Artist Spotlight: Sega Bodega
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Artist Spotlight: Sega Bodega
Sega Bodega is playing Sónar Festival in Barcelona this June, find out more here.
Unclassifiable and always evolving, Sega Bodega, also known as Salvador Navarete, is one of the most daring voices in pop today. The Irish-Chilean music producer, singer, songwriter, and DJ is one of the most inventive and boundary-pushing figures to emerge from the underground in the past decade.
Bodega’s own solo work is often cinematic in scope, pairing jagged, distorted textures with sweeping strings and heavily processed vocals that veer between the deeply personal and the otherworldly. He doesn’t just produce songs, he creates atmospheres that pull you into a different world, often blurring the lines between total heartbreak and utter euphoria.
Navarete is now a highly sought-after collaborator, not just for his production skills but for his ability to help shape an artist’s entire sound. His fingerprints can be found on projects with Shygirl, Caroline Polachek, Eartheater, Arca, FKA twigs, Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Björk, artists known for pushing and breaking boundaries in their own right.
While Sega Bodega has moved toward composing most of his music from scratch, his roots are in sampling and this continues to echo through his work. Early on, he built tracks from fragments of found sound, warped vocal clips, and video game effects, twisted into something new. But unlike traditional sampling that leans on nostalgia or recognisable hooks, Navarete uses samples more like textures: distorted, stretched, and layered until they feel entirely unfamiliar. Even now, when much of his music is self-produced from the ground up, there’s still a collage-like quality to his sound.
To fully experience the magic of Sega Bodega, you have to see him live. His sets are a collision of sound and mad visuals, which are simultaneously raw, emotional, and unpredictable. With a sound that draws on club culture, experimental pop, and cinematic scores, he transforms each show into an immersive, high-intensity trip. Whether he’s behind the decks or on the mic, no two performances are ever the same.
This June, Sega Bodega will bring his unique sound and vision to the Sónar Festival in Barcelona, and is set to be a must-see for any fan of boundary-pushing live music. Sónar has long been a celebration of the boldest voices in electronic music, and Bodega’s high-energy, unpredictable performances make him a perfect fit. Get your tickets here.
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