Teenage bedroom rapper Safario spits quarantine anthems

15 Apr 2021 • Op-Eds

While most of us have been picking lint from between our toes and complaining about cabin-fever, 19-year-old Polish-born musician Safario has been hard at work. From his home in Oslo, Safario (whose real name is Kacper Tratkowski), has been churning out singles that may be just what we need in these trying times. The tracks are upbeat, filled with buoyant synth layered on snappy percussion. Safario’s vocals are equal parts rap and dance, with brilliant rhyme sequences that are both rhythmically complex and melodic enough to hum. It’s difficult to place Safa (as his fans call him) in any rap subgenre. But, experimental pop rap seems to fit the bill.

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Evidence

01 Apr 2021 • Short Stories

Lynn looked up from her notes and at the young man sitting opposite her. He had thick glasses and wore a wool sweater with a collar poking out. He was more clean cut than she had expected for someone facing a public nuisance charge.

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Wine Mind

14 Mar 2021 • Poetry

Wine mind, can I rewind mine? To before you were the lesser of the evils, a tonic to still my jitters, to numb my electric nerves. The cheaper the better, the sweeter the better. Something to swig. To talk to a person, to move to the music, to forget the day.

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