Description:	Japanese CD on Flau
	Format:	CD
	Genre(s):	Electronica / IDM
	Label:	Flau
	Price:	£10.29
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...according to our Ant on 22 January 2009.

Japanese artist Aus AKA Yasuhiko Fukuzono has a new album out on his very own Flau label. After All begins with 'Water Paintings' which features Sylvain Chauveau on vocals. His vocal is deep and dark, almost gothic. Then the second track has a vocal (from Cokiyu I think) which is a really stark contrast. It's feminine, delicate and ghostly. Very pretty sounding which compliments Aus's sounds perfectly. Phil has just asked me if there is a name flying around for this pretty, twinkly electronica coming out of Japan. I've not heard one but I'm sure someone will put a tag on it at some point. So I dare say if you like the stuff on Flau and Schole then you'll like this. There are a lot more vocals on here than I was expecting but they're pleasant enough. The album includes collaberations from Craig Tattersall (The Remote Viewer / The Boats), Lindsay Anderson (L'altra),Andreas Berger (glim), Cokiyu, Geskia and Yukiko Okamoto. A very gentle and soothing album reminding us at time of Bjork and Mum.

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What their label says...

After the huge success of his previous albums "Lang" and "Curvelands", Yasuhiko Fukuzono (aka aus) quickly became one of the top electronic artists in Japan. And "After All" is his 6th album from his own label flau, following the highly acclaimed "Curveland" which was released on Moteer in 2007.
All the tracks are brand new based on the songs he made when he was a teenager.
The deep opening track produced by mondii (Spekk/Plop) with vocals by Sylvan Chauveau "Water Paintings" serves as a thick door to the following pleasant adventures of aus tracks featuring great guest artists from around the world such as Craig Tattersall (aka The Remote Viewer / The Boats), Lindsay Anderson (L'altra),
Andreas Berger (glim), Cokiyu, Geskia and Yukiko Okamoto. What's so special about this release among his others is that compared to his more electronic and instrumental based previous albums, most of the tracks in "After All" features vocals and the lyrics were also written by this artist which reveals his song writing skills. The album also includes 3 brilliant remixes by The World on Higher Downs, Motoro Faam and Ametsub.

-tracklist-

01. Water Paintings (ft. mondii and Sylvain Chauveau)
02. Vertigo (ft. cokiyu)
03. IHI (ft. cokiyu)
04. Closed (ft.cokiyu)
05. Autoland (w. Andreas Berger)
06. Fake Five
07. Waltz (ft. Lindsay Anderson)
08. Lovers (w. Craig Tattersall)
09. Hero Of The Paper Boy (Motoro Faam Remix)
10. Middle Most (Ametsub Remix)
11. Urum (The World On Higher Downs Remix)