Lately I’ve been smitten with the dainty, organic sounds released by Flau, the Japanese indie label run by Yasuhiko Fukuzono (who also records and DJs as aus). The records 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. This year Flau celebrates its fifth anniversary, and here Fukuzono has compiled an incredible mix showcasing some of their best tracks. A real headphone dream.
Tracklist:
Radiosonde – Up to the Sky / Altum
Cokiyu – Drag the Beast (Shigeto Remix)
Madegg – Young Age
El Fog – Broken
NEON CLOUD – □
Part Timer – Click It
Geskia! – Experimental Goddess
MayMay – All is Still
Dale Berning – Oven
Cuushe – Dust of Dreams (Motion Sickness Of Time Travel Remix)
Kumisolo – Kabocha
Jean-Philippe Collard-Neven – Lost Paradise
Dale Berning – Swimming
Kanazu Tomoyuki – Torso in April
Sylvain Chauveau – _A(m)
Novisad – Distand Vicinity
Liz Christine – Pour Cecile
Henning Schmiedt – Teelöffel Backpulver
Orla Wren – The Fish and The Doll
Twigs & Yarn – Marigold Ride
Liz Christine – Green Eyes Girl (sweet mellow version)
Kira Kira – Happahrólfur Salísú (version)
aus – Lovers
El Fog – Silent Soaring
Cokiyu – Textured Clouds
Chipoe – Poplam02
Geskia! – 2 Hour / Seahoses
aus – Autoland
Ethan Rose – Relations
Novisad – Untitled 9
Cuushe – Swimming in the Room (Julia Holter Remix)
Twigs & Yarn – Laverne
Hood – This Year’s First Storm
The Boats – You Need to See through Better Eyes
Colophon (Jefre Cantu-Ledesma) – Sunset in Your Mother’s Garden