The Japanese bedroom producer Sapphire Slows is getting ready to release her Allegoria LP via Not Not Fun on November 5th, and today we take a listen to the track “Rules“. According to the artist’s Facebook page, she makes most of her tracks using Casio keyboards and Abelton. Her debut LP True Breath (Not Not Fun) was an entrancing, meticulously produced listen full of gauzy, ghost-like sonics, and while echoes of urban nightlife pulsed thru, they seemed to be filtering thru layers of dream. On “Rules”, Sapphire Slows descends from her crepuscular reveries right into the heart of the late night action with an All-Alerts Bulletin-type tone emitting immediately. To this, the artist adds an arpeggiating bass-line that commands with dance floor authority, and while the energies get pretty hyped-up and chaotic on this techno groove, with the introduction of her vocals, cooler heads prevail! Sapphire Slows kicks off a North American tour in Toronto this coming Friday, so here are the rest of the dates…
10/11 – Toronto @ Double Double Land w/ HVYWTR + The Deeep (reunion show!)
10/12 – Montreal @ Inspecteur Epingle (DJ Set) w/ EZLV
10/13 – Montreal @ The Fall w/ Marie Davidson
10/16 – New York @ 285 Kent w/ White Poppy
10/17 – New York @ Glasslands (Gorilla vs Bear & Yours Truly showcase)
10/19 – Baltimore @ The Bookhouse (DJ Set) w/ Co La
10/20 – Baltimore @ TBC w/ Co La
10/23 – Middletown @ Wesleyan University
10/25 – Mexico City @ Cine Tonalá
10/26 – Mexico City @ Downtown Pool Party w/ Magic Touch **Daytime Party**
10/29 – Mexico City @ Café Zena
10/31 – San Francisco @ Academy of Science (6-10PM DJ Set) w/ Magic Touch, Matrixxman & Afterhours
11/1 – San Francisco @ Slate Bar w/ Magic Touch & Haceteria SF
11/2 – Los Angeles @ Human Resources w/ Jealousy, Pod Blotz, Robedoor
11/3 – Los Angeles @ KChung Radio (11PM) w/ Afterhours
