aus is the alias of Yasuhiko Fukuzono, a veteran Tokyo-based artist who is also the founder and creative driving force behind the label FLAU Records. Active in the early 2000s with his emergence as a solo artist in 2004 and the launch of FLAU Records in 2006, aus has explored a wide range of styles within the electronic and ambient realms over the past two decades, consistently applying a warm, atmospheric, intimate touch to his music. Following an extended period when his primary focus was on the label, aus returned this year with the new full-length album Everis, a lush, cinematic, and transportive album that marked his first new album in 14 years.
His exclusive guest DJ mix for Midnight in a Perfect World is an astounding tapestry of fleeting dreamlike moments that weaves together 76 songs in less than an hour. Featuring artists and sounds that inspired his new album, aus says "this is the most powerful mix I've ever done."
| Artist | Title |
|---|---|
| Midnight in a Perfect World | Intro |
| Benedicte Maurseth | Alde |
| Oliver Coates | Soaring X (featuring Malibu) |
| René Espere | Unelaul |
| John Adams | Shaker Loops IV. A Final Shaking |
| Steve Reic | Six Pianos |
| Keith Jarrett | The Wind |
| Christian Naujoks | Idyll |
| Skylab | Next |
| Anthony Moore | Secrets Of The Blue Bag 3 |
| Grateful Dead | Silver Apples of the Moon |
| Weather Report | Morning Lake |
| Milton Nascimento | Os Povos |
| Deftones | Teenager |
| Gary McFarland | Winter Colors |
| Faust | Untitled : Arnulf On Drums II |
| Alice Coltrane | Lovely Sky Boat |
| The Jimi Hendrix Experience | ...And the Gods Made Love |
| Steve Vai | Ballerina 12/24 |
| Masabumi Kikuchi | Wind 1, 2 |
| Picchio Dal Pozzo | La Bolla |
| Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band | Hair Pie: Bake 1 |
| Susumu Yokota | Azukiiro No Kaori |
| Yes | Endless Dream |
| Djivan Gasparyan | Tonight |
| Maju | Facing Backwards |
| Ulla | Shelter |
| Moondog | Death, When You Come To Me |
| Howie B | Here Comes the Tooth |
| Studio Pankow | Linienbusse |
| Luciano Cilio | Primo Quadro "Della Conoscenza" |
| Aki Takahashi | Beatles Sweet III. Hide & Seek In "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" |
| Yoshiaki Ochi | Aqua |
| Sakana | World Language |
| Jacques Mayol | Dolphins - Jacques' Voice III |
| K.D. Lang | Apogee |
| Scala | Ride Me |
| Broadway Project | Recovery |
| The Alps | Until Tomorrow |
| Max Roach | January V |
| Pink Floyd | Speak To Me |
| Popilotti Rist | Ever Is Over All |
| Angelo Michajlov & The Karel Vlach Orchestra | Hex F.X. |
| Jennifer Connelly | Ai No Monologue |
| Sth. Notional | Yawn Yawn Yawn (Dream... Another Reality Instrumental) |
| Roland P. Young | Crystal Motions |
| Manual & Syntaks | Inez |
| Stevie Wonder | Seasons |
| Seahawks | Space Oracle (aus remix) |
| Oh, Yoko | Seashore (Sprinkles' Ambient Ballroom) |
| Quarteto Em Cy | Ninguém Me Ama (by Antônio Maria) |
| Yoshio Suzuki | The Mirage |
| Teruoki Mishina | Vega (by Penguin Cafe Orchestra) |
| Pirandèlo | Disegno |
| NEU! | Gedenkminute (Für A + K) |
| The Monkees | Opening Ceremony |
| Ryuichi Sakamoto | Evolution of Life |
| Taj Mahal Travellers | August 1974 III |
| Adrian Rew | Slot Machine Music A1 |
| Noël Akchoté | Gifle |
| Kazuo Uehara | Seoul 1982 |
| Stars Of The Lid | Dungtitled (In A Major) |
| Edward Elgar | Elegy for Strings, Op.58 |
| Vaughan Williams | The Lake Ascending |
| Gavin Bryars with Tom Waits | Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet: Tramp with Orchestra IV (Full Strings) |
| The Telemann Society | Synthesized Bells Pealing |
| Toshiyuki Tsuchitori | Yuraki |
| Teiji Furuhashi | "An Encyclopedia For Landscape Manias" Theme #1 |
| Raymond Scott | Sleepy Time |
| Bill Evans & George Russell Orchestra | Living Time Event 1 |
| Carl Orff & Gunild Keetman | Instrumental Pieces X) |
| Kraftwerk | Morgenspaziergang |
| La Düsseldorf | Vögel |
| God Lives Underwater | Medicated To The One I Love |
| Sarah Peebles | 7 New Year's Bells |
| Unknown Artist | Duo De Flûtes |
| Toru Takemitsu | Kwaidan; Part 1 |
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