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. FLAU29
Release Date: Japan - Sep 12th / Overseas - Dec 4th 2012
Format: CD/Digital
flauの第一弾コンピレーション『Echod』に参加後、ドイツの人気レーベルMonika Enterpriseの名作コンピレーション『4 WOMENS NO CRY』にJulia Holterと共に選ばれ、注目を集めたブラジル・リオデジャネイロの若き女性アーティストLiz Christineが、5年もの沈黙を経て突如ドロップしたファーストアルバム。リオのレコードショップから集められた得体の知れないムード音楽、映画のサウンドトラック、ラウンジミュージックをターンテーブルに乗せ、愛猫4匹の歌声と共にミックス/カットアップした、どこかトロピカルでストレンジな摩訶不思議サウンドコラージュ。The Focus Group、Ghost Box〜Trunk, Finders Keepers、People Like Usなどのライブラリー・ミュージック、実験音響、ドローン、そして猫を愛する全ての音楽ファンに。
artwork:TAKCOM
Sweet Mellow Cat is a nicely arranged showcase of liz christine’s work over the last few years. subtle and delicate, sometimes vergin’ on the abstract yet still instinctively melodic, her music is in fact a kind of sound-movie, or audio-text, constructed from a personal sound vocabulary and syntaxe developed by and for herself, where each sample has it’s own place on the narrative structure. Usually assisted by f s torres (aka kkfs) or the mysterious madamme f, Liz is basically using her own obsession (movies, old jazz divas and, of course, cats) to build sound-sculpture-books.
01 Girl's Band
02 Dinah
03 Pour Cecile
04 Green Eyes Girl (Sweet Mellow Version)05 Pour Jeanne
06 Rain07 Holiday
08 Le Chat Noir
09 Or Ten Pills at Three O'Clock
10 Two Seconds
11 Love Affair
12 Erva Doce
13 C Caterina
14 You Gotta Be Blonde
15 Para El Placer
a hugely cinematic feel containing various ambient textures, akin to Julia Holter…if you like cats, listen to the track – The 405
Whether she’s making delicate miniatures or building entire worlds, she blends and loops with a deft hand and a wide-eyed glee – FACT Magazine
The album has a strange otherworldly feel to it. Listening to this feels like I’m listening to the soundtrack of a deranged child’s mind. There is something beautiful and insanely special about this release though and despite the fact it’s 15 tracks full of strange sounds and arrangements it’s eminently listenable and probably the best thing I’ve heard on the label. Utterly delightful! – Norman Records (5 stars!)
constantly-shifting dream logic…With a creepy humour similar to People Like Us and Nurse With Wound’s Sylvie and Babs…headphones recommended, strange dreams await you later in the night – Liminal
full of intricately rendered, cleverly sampled pieces, as divine as they are inscrutable – Wears The Trousers
Working together as one complete album, this is a disc you can put on and let wash over you, the sounds within throwing you a new suprise every time – Terrascope
strangely weird music indeed – Vital Weekly
A dedicated Liz Christine LP is a rarity. Before this release you’d have to dig deep to find her sculpted audio passages on a miscellaneous spread of compilations and projects. Now you can finally lose yourself for a full hour in her beguiling swathed imagined worlds – God Is In The TV
the arpeggiating melody of ‘Green Eyes Girl’ is a particular highlight, and the eyebrow-raising ‘C Christine’, which brings together cut-up samples, a simple string melody and wonderful orchestral flourishes, is a rather dazzling piece of work – Shout4Music
Sweet Mellow Cat is irresistible music, and just as easy to fall in love with as those pleading, heart-melting eyes – A Closer Listen
Exploratory and romantic collage with a feline core – ATTN: Magazine
Cuddly, soft focused and fuzzy round the edges, it climbs into your lap to nuzzle and warm your heart like a favorite calico while playing with your imagination until it unravels like a ball of yarn. It’s one of the loveliest things released by a label – Igloo Magazine
ここには月並なベッドルーム・ミュージック以上の魅力──音を聴くことのみずみずしい楽しさがある。太古の人類が風や木の音を面白がったように、リズ・クリスティーンは名もない音の記録=レコードの溝から鳴る音に新鮮に反応している。彼女とターンテーブルに載せられたレコードとのあいだには、ロマンティックな関係がある – ele-king (E王)
サンプリングされた音源はおそらくブラジルのレコード屋にはありふれていて、エサ箱に転がっているようなものだろうけども、そのレコード盤には制作者や、そのレコードを部屋で鳴らしていたかつての所有者の生活の記憶が、絶対に息づいているわけで、それらを蘇らせて、繋ぎ合わせて、新しい音を作り上 げてしまう…そう、とにかくこれは美しい音楽だ。 – 青春ゾンビ
CAT No. FLAU29
Release Date: Japan - Sep 12th / Overseas - Dec 4th 2012
Format: CD/Digital
01 Girl's Band
02 Dinah
03 Pour Cecile
04 Green Eyes Girl (Sweet Mellow Version)05 Pour Jeanne
06 Rain07 Holiday
08 Le Chat Noir
09 Or Ten Pills at Three O'Clock
10 Two Seconds
11 Love Affair
12 Erva Doce
13 C Caterina
14 You Gotta Be Blonde
15 Para El Placer
flauの第一弾コンピレーション『Echod』に参加後、ドイツの人気レーベルMonika Enterpriseの名作コンピレーション『4 WOMENS NO CRY』にJulia Holterと共に選ばれ、注目を集めたブラジル・リオデジャネイロの若き女性アーティストLiz Christineが、5年もの沈黙を経て突如ドロップしたファーストアルバム。リオのレコードショップから集められた得体の知れないムード音楽、映画のサウンドトラック、ラウンジミュージックをターンテーブルに乗せ、愛猫4匹の歌声と共にミックス/カットアップした、どこかトロピカルでストレンジな摩訶不思議サウンドコラージュ。The Focus Group、Ghost Box〜Trunk, Finders Keepers、People Like Usなどのライブラリー・ミュージック、実験音響、ドローン、そして猫を愛する全ての音楽ファンに。
artwork:TAKCOM
Sweet Mellow Cat is a nicely arranged showcase of liz christine’s work over the last few years. subtle and delicate, sometimes vergin’ on the abstract yet still instinctively melodic, her music is in fact a kind of sound-movie, or audio-text, constructed from a personal sound vocabulary and syntaxe developed by and for herself, where each sample has it’s own place on the narrative structure. Usually assisted by f s torres (aka kkfs) or the mysterious madamme f, Liz is basically using her own obsession (movies, old jazz divas and, of course, cats) to build sound-sculpture-books.