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. FLAU28
Release Date: Japan - Aug 22th / Overseas - Oct 24th 2012
Format: CD/LP/Digital
テキサス出身の二人組 Twigs & Yarnのファーストアルバム。このアルバムは2つの大陸とベッドルームを越えて一つにまとめられた深い物語であり、一般的な楽器だけでなく自然物、孤独 な夜、紙コップや震える声などの音楽的なメッセージを集めて作られたコラージュ作品です。収録された曲はシンプルな即興的なものから、緻密にアレンジされ たサウンドスケープまで様々で、どの曲も眠気を誘い、夢の世界へ連れて行ってくれるようなアンビエンスとファズを持った、魅力的な小さな音とメロディーか らできています。
メンバーのStephen OrsakとLauren McMurrayは約一年間日本とアメリカで離れて暮らしながらも、ftpサーバーとe-mailを通じてこの作品を完成させました。アナログレコー ダー、自作のマイク、ループペダルなどを使って作られた音。そして幾重にも重ねて録音された声。これらもともと意図的でない、ばらばらな音の断片であり、 ゆっくりと時間をかけて合わさっていくことによって、美しい瞬間が訪れ、楽曲として完成していきました。
Lauren McMurrayは日本に住んでいる間に様々な音を録音しています。それはラジオの電波、街中で人が電話で話す声、お寺の鐘、真夜中の缶コーヒーに向かっ てハミングされた静かな声など。Laurenの声は空気のように軽く、優美で個性的で、彼女はその声をドリーミーなウィスパーボイスとして時に使うこと で、Twigs & Yarnの音に暖かな質感を与えています。Stephen Orsakがギター、電子楽器、フィールド・レコーディング、そしてコンピューターを使い、最終的に音を一つにまとめて楽曲は完成しました。
音は海を越え、揺るように浮かび、形を変え、私たちを誰も知らない場所へと連れて行きます。『The Language of Flowers』はノスタルジックな夢のサウンドトラックなのかもしれません。
mastering: Nick Zammuto (The Books/Zammuto)
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS is the debut LP from Texas born artists Twigs & Yarn. It is an intimate story pieced together between continents and bedrooms, a collage of musical messages assembled from traditional instruments, found objects, lonely nights, paper cups and trembling voices. The songs range from simple improvisations to meticulously arranged soundscapes, with subtle textures and melodies held together by a drowsy ambience and fuzz that will leave you sleepy-eyed and dreaming. The album was beautifully mastered by Nick Zammuto (The Books, Zammuto).
Recorded during a yearlong separation, the music embraces the discovery of sharing sounds from across the sea through ftp servers and email. Utilizing lo-fi recorders, homemade microphones, looping pedals and layered vocals, the songs developed slowly from the random joining of sound clips never intended for each other, creating beautiful unexpected moments.
Many of the sounds for the album were recorded by Lauren McMurray while living in Japan: radio frequencies, people talking on the streets, temple bells, and quiet vocals hummed into coffee tins in the dead of night. Her voice is ethereal and strange, and she uses it to create a texture of sounds from dreamy whispers to full choruses. The final compositions were augmented and stitched together by Stephen Orsak using guitars, electronics, field recordings and sequencers. Floating across the sea, changing forms, and taking us to an unknown place, The Language of Flowers is a soundtrack for nostalgic dreams.
Twigs & Yarn is Stephen Orsak and Lauren McMurray.
I fell in love – Nick Zammuto (The Books / Zammuto)
01 Laverne
02 Static Rowing
03 If I Were an Artery
04 Conscious Strings
05 Mermaid Wetness
06 An Honest Moment
07 Rosy Cheeked Pumpkin
08 Bristle of Mundane
09 Flowers Thirsty
10 Marigold Ride 11 Strings of Complacency12 Learning to Glisten
it’s quiet and seriously intimate, but the feeling of distance is there –
The FADER
An ethereal, ambient affair with soothing guitar loops and layers of soft, tender moans drifting ever so gently on a cloud of hypnagogic textures washed in seas of static. The wonderful languid atmosphere will have you dreaming of all things beautiful – Music For The Masses
this album would be the ideal soundtrack to lying on your back in a rowing boat with the sun and shadows playing across half-closed eyes on a Sunday afternoon – blissful, peaceful and dreamlike – Fluid Radio
The Language of Flowers is like rotating a radio tuning knob late at night, or peering into a window overlooking a secret garden, or ephemeral visions in a dream – Wajobu
アコースティックな音への視座やアナログな揺らぎのある質感。夢見心地な極上のチルアウト・ミュージック – Intoxicate
We’re going round the merry-go-round” simply the freedom and innocence of childhood in a way that contrasts with the sadness of McMurray’s delivery of them, and that thus bears a multitude of interpretations. In this one line, you can hear a melancholic lamenting of the lost past, or perhaps even of remembering a past that is in itself characterised by darkness and melancholy. – The Channel Circle
pour autant, son écoute raffermira assurément les âmes en ces périodes hivernales – EtherREAL
sans le savoir nous venons de découvrir un jardin secret, un Eden inattendu et surgissant enfin là sous nos yeux…Un dosage délicieux entre Ametsub pour la strucuture des glitchs très variés, The Green Kingdom pour l’aspect folk minimal et The Boats pour ce côté classe empreint de quiétude – Electronic Diary
CAT No. FLAU28
Release Date: Japan - Aug 22th / Overseas - Oct 24th 2012
Format: CD/LP/Digital
01 Laverne
02 Static Rowing
03 If I Were an Artery
04 Conscious Strings
05 Mermaid Wetness
06 An Honest Moment
07 Rosy Cheeked Pumpkin
08 Bristle of Mundane
09 Flowers Thirsty
10 Marigold Ride 11 Strings of Complacency12 Learning to Glisten
テキサス出身の二人組 Twigs & Yarnのファーストアルバム。このアルバムは2つの大陸とベッドルームを越えて一つにまとめられた深い物語であり、一般的な楽器だけでなく自然物、孤独 な夜、紙コップや震える声などの音楽的なメッセージを集めて作られたコラージュ作品です。収録された曲はシンプルな即興的なものから、緻密にアレンジされ たサウンドスケープまで様々で、どの曲も眠気を誘い、夢の世界へ連れて行ってくれるようなアンビエンスとファズを持った、魅力的な小さな音とメロディーか らできています。
メンバーのStephen OrsakとLauren McMurrayは約一年間日本とアメリカで離れて暮らしながらも、ftpサーバーとe-mailを通じてこの作品を完成させました。アナログレコー ダー、自作のマイク、ループペダルなどを使って作られた音。そして幾重にも重ねて録音された声。これらもともと意図的でない、ばらばらな音の断片であり、 ゆっくりと時間をかけて合わさっていくことによって、美しい瞬間が訪れ、楽曲として完成していきました。
Lauren McMurrayは日本に住んでいる間に様々な音を録音しています。それはラジオの電波、街中で人が電話で話す声、お寺の鐘、真夜中の缶コーヒーに向かっ てハミングされた静かな声など。Laurenの声は空気のように軽く、優美で個性的で、彼女はその声をドリーミーなウィスパーボイスとして時に使うこと で、Twigs & Yarnの音に暖かな質感を与えています。Stephen Orsakがギター、電子楽器、フィールド・レコーディング、そしてコンピューターを使い、最終的に音を一つにまとめて楽曲は完成しました。
音は海を越え、揺るように浮かび、形を変え、私たちを誰も知らない場所へと連れて行きます。『The Language of Flowers』はノスタルジックな夢のサウンドトラックなのかもしれません。
mastering: Nick Zammuto (The Books/Zammuto)
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS is the debut LP from Texas born artists Twigs & Yarn. It is an intimate story pieced together between continents and bedrooms, a collage of musical messages assembled from traditional instruments, found objects, lonely nights, paper cups and trembling voices. The songs range from simple improvisations to meticulously arranged soundscapes, with subtle textures and melodies held together by a drowsy ambience and fuzz that will leave you sleepy-eyed and dreaming. The album was beautifully mastered by Nick Zammuto (The Books, Zammuto).
Recorded during a yearlong separation, the music embraces the discovery of sharing sounds from across the sea through ftp servers and email. Utilizing lo-fi recorders, homemade microphones, looping pedals and layered vocals, the songs developed slowly from the random joining of sound clips never intended for each other, creating beautiful unexpected moments.
Many of the sounds for the album were recorded by Lauren McMurray while living in Japan: radio frequencies, people talking on the streets, temple bells, and quiet vocals hummed into coffee tins in the dead of night. Her voice is ethereal and strange, and she uses it to create a texture of sounds from dreamy whispers to full choruses. The final compositions were augmented and stitched together by Stephen Orsak using guitars, electronics, field recordings and sequencers. Floating across the sea, changing forms, and taking us to an unknown place, The Language of Flowers is a soundtrack for nostalgic dreams.
Twigs & Yarn is Stephen Orsak and Lauren McMurray.
I fell in love – Nick Zammuto (The Books / Zammuto)
