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Prior to opening, as I explored ideas for F.I.L, I thought about the essential characteristics that the store needed to have. I thought about creating a space where products would be showcased with a deliberate seriousness, an ambiance of subtle tension.

It is for this reason that we do not play music in F.I.L. None whatsoever. No sounds at all.

I do not feel as though music is unnecessary. Quite the contrary, actually. But I'd rather have a small hand in the lives of our customers and friends by offering a venue for them to face the music directly, live, on special occasions, the same way they face our product without it in silent reflection.- Hiroki Nakamura