240g Mehl
02 20g Zucker03 3 Teelöffel Backpulver
04 1/2 Teelöffel Salz
05 110g Buttere
06 1 Ei
07 120cc Milch
08 Alles schön umrühren
09 Tee?10 Teller? und Stuhl!
11 du und ich
12 Kla
13 vier
14 raum15 hello
I have to say I quite like this. Its very simple, beautiful music which will appeal to folks who like Hauschka, Brian Eno, Harold Budd – Norman Records
ピアノの音に最初に「美しい」と思わせたタッチの幻影または記憶をたどるよう…以前に発売されていた夥しい数の音楽を無用にしてしまうちからがある – Jazz Tokyo
ジャズ的な自由なコードから割ったフレーズ、旋律。印象派を思い起こさせる洒脱な音の積み方。また仄かに加えられるエティット、音響加工も相まって非常に独特でパーソナルながら開けた作品 – Intoxicate
Klavierraum comes in the wake of several piano albums from the likes of Goldmund and Peter Broderick, but the album dwells well outside anything that might be considered a fashion. The music here stands on its own. – The Milk Factory
Elegant and impressionistic, Schmiedt’s music will appeal to fans of Goldmund, Max Richter, Sylvain Chauveau, and Peter Broderick, though Schmiedt’s music is perhaps less minimal and more full-bodied by comparison – Textura
contemplatives d’Harold Budd (influence aisément palpable) et les improvisations impressionnistes de Keith Jarrett – Ondefixe
if you like this record even half as much as Henning does, it’ll be in your end of year top ten list…Klavierraum really is quite lovely, avoiding post-production high jinks for the most part, instead focussing on Henning’s impressive technique, with which he plots out sturdy melodic passages, or at times dispenses rapid-fire, hugely expressive keyboard runs, which despite their floridity ultimately exude a soothing, even meditative quality…Amazing Stuff – Boomkat
sous ses airs simples, est riche d’une belle pureté mélodique et de textures discrètes mais avenantes. – Autres Directions
CAT No. FLAU06
Release Date: July 2nd, 2008
Format: CD / DIGITAL
01 240g Mehl
02 20g Zucker03 3 Teelöffel Backpulver
04 1/2 Teelöffel Salz
05 110g Buttere
06 1 Ei
07 120cc Milch
08 Alles schön umrühren
09 Tee?10 Teller? und Stuhl!
11 du und ich
12 Kla
13 vier
14 raum15 hello
ジャズを出発点に、室内楽やワールド・ミュージックを消化し、世界をまたにかけて活躍するピアニストHenning Schmiedt。妊娠中の妻が暑い夏を心地よく過ごせるように、との想いから作られた本作『Klavierraum』は、その独特なスタイルから生まれた静謐な音響空間が美しいピアノ小品集。明確な構造と即興の間にある、純粋な音の美しさを響かせています。
2019年に再発、カバーの背景がクリーム色に変更となっています。現在は「Klavierraum, später」との２CD版が発売中です。
Henning Schmiedt’s solo album is a rendez-vous with piano solos. It is a very personal album by this artist who has been one of the greats on the international world music stage for years now as a composer, arranger and, of course, a pianist.
He himself describes the origins of his current solo album as follows: “The color WHITE is the one of the“piano room” (Klavierraum). It is the month of August, it’s hot, mywife is pregnant & she needs a room, where she would feel well. Just a beautiful room.
I wanted to do beautiful music for her, which fills space, sounding, and not a “must”.
‘White’ – simply my solo piano music, for ‘at home.’”
