For the best part of a decade Sega Bodega has led the way in crafting pop-adjacent underground electronic music. NUXXE, the London collective he co-founded, is home to future-facing artists Shygirl, Coucou Chloe, and Oklou, while his production credits took in the similarly minded Brooke Candy, Zebra Katz, Dorian Electra, and Eartheater.
However, it wasn't until 2020 and the arrival of solo album Salvador that people were truly let into Sega Bodega's inner sanctum.
Essentially self-titled — his real name is Salvador Navarrete — Salvador might have sounded tough on first listen, but beneath the chrome beats and affect-free vocal delivery was an artist dredging up painful memories and putting everything on display.
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