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
7/13（土）東京・Rittor Base w/八木皓平
8/3（土）岐阜・Slow Room w/ CazU-23
8/18（日）東京・Half Moon Hall w/ Wataru Sato, Haruhisa Tanaka, Chihei Hatakeyama
8/28（水）名古屋・K.D Japon w/ marucoporoporo, CazU-23
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©FLAU
CAT No. FLAU72
Release Date: Japan - Aug 15th / Overseas - Aug 24th, 2018
Format: CD/DIGITAL
K W A I D A N は、USの若手プロデューサーteamsと日本在住の写真家／ビートメイカーRepeat Pattern、北海道出身の女性アーティストNoahのコラボレーションによるコンセプト・アルバム。「牡丹灯籠」「夢応の鯉魚」など古来から伝わる怪談を幽霊の物語としてではなく、サウンドトラックを持った普遍の物語／神話として、身体のない人間と精神の対話をロマンチックに描いています。美しくレイヤーされ、曲によって様々な表情を見せるNoahのヴォーカル、冷たさの中にも艶と深みを感じるteamsのプロダクションとRepeat Patternによるきめ細やかなサウンドデザイン。ミックス・マスタリングをMOTORO FAAMのRyuta Mizkamiが担当し、此岸と彼岸を移ろう美しい幻のようなサウンドが完成しました。
KWAIDAN is collection of reverb soaked harmonies leaning on a couch of field recordings and heavy drums all accompanying the vocals of flau’s Noah. Songs referencing Japanese folk tales about ghosts and spirits presented, not in the usual tone of a ghost story but rather, in a romanticized air of normalcy and matter-of-factness.
01 kure
02 miminashi03 yukionna
04 koi no yume05 kaya
06 ugetsu07 yotsuyu
08 sasoware
09 omoide
10 chawan no naka
11 ake
otherworldly magic – Nothing But Hope and Passion
a satisfying precision… Every turn feels carefully considered – Exclaim!
Something more like awe, wonder and sympathy for the spirits encountered – Kaltblut Magazine
beautiful job of finding the mystical in the worldly…intimate worlds one can crawl into and find comfort – Bandcamp (the week’s essential/best album of summer 2018 )
Einzig der ätherische Gesang Noahs lässt sich als direkte Übersetzung des Außerweltlichens lesen. Damit gibt das Album die bislang wohl subtilste Interpretation des Kwaidan ab. Ein grandioses Stück Ambient-Pop ist es noch dazu. – GROOVE
チル・ウェイヴ的な音響効果とダブ的な残響の美しさに息を呑む – LATINA
Drums and sudden splashes of 8-bit noise guide the track forward, replacing the more spacious backdrops Noah has used in the past – Make Believe Melodies
softly-propulsive – The Autumn Roses
wonderful collaboration – Everything is Noise
ambient electro-pop collaboration crossing the pacific featuring reverbed-out r&b vocals …reminds me a little of the excellent so album markus popp of oval made – no love for ned.
CAT No. FLAU72
Release Date: Japan - Aug 15th / Overseas - Aug 24th, 2018
Format: CD/DIGITAL
01 kure
02 miminashi03 yukionna
04 koi no yume05 kaya
06 ugetsu07 yotsuyu
08 sasoware
09 omoide
10 chawan no naka
11 ake
K W A I D A N は、USの若手プロデューサーteamsと日本在住の写真家／ビートメイカーRepeat Pattern、北海道出身の女性アーティストNoahのコラボレーションによるコンセプト・アルバム。「牡丹灯籠」「夢応の鯉魚」など古来から伝わる怪談を幽霊の物語としてではなく、サウンドトラックを持った普遍の物語／神話として、身体のない人間と精神の対話をロマンチックに描いています。美しくレイヤーされ、曲によって様々な表情を見せるNoahのヴォーカル、冷たさの中にも艶と深みを感じるteamsのプロダクションとRepeat Patternによるきめ細やかなサウンドデザイン。ミックス・マスタリングをMOTORO FAAMのRyuta Mizkamiが担当し、此岸と彼岸を移ろう美しい幻のようなサウンドが完成しました。
KWAIDAN is collection of reverb soaked harmonies leaning on a couch of field recordings and heavy drums all accompanying the vocals of flau’s Noah. Songs referencing Japanese folk tales about ghosts and spirits presented, not in the usual tone of a ghost story but rather, in a romanticized air of normalcy and matter-of-factness.
