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. FLAUR58
Release Date: Oct 27th, 2023
Format: DIGITAL
15年ぶりの復帰作となった東京のプロデューサーausのニューアルバム「Everis」のリミックス集。Warp Recordsからトリップホップ〜ポストロックを橋渡しした先進的なバンド・サウンドでMassive Attack、Björk、The Prodigy、De La Soul、The FugeesらをサポートしたRed Snapperを筆頭に、Metron Recordsからのリリースで知られる中国出身のサウンドアーティストLi Yilei、デトロイトテクノ第二世代の名プロデューサーJohn Beltran、DovesやPeter Hook（Joy Division、New Order）のキーボード・プレイヤーとして活躍するRebelski、現代ジャズとミュージック・コンクレートを融合させるGondwana Recordsの新世代ピアニストHanakiv、Depeche ModeやThe Boo Radleysへのリミックス、Mo’ WaxのHeadz 2やCup Of Teaのコンピレーションへの参加で知られるトリップホップ幻の伝説Grantbyなど、世代やジャンルを超えた強力なラインナップが揃いました。さらにLo RecordingsのオーナーにしてSeahawksの片割れOcean Moon、Gondwana Recordsの人気グループForgivenessのメンバーJQ、アメリカ・オレゴンのPatricia Wolfという現行のアンビエント／ニューエイジ・シーンで注目を浴びる３組、日本からはデビュー作「In her dream」が各地で絶賛を浴びたmarucoporoporoが、自身初のリミックスを披露します。
ストリングス、ピアノ、クラリネット、フルート、ドラムなど様々な楽器と声、エレクトロニクス、そして大量のフィールド・レコーディング、レコードのサンプルが含まれたオリジナル・アルバムの素材に新しい視点で光を与え、紐解いていく珠玉のリミックス集となっています。
Celebrated for encompassing ideas plucked from disparate genres such as classical, spiritual jazz, indie, avant-garde and folk, Yasuhiko Fukuzono founded the internationally renowned FLAU record label in Japan in 2006. He has since gained worldwide attention as aus, through his skillful and delicate sound production, exquisitely combining cinematic strings and electronics with sounds from everyday life.
Being born and bred in Tokyo, the city is an indisputable reflection of the loud-and-quiet dynamics that permeate Fukuzono’s sound. With a passion for rediscovering and reinventing the very nature of sounds around him a palette of samples are merged and manipulated into a state of almost nonrecognition, including train station ticket gates; computer keyboards; airport runways; a brass band practising in a schoolyard and many other fragments of everyday life
The original ‘Everis’ album was recorded following a major burglary at his home studio and label HQ, from which he lost his entire catalogue of completed and work-in-progress music. Fukuzono decided to create something away from the precarious confines of his PC and armed with only some basic stems salvaged from an audio/video installation project he had been working on with contemporary artist Karin Zwack, Fukuzono set about combining the long-existent melodies in his head with the video and remaining field recordings on his phone, in order to create musical synapses between memories which had remained unconnected.
1 Halsar Weiter
2 Landia (John Beltran Remix)
3 Past From (Rebelski Remix)
4 Steps (Li Yilei Remix)
5 Make Me Me (marucoporoporo Remix)
6 Flo (Red Snapper Rework)
7 Swim (Hanakiv Remix)
8 Memories (JQ Remix)
9 Further (Grantby Remix)
10 Neanic (Patricia Wolf Remix)
it’s nice to be reminded me of its abstract ambient joys with this impressionistic suite of remixes from a suitably adventurous bunch of artists. The motley musos have obviously relished the imaginative source material as well, using it as a catalyst to send the original sonics spiralling into all sorts of wondrous new forms. – The Slow Music Movement
CAT No. FLAUR58
Release Date: Oct 27th, 2023
Format: DIGITAL
1 Halsar Weiter
2 Landia (John Beltran Remix)
3 Past From (Rebelski Remix)
4 Steps (Li Yilei Remix)
5 Make Me Me (marucoporoporo Remix)
6 Flo (Red Snapper Rework)
7 Swim (Hanakiv Remix)
8 Memories (JQ Remix)
9 Further (Grantby Remix)
10 Neanic (Patricia Wolf Remix)
15年ぶりの復帰作となった東京のプロデューサーausのニューアルバム「Everis」のリミックス集。Warp Recordsからトリップホップ〜ポストロックを橋渡しした先進的なバンド・サウンドでMassive Attack、Björk、The Prodigy、De La Soul、The FugeesらをサポートしたRed Snapperを筆頭に、Metron Recordsからのリリースで知られる中国出身のサウンドアーティストLi Yilei、デトロイトテクノ第二世代の名プロデューサーJohn Beltran、DovesやPeter Hook（Joy Division、New Order）のキーボード・プレイヤーとして活躍するRebelski、現代ジャズとミュージック・コンクレートを融合させるGondwana Recordsの新世代ピアニストHanakiv、Depeche ModeやThe Boo Radleysへのリミックス、Mo’ WaxのHeadz 2やCup Of Teaのコンピレーションへの参加で知られるトリップホップ幻の伝説Grantbyなど、世代やジャンルを超えた強力なラインナップが揃いました。さらにLo RecordingsのオーナーにしてSeahawksの片割れOcean Moon、Gondwana Recordsの人気グループForgivenessのメンバーJQ、アメリカ・オレゴンのPatricia Wolfという現行のアンビエント／ニューエイジ・シーンで注目を浴びる３組、日本からはデビュー作「In her dream」が各地で絶賛を浴びたmarucoporoporoが、自身初のリミックスを披露します。
ストリングス、ピアノ、クラリネット、フルート、ドラムなど様々な楽器と声、エレクトロニクス、そして大量のフィールド・レコーディング、レコードのサンプルが含まれたオリジナル・アルバムの素材に新しい視点で光を与え、紐解いていく珠玉のリミックス集となっています。
Celebrated for encompassing ideas plucked from disparate genres such as classical, spiritual jazz, indie, avant-garde and folk, Yasuhiko Fukuzono founded the internationally renowned FLAU record label in Japan in 2006. He has since gained worldwide attention as aus, through his skillful and delicate sound production, exquisitely combining cinematic strings and electronics with sounds from everyday life.
Being born and bred in Tokyo, the city is an indisputable reflection of the loud-and-quiet dynamics that permeate Fukuzono’s sound. With a passion for rediscovering and reinventing the very nature of sounds around him a palette of samples are merged and manipulated into a state of almost nonrecognition, including train station ticket gates; computer keyboards; airport runways; a brass band practising in a schoolyard and many other fragments of everyday life
The original ‘Everis’ album was recorded following a major burglary at his home studio and label HQ, from which he lost his entire catalogue of completed and work-in-progress music. Fukuzono decided to create something away from the precarious confines of his PC and armed with only some basic stems salvaged from an audio/video installation project he had been working on with contemporary artist Karin Zwack, Fukuzono set about combining the long-existent melodies in his head with the video and remaining field recordings on his phone, in order to create musical synapses between memories which had remained unconnected.
