As premiered on The Fader earlier this week, Tokyo’s Sapphire Slows offered a taste of her forthcoming mini-album Time, in the form of “The Edge Of My Land.” Vocals have always played a central role in her electronic compositions, primarily as something flowing through the song, adding tension to the song even when not clear….
Sapphire Slows will release a new EP, The Role Of Purity, out at the end of March via Nous. Ahead of that, she’s shared “Speculation,” a skeletal bit of electronic music getting a lot of mileage out of space. She strings together “Speculation,” adding small parts as the song twinkles forward, a lot of the…
Tokyo’s Sapphire Slows went to the first term of the Red Bull Music Academy in Paris last November, and while there she teamed up with Russian artist Dub I Prosto Erevo for the bouncy synth jam “Come So Far.” The partnership is a bit sunnier than either artist’s solo work, though a few edges stick…
Sapphire Slows’ has a new album out in November called Allegoria, and here’s the first track to come out from that album, “Dry Fruits.” It’s a slinky number, a reminder that she comes from a scene every bit as interested in dance music as they are more shadowy sounds. Just listen to that particularly wet…
At this month’s SonarSound event in Tokyo, Sapphire Slows played in the middle of a heavy storm, the sort bordering on being typhoon-like. Her music, which swirls around and hides an unsettling edge, managed to sound even better when matched up with the heavy winds and buckets of rain that turned a nearby food court…