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
CAT No. FLAU86
Release Date: DIGITAL 2021-8-18 / CASSETTE 2021-9-22
Format: CASSETTE/DIGITAL
NY・ブルックリンの新鋭プロデューサー/デジタル・アーティストによる1stアルバム The Deserter は、フックの効いたインストゥルメンタル・ポップと埃っぽいサンプリング・ビート・コラージュで構成された、豊かで多彩なサイケデリアに満ちた、切なくも漂うような1つのストーリー。45分間に渡って、ヒップホップがチェンバーポップに溶け込み、アニメのサウンドトラックがフィールドレコーディングに変わるかのようです。このアルバムは、思索にふけるための小さなコーナーで埋め尽くされた、マキシマリストのコンセプト作品。夢を見たり、ビジョンを見たりするための音楽です。
The Deserterは、ブルックリン、シアトル、ベルリン、フィラデルフィアで制作・録音されました。草原の鳥の群れ、レゴのプロジェクト、犬のデイケア、重量挙げコンテスト、ペットのコウモリ、想像上の地図、存在しなかった映画のサウンドトラックなどが好きな方におすすめです。
Lush, eclectic, psychedelic and wistful, The Deserter is a single drifting narrative built out of hooky instrumental pop and dusty, sampled beat-collages. Across its 45 minutes, hip-hop blends into chamber pop and cartoon soundtracks give way to field recordings. It’s a maximalist concept album filled with small contemplative nooks and corners. It’s music to dream by, or have visions to.
The Deserter was produced and recorded at home in Brooklyn, Seattle, Berlin, and Philadelphia.
Recommended if you like: flocks of grassland birds, lego projects, doggy daycares, weight lifting contests, pet bats, imaginary maps, and soundtracks to movies that never existed.
1. Life on the Moon
2. The Dog Show
3. Neon and Wheat
4. Rainbow-Gored5. Home
6. Unassigned Space #3
7. Empty Logic
8. Life Inside a Recatangle
9. Gifts
10. The Deserter
11. Altschmerz
a wonderfully light summer pleasure that provokes wistful reminiscence of the late nineties and especially Jörg Follert’s still unique project Wunder – Groove
CAT No. FLAU86
Release Date: DIGITAL 2021-8-18 / CASSETTE 2021-9-22
Format: CASSETTE/DIGITAL
1. Life on the Moon
2. The Dog Show
3. Neon and Wheat
4. Rainbow-Gored5. Home
6. Unassigned Space #3
7. Empty Logic
8. Life Inside a Recatangle
9. Gifts
10. The Deserter
11. Altschmerz
NY・ブルックリンの新鋭プロデューサー/デジタル・アーティストによる1stアルバム The Deserter は、フックの効いたインストゥルメンタル・ポップと埃っぽいサンプリング・ビート・コラージュで構成された、豊かで多彩なサイケデリアに満ちた、切なくも漂うような1つのストーリー。45分間に渡って、ヒップホップがチェンバーポップに溶け込み、アニメのサウンドトラックがフィールドレコーディングに変わるかのようです。このアルバムは、思索にふけるための小さなコーナーで埋め尽くされた、マキシマリストのコンセプト作品。夢を見たり、ビジョンを見たりするための音楽です。
The Deserterは、ブルックリン、シアトル、ベルリン、フィラデルフィアで制作・録音されました。草原の鳥の群れ、レゴのプロジェクト、犬のデイケア、重量挙げコンテスト、ペットのコウモリ、想像上の地図、存在しなかった映画のサウンドトラックなどが好きな方におすすめです。
Lush, eclectic, psychedelic and wistful, The Deserter is a single drifting narrative built out of hooky instrumental pop and dusty, sampled beat-collages. Across its 45 minutes, hip-hop blends into chamber pop and cartoon soundtracks give way to field recordings. It’s a maximalist concept album filled with small contemplative nooks and corners. It’s music to dream by, or have visions to.
The Deserter was produced and recorded at home in Brooklyn, Seattle, Berlin, and Philadelphia.
Recommended if you like: flocks of grassland birds, lego projects, doggy daycares, weight lifting contests, pet bats, imaginary maps, and soundtracks to movies that never existed.