Sapphire Slows
- 東京
東京在住のプロデューサー、DJ、ライブパフォーマー。2011年のデビュー後、瞬く間に世界中のアンダーグラウンド・シーンから注目を集め、現在も世界各国へのツアーに加え、Red Bull Music Academyへの参加、ロンドンのRinse FMのレジデントなどを経て精力的に活動している。DJとしてはMindgamesやFuture Terrorなど国内屈指のパーティーでのプレイ経験を積み、繊細で力強いグルーヴでフロアをコントロールする機敏に長けている一方、近年のライブではアナログ・シンセ サイザーの中でも伝説の名機と言われる〈ブックラ〉を使用したセットで圧倒的な没入感へと誘う特別な音楽体験を作り出している。常に進化し続ける彼女の音楽は、ジャンルでは形容しがたい情緒的な質感と注意深く紡ぎ出されるストーリーによって確立されており、世界各地の音楽通の心を掴んで離さない。
Sapphire Slows is what you might call an everything-ist: she produces, DJs, plays synth and her eerie, drone-like vocals float over her tracks, embellishing their shadowy textures. After the brutal awakening of the 2011 earthquakes in Japan, she became motivated to pursue a career in music.
Now a notable name in Tokyo’s electronic music scene, she has toured Norths America, Europe, China, Australia and her home country of Japan, and released an impressive body of work, with LPs, EPs, tracks and remixes coming out on the likes of Not Not Fun, 100% Silk, Kaleidoscope, Nous Disques, Kalahari Oyster Cult, Hivern Discs and most recently AD93.
While some of her songs are submerged in a blue-ish, slo-mo haze, like her name suggests, others have a sound that is both indelible and difficult to neatly categorise. Taking cues from minimal, electronica, ambient and off-kilter pop, her own music feels greater than the sum of these parts, combining an unerring sense for space, detail and atmosphere with slow-motion melodies and heady, cosmic vocals to create something personal and truly unique.
Sapphire Slows is what you might call an everything-ist: she produces, DJs, plays synth and her eerie, drone-like vocals float over her tracks, embellishing their shadowy textures. After the brutal awakening of the 2011 earthquakes in Japan, she became motivated to pursue a career in music.
Now a notable name in Tokyo’s electronic music scene, she has toured Norths America, Europe, China, Australia and her home country of Japan, and released an impressive body of work, with LPs, EPs, tracks and remixes coming out on the likes of Not Not Fun, 100% Silk, Kaleidoscope, Nous Disques, Kalahari Oyster Cult, Hivern Discs and most recently AD93.
While some of her songs are submerged in a blue-ish, slo-mo haze, like her name suggests, others have a sound that is both indelible and difficult to neatly categorise. Taking cues from minimal, electronica, ambient and off-kilter pop, her own music feels greater than the sum of these parts, combining an unerring sense for space, detail and atmosphere with slow-motion melodies and heady, cosmic vocals to create something personal and truly unique.