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
ブラウン管に嵐の予感。クリスタルカラーの季節風(モンスーン)!
エレクトロとニューウェイヴを独特なアート美学で掛け合わせる東京の3人組バンドCrystalによるニューEP。
Produced and performed by Crystal
Recorded and Mixed by Ryota Miyake and Sunao Maruyama at Kotoriten Studio, Tokyo
Mastered by Angy Laperdrix, Solaris studio, Paris
Artwork by Keita Onishi
Welcome synth band CRYSTAL to our roster. The group formed by Ryota Miyake (aka Sparrows), Keita Onishi and Sunao Maruyama, are known for collab w. IKONIKA (Hyperdub) and Teki Latex, some eps from legendary label Institubes and Sound Pellegrino. We’ve been fans here for some time and we’re really impressed with their performance,visual works and a perverse sense of humor. This ep is first introduction from Crystal, These tracks do embody that fun 2D summer feeling with a distinct video games aesthetics.
sounds like organized chaos with cat-like screeches, errant dial-up sounds and a melody out of an old anime that seem like they’ve been thrown in at random, but come together quite well – The Japan Times
Imagine if the boat from Super Mario 64 level Rainbow Ride got loose and floated into the big blue of a midday horizon…this music stands not exactly between fantasy and reality, but more firmly in the former, still with eyes trained on the real world as if it were the true oddity in the twoness of our modern day existence – YES/NO Music
ブラウン管に嵐の予感。クリスタルカラーの季節風(モンスーン)!
エレクトロとニューウェイヴを独特なアート美学で掛け合わせる東京の3人組バンドCrystalによるニューEP。
Produced and performed by Crystal
Recorded and Mixed by Ryota Miyake and Sunao Maruyama at Kotoriten Studio, Tokyo
Mastered by Angy Laperdrix, Solaris studio, Paris
Artwork by Keita Onishi
Welcome synth band CRYSTAL to our roster. The group formed by Ryota Miyake (aka Sparrows), Keita Onishi and Sunao Maruyama, are known for collab w. IKONIKA (Hyperdub) and Teki Latex, some eps from legendary label Institubes and Sound Pellegrino. We’ve been fans here for some time and we’re really impressed with their performance,visual works and a perverse sense of humor. This ep is first introduction from Crystal, These tracks do embody that fun 2D summer feeling with a distinct video games aesthetics.