2006年末に設立された東京のレコード・レーベル。
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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. FLAU93
Release Date: CD 2021-09-15 / LP 2021-10-22
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
Henning Schmiedtの新しいピアノ・ソロ・アルバムは、パンデミックの間に毎日アップライトピアノに向かい、即興で作曲された楽曲を録音し続けた記録であり、文字通りピアノで綴った日記です。リビングルームでの録音のため、そこには通りの音、車の通過音、風の音、鳥の鳴き声などが聴こえ、ピアノの弦の柔らかなタッチと融合します。コミュニケーションの制限されたロックダウンにおいて、ヘニングは音を通して自分の心の状態を見つめ、内なる対話のように自分とつながり、一方で遠くの誰かとの共鳴を感じようと努めたといいます。彼の音楽的アルゴリズムであるインスタント・コンポージングは、ゆっくりと成長するエコーのようなものであり、ピアノ・ダイアリーは内なる対話であると同時に、リスナーからの想像力の応答によって無限の共鳴と反射を生み出すのです。前作「Schlafen」での方向性を進化させ、即興で生み出された珠玉のメロディーとエレガントなピアノのタッチ、深みのあるエコー、ポストプロダクションによる繊細な音の響きに様々な情景を思い起こす美しいアルバムに仕上がっています。
Piano Diary (Klaviertagebuch) is the new piano solo album by Henning Schmiedt.
During the pandemic, Henning started to do a ritual – every day, he recorded an instant composition on his upright piano, an acoustic piano diary / klaviertagebuch.
There were no 2nd takes, just a moment’s notice. Usually no longer than 3-4 minutes.
Since the piano is in his living room, the sounds from the street, passing cars, wind, and birds merge with the piano strings’ soft sound.
Henning developed some Instant Composing technics during the pandemic, musical algorithms, like slowly growing echoes. Sometimes his playing was like walking through an imaginary house, where the opening of a new door creates an unknown motive.
He could see his state of mind through the sound, and he felt connected to himself, like an inner dialogue. Since the lockdown was a time of limited communication, that internal dialogue became more critical.
But like in a real journal, when the thoughts and memories of the day become clearer through writing down, it felt that playing and recording the piano created order to issues and ideas.
Finally, he imagined playing for an audience, trying to connect to every single listener even from a distance, and to his surprise, it worked! He felt a genuinely remarkable and happy physical sensation, to experience connection through resonance.
Piano Diary is both: an inner dialogue and the result of a distant concert with his audience. When listening actively and conscious, every listener is sending back imagination, creating endless resonance and reflections. Becoming one through musical resonance is a state of mind that makes bliss for both the artist and the audience. And that is true even in times of physical isolation.
01 late
02 at dawn
03 thursday 7th
04 some afternoon
05 sunrise
06 25 to 707 half past
08 saturday 27th
09 midnight
10 wednesday morning
11 friday 9th
12 much later
13 tuesday 16th
14 too early
15 twentyfive past four
16 12:01 am
CAT No. FLAU93
Release Date: CD 2021-09-15 / LP 2021-10-22
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
01 late
02 at dawn
03 thursday 7th
04 some afternoon
05 sunrise
06 25 to 707 half past
08 saturday 27th
09 midnight
10 wednesday morning
11 friday 9th
12 much later
13 tuesday 16th
14 too early
15 twentyfive past four
16 12:01 am
Henning Schmiedtの新しいピアノ・ソロ・アルバムは、パンデミックの間に毎日アップライトピアノに向かい、即興で作曲された楽曲を録音し続けた記録であり、文字通りピアノで綴った日記です。リビングルームでの録音のため、そこには通りの音、車の通過音、風の音、鳥の鳴き声などが聴こえ、ピアノの弦の柔らかなタッチと融合します。コミュニケーションの制限されたロックダウンにおいて、ヘニングは音を通して自分の心の状態を見つめ、内なる対話のように自分とつながり、一方で遠くの誰かとの共鳴を感じようと努めたといいます。彼の音楽的アルゴリズムであるインスタント・コンポージングは、ゆっくりと成長するエコーのようなものであり、ピアノ・ダイアリーは内なる対話であると同時に、リスナーからの想像力の応答によって無限の共鳴と反射を生み出すのです。前作「Schlafen」での方向性を進化させ、即興で生み出された珠玉のメロディーとエレガントなピアノのタッチ、深みのあるエコー、ポストプロダクションによる繊細な音の響きに様々な情景を思い起こす美しいアルバムに仕上がっています。
Piano Diary (Klaviertagebuch) is the new piano solo album by Henning Schmiedt.
During the pandemic, Henning started to do a ritual – every day, he recorded an instant composition on his upright piano, an acoustic piano diary / klaviertagebuch.
There were no 2nd takes, just a moment’s notice. Usually no longer than 3-4 minutes.
Since the piano is in his living room, the sounds from the street, passing cars, wind, and birds merge with the piano strings’ soft sound.
Henning developed some Instant Composing technics during the pandemic, musical algorithms, like slowly growing echoes. Sometimes his playing was like walking through an imaginary house, where the opening of a new door creates an unknown motive.
He could see his state of mind through the sound, and he felt connected to himself, like an inner dialogue. Since the lockdown was a time of limited communication, that internal dialogue became more critical.
But like in a real journal, when the thoughts and memories of the day become clearer through writing down, it felt that playing and recording the piano created order to issues and ideas.
Finally, he imagined playing for an audience, trying to connect to every single listener even from a distance, and to his surprise, it worked! He felt a genuinely remarkable and happy physical sensation, to experience connection through resonance.
Piano Diary is both: an inner dialogue and the result of a distant concert with his audience. When listening actively and conscious, every listener is sending back imagination, creating endless resonance and reflections. Becoming one through musical resonance is a state of mind that makes bliss for both the artist and the audience. And that is true even in times of physical isolation.