Monday Music’s the one post where Some Of It Was True! drops its London-only rule. Sapphire Slows - When I See You Ketamin pop, all the way from Japan: a bedr00m project started in 2011, Sapphire Slows' digital buzz has grown to the extent that she's putting out a CD with of all of her previous releases and three additional unreleased tracks, including this ethereal demo of a track she later recorded with Magic Touch . (via Trendland ) [...]

Tokyo-based Sapphire Slows is set to release a compilation of her early vinyl output, together with a handful of previously unreleased demos. The self-titled collection is out 22 May on Big Love and is available to pre-order now. You can stream the demo of her 2012 collaboration with Magic Touch 'When I See You' here . The track combines early-1990s piano house with the melodic echoes of Sapphire Slows’ comforting, dreamy vocals. You can also check out 'Keep Beating' from the Sapphire Slows release below, [...]

The debut full-length from Tokyo's Sapphire Slows is due at some point later this year , but first up, she's putting out a CD compilation of all of her previous/excellent vinyl releases + 3 additional unreleased tracks, including the intoxicatingly dreamy " Keep Beating " and the original, " pure and obscure " demo of her awesome Magic Touch collab " When I See You ," both of which can be heard below. Sapphire Slows is out soon via our friends at Big Love ; pre-order here [...]

'When I See You' may just be a few sensual lines from Sapphire with a few disco chords from Magic Touch, but damn does it put you on another level. Something only music like this can do best. Check out ' Cherry Blossom ,' as well, for another blissful couple of minutes. Magic Touch Style: Disco, House Hometown: Pontiac, Michigan Location: Los Angeles, California Name: Damon Palermo Label: 100% Silk Magic Touch on: SoundCloud | Facebook [...]

(photo by Marko Krunic) Maria Minerva capped off 2012 with her collaborative LP with LA Vampires , The Integration , which came out about two months after her solo album, Will Happiness Find Me? . If you haven't heard the album, you can stream the entire thing below via spotify or purchase it on iTunes . Maria also recently revealed a remix of the album's single, "Seasons Change," which was done [...]
![[Listen] LA Vampires & Maria Minerva: "Seasons Change" (Sapphire Slows Remix)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4698320_lg.jpg)
En Octubre, Not Not Fun se encargó de poner a la venta este material que LA Vampires y Maria Minerva decidieron crear juntas, el cual resultó ser uno de los mejores discos que aparecieron en la recta final de 2012, así que por si aún no se habían sentido tan animados para buscar "The Integration", en lo personal les recomiendo mucho que lo hagan ya que no se van a arrepentir del tiempo que le dediquen a este material. Ahora que si lo que quieren es escuchar un par de sonidos mas extraidos de este lanzamiento, [...]
It's the last Monthly Mix of 2012, sweet people. We did it! It hasn't been an easy run over in this corner of the blog, to be honest. This year saw an ever-diminishing store of free MP3 downloads, as artists increasingly preferred promoting their songs in a streaming fashion, via Soundcloud and its ilk. Which is fair enough! It's their prerogative. This has changed the enterprise for the Monthly Mix, though, in its dogged insistence on drawing only from the pool of freely available promo MP3 downloads: What once functioned essentially as a "Best Songs Of The Month" is now [...]
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Here we go. No better way to start the week than with our new Mix O’Clock. This time we share with you some fresh, quality tunes by the likes of Black Van, Jessie Ware, Eli Escobar, GLOVES, Magic Touch & Sapphire Slows, and more. Eight tracks that we have already road tested and that you can grab for free below. Total driving time: 41 minutes. Ride and enjoy! [6:37] Shit Robot: "Take 'Em Up" [Permanent Vacation Electro Re-Rub] [ mp3 ] [3:58] The Other Tribe: [...]
Si vous avez écouté la dernière Magic Tape de The Magician , vous entendez en introduction un morceau totalement dingue et vraiment sensuel. Après s'être demandé qui cela pouvait être, nous avons enfin trouvé la réponse. Il s'agit de la collaboration entre Magic Touch et Sapphire Slows et le titre s'appelle When I See You . Ce son venu d'ailleurs tourne déjà en boucle ici et n'est pas près de s'arrêter. Pour info, ce track est issu de leur dernier EP, Just Wanne Feel , sorti sur [...]
The Magician released yesterday his last Magic Tape of 2012, and as usual, it's full of great tracks! Fortunately for us, the blog Golden Scissors found and uploaded the opening song! It's called "When I See You", by Magic Touch & ... Continue reading

L.A.'s 100% Silk - our favorite purveyors of " diamond-life dance & bliss-disco " - just dropped their final batch of 2012 releases, including this bright, perfectly sweet/sensual house-pop collab from Magic Touch & " heavenly weirdo wizardress " Sapphire Slows . Grab the infectious, '90s-nostalgia piano-house anthem " When I See You ," + check the equally blissful A-side in the teaser clip below, then pick up the 123 here . mp3: Magic Touch + Sapphire Slows :: When I See You
Sometimes it takes a brush with mortality to find your true calling. In the spring of 2011, Kinuko Hiramatsu was your average Japanese university student, preparing to graduate and hunt around for a run-of-the-mill desk ... read more
Four years ago my friend Kevin and I went on a trip to La Paz, the capital city of Baja Del Sur, Mexico. It’s difficult to get there direct, so we flew into Los Cabos ... read more
Recently, 100% Silk has been playing a musical chairs game of sorts in which various members of its roster pair up to release collaborative 12-inches. Next up is a slab of vinyl from Tokyo's Hiramatu ... read more
![[Listen] LA Vampires by Octa Octa: "Found You" (Sapphire Slows Remix)](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4379756_lg.jpg)
Hace unas semanas 100% Silk puso a la venta este nuevo material de LA Vampires , en el que decidio reclutar a los chicos de Octa Octa para firmar esta produccion de la manera mas sencilla: LA Vampires by Octa Octa . Desde que se anuncio la aparicion de este EP les he estado compartiendo algunos de los cortes que se hacen presentes a lo largo de este material pero hoy; hoy les traigo este remix que acaba de aparecer de "Found You", hecho por uno de mis proyectos consentidos de los terrenos [...]

“Yubiwa” is the Japanese DIY-recording scene’s equivalent of The Avengers , a long-awaited meeting of some of the most popular bedroom-based projects in the country today. This song brings together the shadowy Jesse Ruins (signed to Captured Tracks), swirling-pop maker Sapphire Slows (Not Not Fun) and the hazy rock of Hotel Mexico (Double Denim). Despite having connections with Western labels, “Yubiwa"arrives as a limited-run cassette and digital download, with all profits going towards victims of last year’s Tohoku earthquake. Each contributin g artist manages to standout sonically over “Yubiwa’s” nearly six-minute playtime, but no single one dominates the song, with [...]
![[Listen] Sapphire Slows: "Break Control"](http://cdn.elbo.ws/posts/4159647_lg.jpg)
Estas ultimas dos semanas han estado bastante activas en el mundo de Shapphire Slows con toda la serie de presentaciones que estuvo dando antes, durante, y despues de SXSW e incluso por ahi llego a compartir escenario con algunos de mis proyectos favoritos de los ultimos meses como Tearist dentro del showcase que armo Impose pero ahora, no me enfocare tanto en hablarles sobre su participacion dentro de SXSW sino en este track que acaba de postear en su soundcloud apenas hace un par de dias titulado "Break Control". Este corte estara apareciendo [...]

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Sapphire Slows – Animal Dreams
Tokyo's she-electro-minimal-popper the SAPPHIRE SLOWS unleashes her new ANIMAL DREAMS video that shows off her home-town through the eyes of one who's had a lil too much the night before and the following day can not recall if he scored this groovy chick. wotyougot