Safi Bugel

experimental music critic @guardian + weekly @ntslive. elsewhere @ft @bbcradio4 @i_d @dazed @tate @mixmag @crackmagazine @djmag etc. (views my own)

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Some news: v pleased to announce that I’m starting a column for @guardian. Each month, I’ll be writing about new experimental music, covering everything from dissonant sounds to dub and electronic (1/3)

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For September: Sacred Lodge’s heady horrorcore https://t.co/BiY1HRrEuC

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My interview with aya for @thefader https://t.co/DF4S4yhaO5

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August’s experimental album of the month is Basic Face by Autumns, a masterclass in EBM https://t.co/mOFqat8T4n

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aya's new album 'hexed!' is one of 2025's best electronic albums. For her GEN F profile, she talks with @safi_beee about sobriety, witchcraft, and breaking the curse.

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Degrees of Freedom, the quietly off-kilter debut from Phase Space (aka Gwenan), is July’s experimental album of the month https://t.co/D3RSodm5vn

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@guardian aaand finally, I wrote about the brilliant ddwy, who make blissed-out balearic and prog from their kitchen in Orpington. Big tip! https://t.co/ZGh3wKAFPt

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Barely on Twitter these days, so here��s some things I’ve missed: last month’s column on Dadalus & Bikarus’ new record. Swampy, sexy, slow-burning … so good! https://t.co/VdbjTRihWF

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@guardian ++ Sunday https://t.co/Hb7DNOJ1Wx

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For this month’s col, I wrote about Kara-Lis Coverdale’s lovely new album. Read in print or via @guardian online https://t.co/ODZEm8DdFE

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April’s experimental record of the month is Disk Musik, a reissue of a 1985 compilation of Japanese outsider musicians. Really weird but really good https://t.co/q2PUXmfy1U

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@DaniLavelle this is v good

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I wrote about the debut album from Raisa K (of Good Sad Happy Bad fame) for March’s experimental record of the month https://t.co/uuClrzhQut

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@44m3r1c4nd0LL4r you do tbf

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February’s column is out. This month, I wrote about Chris Imler’s new record, which is smoky, sleazy and a bit silly too https://t.co/KGHpyCbZmZ

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if you have a new record coming out that you think fits the bill, plz let me know! My inbox and ears are open. Ty so much to @ben_bt + laura snapes for the opportunity and trust! (3/3)

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Some news: v pleased to announce that I’m starting a column for @guardian. Each month, I’ll be writing about new experimental music, covering everything from dissonant sounds to dub and electronic (1/3)

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the first edition came out yesterday, which you can read here (and in print). Subterranean ambient music inspired by plants! 🌱 https://t.co/2OPCq5CYzd (2/3)

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