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. FRAUM01
Release Date: February 25th 2015
Format: 12"/Digital
flauは2015年より新たなプロジェクトとして「raum」 をスタートさせます。raumの第一弾リリースはポストSeefeel/Lukid的なダウンビートで注目を浴びたLotide名義での活動や、Where To Now?からのミュージック・コンクレート作品で知られるD.Hansenによる新たなプロジェクト Stefan Jós。Opal TapesからのAustin CesearとのスプリットEPやLotide名義で聴かれていたメランコリックなパッドのレイヤーや、主となる旋律の要素を極限にまで排し、ミニマルなビートとパーカッシヴな具体音に細かな音響処理を施し、遊び心溢れる電子音を付与することで肉体的なグルーヴの中に豊潤なテクスチュアの変化を体感できる作品になっています。
マスタリングをDemdike Stare、Milie & Andreaなどで活躍するMiles Whittaker、カッティングを長年Dubplates & Masteringでオーナーを務めて来た[LUPO]ことAndreas Lubichが担当。
flau proudly presents new 12inch line called ‘raum’, with the first release being an exciting new project Stefan Jós by Devon Hansen aka Lotide (Astro Dynamics:) and D.Hansen (Where To Now?). Devon’s follow up to the split release with Austin Cesear on Opal Tapes by both expanding those early ideas and stripping things down to the bare essentials – focusing more on groove and texture than the lead or melody. Fundamentals. Low maintenance bodysonics for the whole famiily.
RIYL: Farben, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Sculpture, Ricardo Villalobos, Opal Tapes, Public Information
quietude, subtle gestures and a remarkable ear for sound design – Resident Advisor
a biotic, musique-concrète bent on a Villalobosian minimal aesthetic – Ad Hoc
tenderly melodic, dubbed out and lower case dub-house – Boomkat
a skeletal four-on-the-floor as it layers a number of tight percussion pings and dubbed chords atop the track’s thin pulse – XLR8R
a glacial, rigid piece of techno – No Fear Of Pop
deconstructed dance guise – Self-Titled
A perfectly weighted and clinical sound straddling both dance floor and home listening territory – Igloo Magazine
a beautiful array of minimalistic textures and drum patterns…enjoy the aural specter of light that he creates in the perfectly crafted EP – Earmilk
sounds straight from 2002, but in a good way. Old minimal house / Dial vibes – MNML SSGS
緻密に作り込まれたアーティスティックなエレクトロニック・サウンドでミニマリスティックに表現されたディープ・モダン・テックハウス – Technique
CAT No. FRAUM01
Release Date: February 25th 2015
Format: 12"/Digital
flauは2015年より新たなプロジェクトとして「raum」 をスタートさせます。raumの第一弾リリースはポストSeefeel/Lukid的なダウンビートで注目を浴びたLotide名義での活動や、Where To Now?からのミュージック・コンクレート作品で知られるD.Hansenによる新たなプロジェクト Stefan Jós。Opal TapesからのAustin CesearとのスプリットEPやLotide名義で聴かれていたメランコリックなパッドのレイヤーや、主となる旋律の要素を極限にまで排し、ミニマルなビートとパーカッシヴな具体音に細かな音響処理を施し、遊び心溢れる電子音を付与することで肉体的なグルーヴの中に豊潤なテクスチュアの変化を体感できる作品になっています。
マスタリングをDemdike Stare、Milie & Andreaなどで活躍するMiles Whittaker、カッティングを長年Dubplates & Masteringでオーナーを務めて来た[LUPO]ことAndreas Lubichが担当。
flau proudly presents new 12inch line called ‘raum’, with the first release being an exciting new project Stefan Jós by Devon Hansen aka Lotide (Astro Dynamics:) and D.Hansen (Where To Now?). Devon’s follow up to the split release with Austin Cesear on Opal Tapes by both expanding those early ideas and stripping things down to the bare essentials – focusing more on groove and texture than the lead or melody. Fundamentals. Low maintenance bodysonics for the whole famiily.
RIYL: Farben, Moritz von Oswald Trio, Sculpture, Ricardo Villalobos, Opal Tapes, Public Information
