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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©FLAU
Knit is first ep from tokyo based NEON CLOUD. Ep features remix from Luxemburg’s Sun Glitters.
Making obvious but respectful nods to Tri Angle’s Holy Other, o0o00 and Balam Acab, or the likes of Grimes, ‘Knit’ convects glossolalic coos and pitched vox around slow, tense electro/R&B rhythms with an meticulous attention to detail and sensitively spacious production. – Boomkat (album of the week!)
Icy vibes that are pretty easy to like, even with shapes for song names – Make Believe Melodies
thankfully transcend all of this with a track that has about a hundred things going on, all of them rad. – The Line Of Best Fit (tracks of the week)
the first song, the sinister “△” (below), is wickedly good. One of the the most original tracks I’ve heard all year…all elegantly overlapping. It’s part dub-step menace, part ethereal hypnotics – Their Bated Breath
a surprising gem, made up of tight-knit, light percussion and breathless female vocals. An intriguing soundscape – Lost Lost Lost
just simply stunning with its breathy female vocals and haunting soundscapes. The album is full of dark and mysterious entities that creep into your head and body, a state of hypnosis that abducts you from mundane forms of reality and transports you into its dark abyss of external space – Hearling Gold
Knit is first ep from tokyo based NEON CLOUD. Ep features remix from Luxemburg’s Sun Glitters.
