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. FLAU111
Release Date: DIGITAL: Oct 30th, 2025 / CD: Jan 22nd, 2026
Format: LP/CD/DIGITAL
10年以上にわたり、台湾の室内楽アンサンブル Cicadaは台湾の山々や海、風景を音へと織り込んできた。『Gazing the Shades of White』は、島から島へと渡る旅のはじまりであり、氷河の痕跡を追って北半球から南半球へ～アイスランド、グリーンランド、そしてニュージーランドを経て、再び台湾へ～と戻り、太古の氷河が残した記憶をたどる。
グリーンランド・イルリサットの峡湾では、巨大な氷塊が漂い、アイスランドの高地トレイルでは氷河が溶岩の跡と出会う。バトナ氷河とヨークルスアゥルロゥン湖のあいだでは、無数の氷片が静かに時のなかへと溶けていく。台湾の雪山には、古い針葉樹のそばに氷河湖が眠り、ニュージーランドのアオラキ山の麓で、旅人は山と呼応するような静寂に出会う。
旅の途中で拾い集めた繊細な音を通して、Cicadaは「永遠」だったはずの風景の消失を、音楽と聴き手のあいだに生まれる親密な対話へと変えていく。
For more than a decade, Cicada has woven Taiwan’s mountains, seas, and landscapes into sound. “Gazing the Shades of White” opens a journey from island to island, following the traces of glaciers across both hemispheres, from Iceland and Greenland to New Zealand, and back to Taiwan to seek the traces left by ancient glaciers.
Colossal ice bodies drift in Greenland’s Ilulissat fjord. Along Iceland’s highland trails, glaciers meet the remnants of lava flows. Between Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón, countless fragments of ice quietly dissolve into time. At Taiwan’s Snow Mountain, a glacial lake rests beside long-standing junipers. Beneath Aoraki, the traveler finds silence in sync with the mountain.
Through delicate sound and moments gathered on the road, Cicada turns the disappearance of eternal landscapes into intimate encounters between music and listener.
1 Gazing the Shades of White
2 Journey of Drifting Ice
3 Where the Glacier Once Passed
4 Junipers by the Glacier Lake
5 Awaiting for the Path to Appear
6 Embraced by Aoraki
7 Water Etched Landscape
8 Once Covered in Ice
CAT No. FLAU111
Release Date: DIGITAL: Oct 30th, 2025 / CD: Jan 22nd, 2026
Format: LP/CD/DIGITAL
1 Gazing the Shades of White
2 Journey of Drifting Ice
3 Where the Glacier Once Passed
4 Junipers by the Glacier Lake
5 Awaiting for the Path to Appear
6 Embraced by Aoraki
7 Water Etched Landscape
8 Once Covered in Ice
10年以上にわたり、台湾の室内楽アンサンブル Cicadaは台湾の山々や海、風景を音へと織り込んできた。『Gazing the Shades of White』は、島から島へと渡る旅のはじまりであり、氷河の痕跡を追って北半球から南半球へ～アイスランド、グリーンランド、そしてニュージーランドを経て、再び台湾へ～と戻り、太古の氷河が残した記憶をたどる。
グリーンランド・イルリサットの峡湾では、巨大な氷塊が漂い、アイスランドの高地トレイルでは氷河が溶岩の跡と出会う。バトナ氷河とヨークルスアゥルロゥン湖のあいだでは、無数の氷片が静かに時のなかへと溶けていく。台湾の雪山には、古い針葉樹のそばに氷河湖が眠り、ニュージーランドのアオラキ山の麓で、旅人は山と呼応するような静寂に出会う。
旅の途中で拾い集めた繊細な音を通して、Cicadaは「永遠」だったはずの風景の消失を、音楽と聴き手のあいだに生まれる親密な対話へと変えていく。
For more than a decade, Cicada has woven Taiwan’s mountains, seas, and landscapes into sound. “Gazing the Shades of White” opens a journey from island to island, following the traces of glaciers across both hemispheres, from Iceland and Greenland to New Zealand, and back to Taiwan to seek the traces left by ancient glaciers.
Colossal ice bodies drift in Greenland’s Ilulissat fjord. Along Iceland’s highland trails, glaciers meet the remnants of lava flows. Between Vatnajökull and Jökulsárlón, countless fragments of ice quietly dissolve into time. At Taiwan’s Snow Mountain, a glacial lake rests beside long-standing junipers. Beneath Aoraki, the traveler finds silence in sync with the mountain.
Through delicate sound and moments gathered on the road, Cicada turns the disappearance of eternal landscapes into intimate encounters between music and listener.
Sep 24th, 2021
韓国ソウルの本屋YOUR-MINDの企画でFLAUのポップアップが本日より開催。 YOUR-MINDが選んだレーベル・カタログが展示されます。
Jul 15th, 2020
台湾のグラミー賞ともいわれる第31回金曲獎 Golden Melody Awardsのベストアルバム・プロデューサー賞にCicadaのメンバ...
