Fuddyq

John Bender, known by his recording alias fuddyq, is an American born, Canadian electronic musician. His releases vary in style within the electronic genre, from summer track <a href="spotify:album:3NDDiTFVvBc8W4gttw6zlu" data-name="Soulbox">Soulbox</a> to dance-pop <a href="spotify:album:1TBLEyLSKbvKwaiN7GHTS1" data-name="A Soft Light">A Soft Light</a> to the IDM-influenced, glitchy beats of <a href="spotify:track:2dyekeoiXJwXIlvPZTfrPM" data-name="The Wind-Up Automaton">The Wind-Up Automaton</a>.

Influences from <a href="spotify:artist:2VAvhf61GgLYmC6C8anyX1" data-name="Boards of Canada">Boards of Canada</a> can be heard on <a href="spotify:album:2gjxg7AxbTP6mRc8fKgWuQ" data-name="Duck and Cover">Duck and Cover</a>, gentle, downtempo track with a dark subject, as well as <a href="spotify:album:1Bp384Zje5wk5ZjqrlyAAM" data-name="This Is Not Normal">This Is Not Normal</a>, which is audibly disconcerting with groaning synths competing with soft voices. The track <a href="spotify:album:1ZeSRcqj9KvqhEYDlN65Ay" data-name="The Naiad">The Naiad</a> is a knowing smile to Post-era <a href="spotify:artist:7w29UYBi0qsHi5RTcv3lmA" data-name="Bj&ouml;rk">Bj&ouml;rk</a>.

A quirky sense of humour is evident on the track <a href="spotify:track:7AXcUFfLYq0fwNqKfSpqoQ" data-name="Springtime in YEG">Springtime in YEG</a>, a playful take on the frequent windshield cleanings in a sloppy, thawing northern city, as well as <a href="spotify:album:2h1wmc82I3vk9P8QlvAgpP" data-name="Sweethearts">Sweethearts</a>, a song about the evolving feelings between a young boy and girl, through puberty and into young adulthood... sung by robots.