London-based Richard Green released “Ending up in the Wrong Way” back in June 2024, one of six compositions inside his EP Illusions. Green is a producer of electronic and experimental music who occasionally works with other musicians to record specific instruments. For this track, he collaborated with a violinist and saxophonist. The song draws from a personal experience in 2023, a bittersweet love story that didn’t work out. Green wanted something sweet, nostalgic, and sad because the end of a love is never happy. He composed everything in his home studio in London, but the final recording, including violin and sax, along with the mix and master, was done at Studio Elfo near Milan.
I like to think that the two main sections of this song, being played on saxophone and violin respectively, represent two sides in a relationship that ended up in the wrong way. Whether that was a conscious choice on the composer’s part or the performers, or was a happy accident, I think it works greatly to play the same melody in this call and response manner, almost as if the other section is the other side telling their story or their perspective. Another great choice that makes this work, in my opinion, is the unique blend of the texture of the saxophone (classically associated with jazz) and the violin (classically associated with orchestral music), with the electronic pop drum and bass used on this production.
Richard Green‘s focused on melodic beauty and emotional depth here, and the lead melody is sweet, easy to listen to, and expressive. The performances from the saxophonist and violinist are strong. He’s got new projects coming in 2026, including a melodic techno EP in April and an indie/electro/hip-hop beat project with an EP at the end of summer.