2006年末に設立された東京のレコード・レーベル。
General Information: flau@flau.jp
Booking: booking@flau.jp
Press: press@flau.jp
Event: event@flau.jp
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. FLAU98
Release Date: DIGITAL 2022-9-16 / PHYSICAL 2022-9-28
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
マリー・セフェリアンとのデュオ nous のアルバムを挟み、現在もロングセラーを続ける前作Piano Diary の姉妹作ともいえるソロピアノ・アルバムが完成しました。
Piano Miniaturesは、小さな映画音楽、ミニソナタ、歌曲、小さな交響曲など、まるで顕微鏡で見たような音楽を、小さなフォーマットで表現したという小品集。
積み木で木や馬や小さな機関車、小さな都市を作ったあの頃の遊びに戻ったような感覚で作曲・録音したという本作。ゲームに没頭すると同時に、すべてを上から俯瞰してデザインしながら遊んだという幼少期の体験をピアノを弾く時の理想形と考え、その精神でピアノのミニチュアを作ったといいます。暖かで希望に満ちたメロディーが、静謐さと繊細さを感じる巧みな音響処理とともに、この子供時代のノスタルジーと共に昇華された愛らしい一枚に仕上がっています。
Henning Schmiedt – Piano Miniatures
When playing the pieces from Piano Miniatures, I felt like I was back to my childhood.
I was back to the games of that time, how I made trees, horses, small locomotives, mini castles, and entire miniature cities from building blocks. It was so exciting to do it all myself. To be completely immersed in the game and to look at and design everything from above simultaneously.
That is still my ideal when playing the piano, and it is in this spirit I created my piano miniatures.
The fifteen titles are works in small format, music as if viewed under a microscope: small film scores, mini sonatas, songs, tiny symphonies.
It’s full of warmth, full of beautiful melodies gently played. Yes, it is one of many felted piano albums that have been released in the recent years, but its quality and purpose really stands apart…This album is an aural embodiment of that loving hug; it’s full of warmth and innocent wonder. If the adult world is becoming too much, Henning Schmiedt offers you an exquisite escape – A Closer Listen
una combinazione di istinto fanciullesco e razionalità compositiva, che procede per minuti blocchi sonori giustapposti in sequenza – Music Won’ts Save You / Rockerilla
Amore per la melodia espresso attraverso cristalline partiture pianistiche intrise di emozione profonda…Un diario in musica ricco di nostalgica quiete – So What
fragil und grazil, aber auch aufgeweckt und neugierig – Gezeitenstrom
潜在的に記憶する感情の揺れを人情過ぎず印象深くメロディーにしたためるピアノ。静謐さと繊細さを感じる巧みな音響処理に、子供時代のノスタルジーが昇華された愛らしい一枚 – Pastel Records
Interview by Mikiki/TOWER RECORDS
「Henning Schmiedt 自身と対話し続けるピアニストが語った、数奇な音楽半生と2つのピアノ作」
CAT No. FLAU98
Release Date: DIGITAL 2022-9-16 / PHYSICAL 2022-9-28
Format: CD/LP/DIGITAL
マリー・セフェリアンとのデュオ nous のアルバムを挟み、現在もロングセラーを続ける前作Piano Diary の姉妹作ともいえるソロピアノ・アルバムが完成しました。
Piano Miniaturesは、小さな映画音楽、ミニソナタ、歌曲、小さな交響曲など、まるで顕微鏡で見たような音楽を、小さなフォーマットで表現したという小品集。
積み木で木や馬や小さな機関車、小さな都市を作ったあの頃の遊びに戻ったような感覚で作曲・録音したという本作。ゲームに没頭すると同時に、すべてを上から俯瞰してデザインしながら遊んだという幼少期の体験をピアノを弾く時の理想形と考え、その精神でピアノのミニチュアを作ったといいます。暖かで希望に満ちたメロディーが、静謐さと繊細さを感じる巧みな音響処理とともに、この子供時代のノスタルジーと共に昇華された愛らしい一枚に仕上がっています。
Henning Schmiedt – Piano Miniatures
When playing the pieces from Piano Miniatures, I felt like I was back to my childhood.
I was back to the games of that time, how I made trees, horses, small locomotives, mini castles, and entire miniature cities from building blocks. It was so exciting to do it all myself. To be completely immersed in the game and to look at and design everything from above simultaneously.
That is still my ideal when playing the piano, and it is in this spirit I created my piano miniatures.
The fifteen titles are works in small format, music as if viewed under a microscope: small film scores, mini sonatas, songs, tiny symphonies.
Interview by Mikiki/TOWER RECORDS
「Henning Schmiedt 自身と対話し続けるピアニストが語った、数奇な音楽半生と2つのピアノ作」
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