Ringo Bingo by Budakid

The masterful Budakid is back on Exploited with two beautiful tracks.

A spellbinding, slow-burning slice of melodic-tinged house music, Ringo Bingo has shades of Todd Terje in its spacious arrangement, rolling groove and gorgeous riffage. An electro arpeggio percolates over the throbbing bass tones; heavily reverbed percussive hits create atmosphere; and nagging piano chords build a tense melodic backbone. The cute lead melody is at once euphoric and melancholy, and a stunning synth solo in the mid-section adds some dazzling freestyle energy that really opens the track.

Ringo Bingo is for me a travel between fusion, club and a glimpse of electronic jazz says the man behind the track. I n the break I asked an old friend of mine Rolf van de Sande, with whom I used to play in a band to come up with a jazzy and extraordinary solo. He totally nailed it. I wrote the arrangement in the end around the solo, and let the groove take over the focus at the climax to get more of a dance feel to it. This is one of the tracks that was a pain in the ass to finish and mix because it was full of harmonies and melodies. But I thought "If Snarky Puppy can do it, I can try to do it..."

Aku Aku goes deeper still, with lush strings decking out a light arrangement where shuffling percussion and dreamy, crystalline chime melodies flit across the surface. The chimes are seamlessly bolstered by live bass guitar, doubling the melody up a treat, with splashes of percussive texture here and there bringing a little extra spice. A few piano chords later on are all that are needed to complete this sublime track.

"Aku Aku" is more of a dubby groove based track where I tried to use only a few elements. A hallucinogenic melody that's very repetitive, but easy on the ear due to its polyrhythm and harmony. Once a friend listened to it and said "Kevin, this sounds like an old 00's game". I totally agreed, so one of my favourite game characters was an inspiration for the name.

For Budakid, AKA Kevin Huizing, making music is like the act of breathing. He simply could not live without it, or
imagine his life if music was inaccessible. The Dutch producer is overflowing with boundless creativity,
channelled into his craft, which he lovingly refers to as a hobby - to class it as work would remove the pleasure.

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