BUDAKID IS THE COVER BOY FOR MIXMAG BRAZIL
First, How did you come up with your artist moniker Budakid?
The name “Budakid” came up already a while ago back in 2004. I was coming up with the idea when someone asked me if I could play at their party. I still remember the moment, looking into my teenage room and thinking about names that popped up in my head. My eyes got stuck on a small statue that I’ve got from my Indonesian grandmother. A sitting Buddha statue with kids sitting and climbing around it. It’s a personal thing to me so that’s why I changed the writing of it to avoid being associated with the philosophy. But despite that somehow people still connect it. A funny fact what I noticed a few years back is that “Budak” means “Kid” in the com- monly used Indonesian language (Bahasa) and the “ID” stands for Indonesia. This realisation felt like a gift and the name grew onto me.
