1983–1985 famine in Ethiopia out the first airdrops from Hercules C-130s delivering food to the starving people. Other countries including Sweden, East and West Germany, Poland, Canada, United States and the Soviet Union were also involved in the international response. Buerk's news piece on the BBC was seen by Irish singer Bob Geldof, who quickly organised the charity supergroup Band Aid, primarily made up of the biggest British and Irish artists of the era. Their single, "Do They Know It's Christmas?", was released on 3 December 1984 and became Britain's best-selling single within a few weeks, eventually selling 3.69 million copies domestically. It raised
The Machine in the Garden (band) exploration, the band made a video for the haunting and melodic song, "The Unaware." Creating a mix of darkwave influences and ethereal melodies, the duo of Roger Fracé and Summer Bowman used soaring guitars, tribal rhythms and electronic sweeps to create 2002's "Asphodel". "Asphodel" deals with the many layers of the band's vision, relating songs of love and desire, sorrow and despair. "XV" was released in December 2007 to celebrate the band's 15th anniversary. In December 2010 they released the single "In The Vanir" as a digital only release. The Machine in the Garden (band) The Machine in the Garden