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Label: Voodoos and Taboos Records
Cat.No.: V&T003
Artist: Voodoos and Taboos
Title: Catarsi EP
Format: 12"
Release: September 2021
Discogs: https://bit.ly/3ymaAWL
Tracklist:
A1 - That's The Way it Is
A2 - Capsule For Sale
B1 - Requiem For A Trip
B2 - Can Anyone Explain?
B3 - No Deposit No Return

V&T003 - Voodoos and Taboos - Catarsi Ep (Snippets)

Buy / Stream: https://orcd.co/ringobingo

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.”

Early Feedback:
DJ Mag France: Ringo Bingo is a nice mixture of sounds.
5Mag: He will appear in the next issue of 5Mag.
Dave Aju: Love the texture and 6/8 line in Aku Aku, would be dope to hear it over some alt rhythms too, nice one!
Claptone: Thx!
Riva Starr: Thanks for the music.
Matthias Meyer: Aku Aku is cool. 
Christian Martin: Love Aku Aku.
John Digweed: Downloading.
Biesmans: Ringo Bingo is a nice groover. 
Horse Meat Disco/Severino: Lovely.
Eelke Kleijn: I know this is good!
DJ T: Thank you for the music.
Annie Mac/BBC Radio 1: Downloaded for Annie.
Karotte: Aku Aku is cool. Like it.
RSS Disco: On the point - as always. Smooth & warm. Takes me places! Quality material. 

Artist: Budakid 
Release: Ringo Bingo
Label: Exploited
Cat: EXPDIGITAL211
LC: 15799 
Publisher: Exploited Ghetto Music Publishing
Releasedate Beatport/Spotify: 19.02.21
Releasedate I-Tunes (all other stores): 05.03.21

Ringo Bingo

Aku Aku

Budakid - Aku Aku I Exploited

Budakid - Ringo Bingo I Exploited

Catz 'n Dogz welcome old friend and kindred spirit Alvaro Cabana to the Pets family with this powerful quartet of electric bulldozers. Building on the momentum he's been enjoying on his own Rotten City label, here we find the Spanish DJ in overdrive with three originals and one version.

'Ritmo Espiral' starts and ends the piece. Slapping with electroid spikiness and a pushed groove that thumps like it's the mid 2000s all over again, there's a timelessness here to both the original and the dub mix that bubble over with dark funk and nod in all directions from Black Strobe to Tiefschwarz.

They're joined by two more big time bruisers: 'Los Muertos Misteriosos' continues the electro theme with waves and layers of textures crashing down over a relentless drum/sub swagger while 'Barrio Solar' revels and writhes in more of Alvaro's groovecraft. Tight guitars, shimming top notes and a breakdown that will send you into space. Strap in tight, we'll see you on the other side.

Ritmo Espiral EP

Barrio Solar (Original Mix) [feat. Geerra]

Ritmo Espiral (Mijo Dub Mix)

Los Muertos Misteriosos (Original Mix)

Ritmo Espiral (Original Mix)

ARTIST OF THE WEEK: VHYCE

City streets left abandoned, desolate factories and traffic lights aimlessly
switching from red to green without a single car in sight to see them change.
These are just some of the haunting images that characterize what the postindustrial
city of La Louviere looks like. This seems a daunting context to live
in, yet there is a certain atmosphere that you can't find in any other city.
Let's take Vhyce as an example. This Portuguese-Italian breed steadily
worked his way up to a noteworthy musical profile. Inspired by the
desolation in these suburbs, or by the boredom, he grew into a self-taught
producer. Musically, Vhyce is greatly influenced by the lineage of nineties
RNB from the emergence of soul music onwards, which ultimately results in
his signature house sounds!
In 2010 he had his nationwide breakthrough by releasing his debut EP,
'Voivodine', on the respected Australian imprint Sweat it Out. Ever since, he
is continuously taking the underground music scene by storm by releasing
EP’s on a regular basis. In only a few years he built an impressive
discography, with releases on first-rate labels such as No Brainer records,
Dikso and Sweat it Out. He’s currently signed to the London’s
‘Future Disco’ label.
https://soundcloud.com/vhyce
https://www.facebook.com/VhyceDJ/
https://www.instagram.com/vhycevhyce/

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