Safi Bugel

Feb 24, 2025 | theguardian.com | Ben Beaumont-Thomas |Safi Bugel

Roberta Flack, the US singer behind a string of hits including Killing Me Softly With His Song, has died aged 88. “We are heartbroken that the glorious Roberta Flack passed away this morning, February 24, 2025,” a statement from her spokesperson read. “She died peacefully surrounded by her family. Roberta broke boundaries and records.

Feb 21, 2025 | msn.com | Safi Bugel

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Feb 21, 2025 | theguardian.com | Safi Bugel

‘I hug strangers, I lose my friends … I listen to 100,000 songs,” deadpans Chris Imler on the title track of The Internet Will Break My Heart. The dark underbelly of the internet is the theme behind this record; across its nine tracks, the Berlin-based songwriter and producer flits between topics as varied as porn, cute animals, war and weed with the hasty indifference of someone flicking between apps.

Jan 24, 2025 | theguardian.com | Safi Bugel

In 1976, composer Mort Garson released Mother Earth’s Plantasia, an album of early electronic ditties designed to help listeners’ house plants grow. Though its horticultural facility is questionable, it became a cult classic among record collectors, beloved for its sweet, jaunty music as much as its concept. Propagation is also the raison d’être of Music to Grow Seeds By, a new cassette label that pairs a packet of seeds with a release.

Dec 27, 2024 | theguardian.com | Safi Bugel

From BarcelonaRecommended if you like Throbbing Gristle, Boy Harsher, PeladaUp next Headline London show in MayDame Area aren’t bothered about making hits – in fact, when the Spanish-Catalan electro-punk duo see a song catching on in their live shows, they might remove it from the set list. “We never want to be dependent on any one track,” says Silvia Konstance, who whispers, shouts and thrashes at drum pads alongside Viktor L Crux.