flau is a record label and event organize based in Tokyo, Japan. curated by yasuhiko fukuzono aka aus.
RELEASES: (FLAU12) Cuushe - Red Rocket Telepathy
Debut album of Japanese female artist Cuushe is actually deeply rooted into the genre of dream pop….perhaps a much more flagile type of dream pop. available soon at boomkat, flau shop TOWER RECORDS, HMV, Amazon
(FLAU11) Orla Wren - The One Two Bird and The Half Horse
It distils sublime wood smoke folk atmosphere and pointallist digitalis to the subatomic level, until it becomes effectively the same stuff that makes brooks babble and winds whisper. It’s the music that Fennez and Lau Nau might make after a night laying beneath the glittering constellations.
featuring guest: Keiron Phelan (phelan sheppard, state river widenning), Russudan Meipariani Moomlooo and Jessica Constable, on an enhanced cd including two exclusive films. available at boomkat, flau shop TOWER RECORDS, HMV, Amazon
(FLAU10) Novisad - Funkel
The third novisad collects songs that were made during a timespan of more than 7 years. For me this novisad will mostly be music for the time after that reminds myself that all things must come to an end - eventually.
available at boomkat, flau shop TOWER RECORDS, HMV
(FLAU09) aus - After All
"After All" is the 6th album of aus,
it's featuing artists: Andreas Berger (glim), Cokiyu, Craig Tattersall (the remote viewer/the boats), Geskia, mondii, Lindsay Anderson (l'altra), Sylvain Chauveau and yukiko okamoto
and also three remixes from Ametsub, Motoro Faam and The World On Higher Downs.
available at boomkat, flau shop HMV, TOWER RECORDS, Amazon(japan)
(FLAU08) NOW - The Hepadaboo
On their second album "Hepadaboo", london-based group NOW are delving further into the unexplored regions of off-beat pop music. available now at boomkat, flau shop HMV, TOWER RECORDS, Amazon(japan)
with music with lots of beautiful sounds - no philosophy, no obligation, just wonderful sounds.
now available at boomkat, flau shop HMV, TOWER RECORDS, Amazon(japan)
(FLAU05) Geskia - Silent 77
"silent 77 offers moments of genuine beauty" - WIRE
"A great sounding record of underground Japanese hip-hop..." - wearenotjournalists
now available at flau shop
(FLAU04) V.A. - Little Things
Little Things" is the first cd compilation by flau' artists and friends, feat. Jasper Leyland, Rachael Dadd, Hood, patten, Hirono Nishiyama, Ethan Rose, PoPoyans, Part Timer, F.S.Blumm meets Luca Fadda, Pan Am Scan, Radicalfashion, Marla Hansen, Cokiyu, Kira Kira, The Boats, Lori Scacco, Dale Berning, aus and Iris Piers.
now available at flau shop
(FLAU03) Dale Berning - The Horse and Camel Stories
The Horse and Camel Stories is a collection of soundtracks by french/south african sound artist Dale Berning.For the soundtrack dale used sounds belonging to the country house and garden in which Sawa filmed.
"A conversation between the warped sounds of windchimes, dripping water and music boxes." - haco
"very quiet and highly detailed"- boomkat
"Like a big pretty lullabye. Dreamy snoozeville ambient lushness." - norman records
now available at flau shop
(FLAU02) Part Timer - Blue
"Unarguably a masterpiece of organic bedroom folk sounds"
As the second release from flau, and also the second album by Part Timer, this luminous album is a collection of brand new tunes, a couple of remixes and some bits from the voluminous archives at McCaffrey HQ. "Blue" is where organic sounds and tranquil atmosphere drift together, gently blowing folkish breezes in between the summer leaves.
"Superb stuff" - textura
"Hier sitzt alles perfekt" - de:bug
"the sound of floating on a puffy white cloud through a crystal clear summer sky." - aquarius
"just a gorgeous album" - boomkat (album of the week)
now available at flau shop
(FLAU01) Cokiyu - Mirror Flake (11.07.2007)
"Open up your ears to the new era of japanese contemporary pop music"
Mirror Flake instills soft-hearted shoegaze sounds into delicately beautiful melodies which are organically mixed with the graceful use of instruments like toy piano, music box, guitar (perfectly executed by ueda takayasu), and the gorgeous whispery voice of cokiyu.
"sublime album to be enjoyed from beginning to end." - boomkat (album of the week)
"Imagine Caroline pushed to an even dreamier"- textura
"atmospheric and evocative, pretty and charming." - cyclic defrost
"Aérien, poétique, et sucré." - autres directions
now available at flau shop
EVENTS: (flau presents)"Red Rocket Telepahy" Release Party
at 7th floor 09.08.2009.
live: Cuushe, The Young Group, Organ-O-Lounge, Gutevolk + aus (dr:Itoken)
(flau presents)"FLAU NIGHT"
at cafe oto 24.09.2008.
live: The Boats, Dale Berning, Pan Am Scan, patten
dj: El Fog
(flau x yacca presents)"Little Things"
at shibuya seco 13.04.2008.
live: Cokiyu (flau), Rachael Dadd, Serafina Steer, Moomlooo (smile down upon us), PoPoyans and Florencia Ruiz
(flau04) at salon by marbletron 30.11.2007.
live: Dale Berning (flau), Kazuhisa Uchihashi, Bunsho Nishikawa (guledisc), Auranoisazzz (clay) and Mondii (spekk/plop)
(flau03) at lush 11.08.2007.
live: Cokiyu (flau), Yuri Miyauchi (rallye), Miroque (cacha*mai), Opitope (spekk) and Gutevolk (noble)
(flau02) at site 18.03.2007.
live: Cokiyu (flau), Yuri Miyauchi(rallye), Chib (fat-cat) and Cara Court
(flau01) at orbit 29.12.2006.
live: Cokiyu (flau), Yuri Miyauchi (rallye) and Shuta Hasunuma (western vinyl)
I have made a very limited run of 3" cds. 7 tracks handstamped cd tracing paper/dymo tape insert plastic sleeve $10 AUD + postage Get in touch if you're keen.
Just a quick note to let you know that our debut EP, “Willow Pattern Songs” is now available as a digital download from Amazon (UK, US, Germany etc.), and other good mp3 stores, as well as a limited edition CD from Rough Trade, HMV ( UK and Japan) and elsewhere.
New Slowdive Blog Spot interview:_ I recently met online a very nice guy who goes by the name of Ramon Torres who as ked me five questions for his blog:
**look out for track I recently finished with Machinefabriek and Gareth Davis called "Soundlines" which will see a lovely 3 inch cd release on the spendid machinefabriek label very soon:
***If you are going to Sonar in Barcalona on 18th June come and see The Sight Below who I am playing guitar with!
¬¬¬"Navigare" out August 09 on Miasmah Recordings *****
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