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. FLAUR28
Release Date: January 18th 2017
Format: CD/Digital
韓国・ソウルのシンセ・ポップ・アーティストNEON BUNNYのニューアルバム。Pitchforkが20 Essential K-Pop Songsの一つに選んだ「It’s You」、 CASCINEからのシングルが大きな話題を呼んだMark Redito (fka; Spazzkid)と再びタッグを組んだ「Room314」、エラ・フィッツジェラルドが歌ったJAZZスタンダート「Manhattan」にインスパイアされたという極上のオリエンタル・ダウンテンポ「Romance in Seoul」など、ベッドルーム・ポップ、チルステップ〜Future Bassまで現在進行形のシンセ・サウンドに独特なエキゾチシズムをたたえたNEON BUNNYのボーカル、J-POPからの影響も随所に感じられる甘くロマンチックな旋律満載のポップ作品に仕上がりました。世界的な興隆を極めるK-POPシーンとは異なるオルタナティヴな魅力を讃えるシンセ・サウンドに大注目です。
01 Romance in Seoul
02 Forest of Skyscrapers 03 Room314 Feat.Mark Redito 04 All i want is you 05 It's you06 Ai
07 Bugaksanlo
08 New Moon
09 Don't forget me
10 Blue (bonus track)It’s You” is a particularly fine torch song, illuminating a warm space between French electro synths and the subtlest of glitch-hop fills and trap hi-hats. Her voice is imbued with a natural feeling not often found in the method-acted emotions of mainstream – Pitchfork (20 Essential K-Pop Songs)
a poignant yet purposeful counterpoint to the sci-fi obsessed K-Pop world – Dazed and Confused
浮遊感あるシンセ・サウンドで穏やかに歌う韓国の先鋭的女性…新しい形のKポップを提示するアーティスト (9/10) – Music Magazine
オリエンタル・エレクトロの傑作…最新型のサウンドでありながらも、親しみやいメロディとアンニュイな倦怠感はどこか懐かしさも感じられる – Billboard Japan
比較対象が見当たらない独特の音世界 – Bounce/Mikiki
ヒップホップ / R＆Bマナーのビートワークとシンセサイザー・コンシャスな懐かしくもかつ先鋭的なサウンドメイキング – Yahoo!News / CD Journal
incredibly addictive. Stay Gold contains many polished songs with many of the strongest at the end – Korean Indie
Soothing synthpop from South Korea influensed with the sounds of a very late night cresting into early morning – Bandcamp (new and notable)
little synth-pop jewel – Son Of Marketing
mysterious angel-like voice and captivating lyrics – SumGyeoJin Gem
she weaves a thoughtful story of vulnerability, comfort, and holding close those who are most important to us – Hellokpop
Sweet dream-pop – La Caja de Pandora
Hazy, windswept, elegant and dreaming – CASCINE
Stay Gold both in name and sound is a call to grab onto something beautiful and never let it go – Rock’n Soul
CAT No. FLAUR28
Release Date: January 18th 2017
Format: CD/Digital
01 Romance in Seoul
02 Forest of Skyscrapers 03 Room314 Feat.Mark Redito 04 All i want is you 05 It's you06 Ai
07 Bugaksanlo
08 New Moon
09 Don't forget me
10 Blue (bonus track)韓国・ソウルのシンセ・ポップ・アーティストNEON BUNNYのニューアルバム。Pitchforkが20 Essential K-Pop Songsの一つに選んだ「It’s You」、 CASCINEからのシングルが大きな話題を呼んだMark Redito (fka; Spazzkid)と再びタッグを組んだ「Room314」、エラ・フィッツジェラルドが歌ったJAZZスタンダート「Manhattan」にインスパイアされたという極上のオリエンタル・ダウンテンポ「Romance in Seoul」など、ベッドルーム・ポップ、チルステップ〜Future Bassまで現在進行形のシンセ・サウンドに独特なエキゾチシズムをたたえたNEON BUNNYのボーカル、J-POPからの影響も随所に感じられる甘くロマンチックな旋律満載のポップ作品に仕上がりました。世界的な興隆を極めるK-POPシーンとは異なるオルタナティヴな魅力を讃えるシンセ・サウンドに大注目です。
