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. FLAU77
Release Date: Japan - Sep 14th / Overseas - Oct 19th, 2018
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
Sylvain Chauveauを中心に現代音楽の俊英が集結したEnsemble 0。小津安二郎の同名映画に捧げた「Umarete Wa Mita Keredo」に続く待望の新作は、2016年よりベルギーのブリュッセルで活動を開始した新しいセクションによるもの。Sylvain、Florent Garnier、Jean-François Brohéeによるトリオ編成での録音では、パーカッション、ギター、ハーモニウムをメインの楽器に据え、持続音と反復主体による風通しの良いソフト・サイケデリアが生み出されています。起伏の少ない展開と牧歌的でありながら絶妙なさじ加減で侘び寂びをも感じさせるシンプルな旋律は、テリー・ライリーやラ・モンテ・ヤングらミニマルミュージックの始祖を彷彿とさせる、虹色のように美しく瞑想的な空間を広げていきます。
このブリュッセル・セクションのアイデアは、最小限の楽器によって演奏されるアコースティックなレパートリーを作成することで、通りや公園、アパートの中からライブハウスに至るまであらゆる場所での演奏を可能にしています。ゲストにCabaneとして知られるJean HenriとMonolithe NoirのAntoine Pasqualiniが参加し、そのAntoineによるモジュラーシンセによっていくつかの楽曲でエレクトロニクスが追加されています。
ensemble 0 is a band who plays the compositions by its members and music by other living composers. The members can change according to each project. The founding members live in France (Joël Merah), Spain (Stéphane Garin) and Belgium (Sylvain Chauveau), with a rotating set of musicians from Western Europe. In 2016 a section of ensemble 0 has been created in Brussels featuring Florent Garnier, Jean-François Brohée, and Chauveau. This trio has spent one and a half year composing new acoustic pieces, playing them live, recording and mixing them. This is the music for this album on flau: 8 tracks with percussion, harmonium, ebows and guitar, with the addition of Thomas Jean Henri (aka Cabane) and Antoine Pasqualini (aka Monolithe Noir) as guests.
The original idea of the Brussels section of ensemble 0 was to create an acoustic repertoire with few instruments, so that all the equipment could be carried to perform the music anywhere (in the street, in parks, in appartments and in music venues). Finally a few touches of electricity have been added on the album with the presence of Antoine Pasqualini’s modular synth.
1 Florent plays glockenspiel & chimes, Sylvain plays hapi drum & glockenspiel, JF plays ebows and it lasts 1:51
2 Sylvain plays guitar, Florent plays metallophone, JF plays ebows and it lasts 2:48
3 Thomas plays vibraphone, JF plays ebows, Sylvain plays glockenspiel, Florent plays harmonium and it lasts 2:364 JF plays ebows, Sylvain plays guitar, Florent plays percussion, Thomas plays guitar and it lasts 6:59
5 Florent plays glockenspiel, JF plays ebows & guitar, Sylvain plays glockenspiel and it lasts 2:436 Sylvain plays glockenspiel, Florent plays glockenspiel & chimes, JF plays ebows, Antoine plays modular synth and it lasts 8:32
7 JF plays chime, Sylvain plays radio, Florent plays glockenspiel and it lasts 0:45
8 Florent plays harmonium, JF plays ebows, Antoine plays modular synth, Sylvain plays melodica, Maxime plays field recordings and it lasts 12:27
the realm of orchestrated lullaby or a kind of regenerative ambience that bounds with lightness and beauty and sweetness and peace, like an arctic fox navigating Spring’s first thaw – Tiny Mix Tapes
a journey in which research and tranquility invite quiet listening…evocative of the happy union between chemistry and nature – Impatto Sonoro
the most idyllic, soothing album to appear under the Ensemble 0 moniker thus far…full of calming, hypnotic gentleness – Fluid Radio
pop-and-avant-garde aesthetic of the early 1980s that straddles Minimal Music by Steve Reich and Philip Glass and the world music and ambient-inspired jazz of the massively rediscovered and re-launched Penguin Cafe Orchestra and Midori Takada – Groove
a little aquatic and fragile, shining with a beautiful light, frail but solid – EtherREAL
perfect mobile for a nursery – A Closer Listen
small post-modern orchestra, an enchantment of fragile harmonics – Music Won’t Save You
intelligent, thought out and highly composed…capturing the music in crystal clear glory – Drifting, Almost Falling
Where there are loose ends, the imagination of the listener creates the remainder connecting elements. It produces extremely fragile, rich, detailed and intimate pieces that stand like a house – De Subjectivisten
tenderly-textured and delicately explorative – Norman Records
その繊細な音の欠片は、自然の音に滲んでどこまでも広がっていくような感覚があって瞑想的 – LATINA
CAT No. FLAU77
Release Date: Japan - Sep 14th / Overseas - Oct 19th, 2018
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
1 Florent plays glockenspiel & chimes, Sylvain plays hapi drum & glockenspiel, JF plays ebows and it lasts 1:51
2 Sylvain plays guitar, Florent plays metallophone, JF plays ebows and it lasts 2:48
3 Thomas plays vibraphone, JF plays ebows, Sylvain plays glockenspiel, Florent plays harmonium and it lasts 2:364 JF plays ebows, Sylvain plays guitar, Florent plays percussion, Thomas plays guitar and it lasts 6:59
5 Florent plays glockenspiel, JF plays ebows & guitar, Sylvain plays glockenspiel and it lasts 2:436 Sylvain plays glockenspiel, Florent plays glockenspiel & chimes, JF plays ebows, Antoine plays modular synth and it lasts 8:32
7 JF plays chime, Sylvain plays radio, Florent plays glockenspiel and it lasts 0:45
8 Florent plays harmonium, JF plays ebows, Antoine plays modular synth, Sylvain plays melodica, Maxime plays field recordings and it lasts 12:27
Sylvain Chauveauを中心に現代音楽の俊英が集結したEnsemble 0。小津安二郎の同名映画に捧げた「Umarete Wa Mita Keredo」に続く待望の新作は、2016年よりベルギーのブリュッセルで活動を開始した新しいセクションによるもの。Sylvain、Florent Garnier、Jean-François Brohéeによるトリオ編成での録音では、パーカッション、ギター、ハーモニウムをメインの楽器に据え、持続音と反復主体による風通しの良いソフト・サイケデリアが生み出されています。起伏の少ない展開と牧歌的でありながら絶妙なさじ加減で侘び寂びをも感じさせるシンプルな旋律は、テリー・ライリーやラ・モンテ・ヤングらミニマルミュージックの始祖を彷彿とさせる、虹色のように美しく瞑想的な空間を広げていきます。
このブリュッセル・セクションのアイデアは、最小限の楽器によって演奏されるアコースティックなレパートリーを作成することで、通りや公園、アパートの中からライブハウスに至るまであらゆる場所での演奏を可能にしています。ゲストにCabaneとして知られるJean HenriとMonolithe NoirのAntoine Pasqualiniが参加し、そのAntoineによるモジュラーシンセによっていくつかの楽曲でエレクトロニクスが追加されています。
ensemble 0 is a band who plays the compositions by its members and music by other living composers. The members can change according to each project. The founding members live in France (Joël Merah), Spain (Stéphane Garin) and Belgium (Sylvain Chauveau), with a rotating set of musicians from Western Europe. In 2016 a section of ensemble 0 has been created in Brussels featuring Florent Garnier, Jean-François Brohée, and Chauveau. This trio has spent one and a half year composing new acoustic pieces, playing them live, recording and mixing them. This is the music for this album on flau: 8 tracks with percussion, harmonium, ebows and guitar, with the addition of Thomas Jean Henri (aka Cabane) and Antoine Pasqualini (aka Monolithe Noir) as guests.
The original idea of the Brussels section of ensemble 0 was to create an acoustic repertoire with few instruments, so that all the equipment could be carried to perform the music anywhere (in the street, in parks, in appartments and in music venues). Finally a few touches of electricity have been added on the album with the presence of Antoine Pasqualini’s modular synth.
