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. FLAU80
Release Date: CD - Oct 30th / DIGITAL - Nov 6th / LP - Nov 29th 2019
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
台湾の西海岸を訪れ、太平洋へと深く潜っていった「Ocean」、人間の関係性・サイクルを表現した「Farewell」、海洋生物や都市に住む動物たちに捧げられた「White Forest」を経て、今年結成から10年目のグループは、台湾の山々に初めて足を踏み入れます。
北大武山では霧に包まれた森を歩き、小川で休息し、日没には美しく広がる雲海に感嘆する。奇莱主山の南峰では、日差しに照らされた草原を通り抜け、街を見下ろす稜線に登る。木の根と石の継ぎ目を結ぶ緑の造形、真夜中の山肌に積もる真っ白な雪。野生の動物は用心深く、気まぐれで、混乱と落ち着きを繰り返します。
山小屋での野生動物との出会いや、圏谷での土砂降りの雨や真っ白な雪など、体験したことのない身体症状や気象の変化、刻々と変わる山の風景と自然への畏怖にメンバーの気持ちは強く揺さぶられ、このアルバムが生まれたといいます。
前作リリースツアー後から新たに４人編成となり、ピアノとアコースティック・ギターのメランコリックに反復する旋律、深い叙情を讃える弦楽器は更に深みを増し、各パートの残響を生かした静謐なアンサンブルが精緻に編み込まれたニューアルバム。これまで以上に雄大なスケールと甘美なメロディーで満たされたこの登山記録には、新しい表現を獲得した10年目のグループが、まだまだその歩みを止めることなく、進化を続ける姿が克明に描かれています。
Hiking in the Mist is a hiking journal Cicada wrote with music for the mountains in Taiwan. Cicada walked through misty forest, rested by streams, admired clouds during sunset in North Dawu Mountain and encountered sunlit grassland at Qilai south peak. They hiked up to the ridge line overlooking the city, met wildlife in the cabin, experienced pouring rain and snows in cirque… Growing up in an island with more than 260 peaks over 3000 meters in height, it’s always been in our mind to be surrounded by nature and write about the mountains. At the 10th year of Cicada, we arise from the ocean and step into the forest. Everything we experienced in the wilderness led us to seek within.
1 Hiking in the Mist
2 Mountain Stream
3 Twilight Clouds4 Sunlit Grassland
5 Overlook Where We Came From6 Ferns between Roots and Rocks
7 Sudden Rain
8 Sneaky Visitors in the Cabin
9 Snow Trail
Chamber music, simple, soft, at the same time romantic and poetic, like these soundtracks of films that we can sometimes hear at Miyazaki. Inspirational music that almost makes you want to set off on the steep little paths. – Possible Musics (Top albums Ambient music & Modern classical 2019)
paints a pictures o their homeland’s expansive views and beauty – Norman Records
beautiful delicacy – EtherREAL
effortlessly beautiful – Higher Plain Music
enchanted fragility – Music Won’ts Save You/Rockerilla
while everything remains just as pretty as we expect from Cicada, there’s a sense that more may occur… it’s as if Cicada has discovered the forest within themselves – A Closer Listen
CAT No. FLAU80
Release Date: CD - Oct 30th / DIGITAL - Nov 6th / LP - Nov 29th 2019
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
1 Hiking in the Mist
2 Mountain Stream
3 Twilight Clouds4 Sunlit Grassland
5 Overlook Where We Came From6 Ferns between Roots and Rocks
7 Sudden Rain
8 Sneaky Visitors in the Cabin
9 Snow Trail
台湾の西海岸を訪れ、太平洋へと深く潜っていった「Ocean」、人間の関係性・サイクルを表現した「Farewell」、海洋生物や都市に住む動物たちに捧げられた「White Forest」を経て、今年結成から10年目のグループは、台湾の山々に初めて足を踏み入れます。
北大武山では霧に包まれた森を歩き、小川で休息し、日没には美しく広がる雲海に感嘆する。奇莱主山の南峰では、日差しに照らされた草原を通り抜け、街を見下ろす稜線に登る。木の根と石の継ぎ目を結ぶ緑の造形、真夜中の山肌に積もる真っ白な雪。野生の動物は用心深く、気まぐれで、混乱と落ち着きを繰り返します。
山小屋での野生動物との出会いや、圏谷での土砂降りの雨や真っ白な雪など、体験したことのない身体症状や気象の変化、刻々と変わる山の風景と自然への畏怖にメンバーの気持ちは強く揺さぶられ、このアルバムが生まれたといいます。
前作リリースツアー後から新たに４人編成となり、ピアノとアコースティック・ギターのメランコリックに反復する旋律、深い叙情を讃える弦楽器は更に深みを増し、各パートの残響を生かした静謐なアンサンブルが精緻に編み込まれたニューアルバム。これまで以上に雄大なスケールと甘美なメロディーで満たされたこの登山記録には、新しい表現を獲得した10年目のグループが、まだまだその歩みを止めることなく、進化を続ける姿が克明に描かれています。
Hiking in the Mist is a hiking journal Cicada wrote with music for the mountains in Taiwan. Cicada walked through misty forest, rested by streams, admired clouds during sunset in North Dawu Mountain and encountered sunlit grassland at Qilai south peak. They hiked up to the ridge line overlooking the city, met wildlife in the cabin, experienced pouring rain and snows in cirque… Growing up in an island with more than 260 peaks over 3000 meters in height, it’s always been in our mind to be surrounded by nature and write about the mountains. At the 10th year of Cicada, we arise from the ocean and step into the forest. Everything we experienced in the wilderness led us to seek within.
