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
Justin Paton率いるロンドン発のアヴァンポップ・バンド NOWによる2ndアルバム。初期ステレオラブを彷佛とさせるクラウトロックなバンドサウンド、Justinの天才的なメロディーセンスが融合したそのス タイルは斬新で、エキゾチックで、完璧なまでにメロディアス。英WIRE誌など多くのメディアに絶賛されたダモ鈴木 (ex.CAN)とのコラボレーション・アルバムを挟み、 オフビート・ポップの誰もまだ見ぬ新しいフィールドへと到達した作品です。
On “The Hepadaboo”, their second studio album, London-based group NOW are delving further into the unexplored regions of off-beat pop music.
Brainchild of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Paton, the band has been cultivating their very own concoction of ‘krautrocky, catchy, contemporary, inventive, exotic, melodious and harmonious and disharmonious 21st century pop music’ since 1998.
The current incarnation of NOW consists of:
* ANGELA LAST = bass, synth, voice, guitar, percussion
* JUSTIN PATON = voice, guitar, synth, percussion, bass
* RICHARD THOMAS = cello, percussion, melodica, voice
Before releasing their first album to great critical acclaim, NOW worked with visionary underground musicians such as Can’s Damo Suzuki (a joint album was released in 2007 and got a rave review in The Wire magazine), Charles Hayward (This Heat), Salvatore (Norway’s motorik masters), Kaori Tsuchida (The Go! Team), Hugh Metcalfe (London’s The Klinker club) and Man From Uranus, and regularly appeared on CD and vinyl compilations.
Their sense of adventure continues to attract interesting collaborations, and has earned them support slots with bands such as Faust, Circle, Tunng, Psapp, Rothko, Plaid and A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The Stooges’ Mike Watt dedicated an entire radio show to their music.
01 Song
02 Dwellpoint
03 Relieve The Food
04 Sucksinewaves
05 Lies Are Up
06 No Feelings
07 Its So
08 Here
09 Last
Now knows how to update the seventies machine rhythms to the new millennium with an unmistakable poppy lo-fi sound. – Vital Weekly
There are always new things in the songs to discover & I suggest you give them the time because the reward is a ‘dream time experience’ – TRI Records
various reference points from No Wave and funk to Stereolab and the United States of America with the occasional krautrockian embellishment – Norman Records
voracious appetite for experimentation embedded in these eminently digestible songs. Reasonably accurate points of reference would be Hot Chip, early Stereolab and electronically-integrated post-punk – Boomkat
la pop stratifiée de Caribou – Ondefixe
01 Song
02 Dwellpoint
03 Relieve The Food
04 Sucksinewaves
05 Lies Are Up
06 No Feelings
07 Its So
08 Here
09 Last
Justin Paton率いるロンドン発のアヴァンポップ・バンド NOWによる2ndアルバム。初期ステレオラブを彷佛とさせるクラウトロックなバンドサウンド、Justinの天才的なメロディーセンスが融合したそのス タイルは斬新で、エキゾチックで、完璧なまでにメロディアス。英WIRE誌など多くのメディアに絶賛されたダモ鈴木 (ex.CAN)とのコラボレーション・アルバムを挟み、 オフビート・ポップの誰もまだ見ぬ新しいフィールドへと到達した作品です。
On “The Hepadaboo”, their second studio album, London-based group NOW are delving further into the unexplored regions of off-beat pop music.
Brainchild of songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Justin Paton, the band has been cultivating their very own concoction of ‘krautrocky, catchy, contemporary, inventive, exotic, melodious and harmonious and disharmonious 21st century pop music’ since 1998.
The current incarnation of NOW consists of:
* ANGELA LAST = bass, synth, voice, guitar, percussion
* JUSTIN PATON = voice, guitar, synth, percussion, bass
* RICHARD THOMAS = cello, percussion, melodica, voice
Before releasing their first album to great critical acclaim, NOW worked with visionary underground musicians such as Can’s Damo Suzuki (a joint album was released in 2007 and got a rave review in The Wire magazine), Charles Hayward (This Heat), Salvatore (Norway’s motorik masters), Kaori Tsuchida (The Go! Team), Hugh Metcalfe (London’s The Klinker club) and Man From Uranus, and regularly appeared on CD and vinyl compilations.
Their sense of adventure continues to attract interesting collaborations, and has earned them support slots with bands such as Faust, Circle, Tunng, Psapp, Rothko, Plaid and A Hawk And A Hacksaw.
The Stooges’ Mike Watt dedicated an entire radio show to their music.
