Syntax 9 by bonkoloid

Starting the last quarter of the Syntax series, bonkoloid presents a new album, Syntax 9.

This album is based on busking. Busking is the act of playing music in the street or a public place in order to get donations. bonkoloid used this as a vessel. "I had an idea of recording street performers and buskers and mixing them down and shit into an album, but it didn't feel complete and also it seemed like a lazy idea. So, I tried to create busking of my own."

For the album, bonkoloid sampled loads of tribal drum sounds, baroque compositions, orchestral music, and old 60s and 70s acoustic ballads. Combining the warm and classical sound of these instruments with bonkoloid's lo-fi and grim sound design delivers an immediate duality of the past and future. This was set for an artistic motive in mind, to experiment with creating a steadily futuristic city, and seeing how the people inside it change over time. "I always feel really contemplative about how buskers are playing in streets and shit, yet they get minimal amounts of money. Surrounded by unknown fucking people playing to get at least like something to eat is terrible but it's basically what most people who make music in the first place are trying to do, whether popular or not."

The only dance-able tracks on here are only track 3 and 6, all lowercased to show the contrast with the ambient pieces. Talking to us more, bonkoloid reveals his stance about making dance music as of now. "I really hate making dance music, man. Because it is hard for me to find value in steady beats, sometimes I do have dance tracks I create that I think have potential to be released. I'm way more interested in sound design now, well as of right now because I don't know if that will change. I think dance music as a vessel to make my artistic goals is kinda fucking hard because dance music is made to be enjoyed and danced to, but yknow for this album especially, and the shit that I'm gonna do for the next 3 releases, it's gonna feel angry and depressing. I think thats fitting for the last quarter of Syntax, I feel like syntax has grown up long enough with happiness and naivety from the first 6 releases that the latter half has to be dark, big fucking contrast I'm trying to make."

He also shared with us a story. "I'm gonna go on a tangent. Band near my house is fucking amazing, they play like madmans. These people are fucking old as hell too so they got wisdom. I live in the most weirdest part of town since I'm at the border of the main city and the suburban area. The dudes always end around 12 in the night, and they pack up their stuff and close their garage door. Recently, they haven't been playing, cause they used to play mostly everyday, think like 4 times a week idk i listened to them passively. turns out in early august they had to sell the house in order to get money for expenses, and now they are just living in the streets. went downstairs from my apartment complex and walked to where they were, now they were busking and only 2 people were listening. It was sad. That change of environment really fucked em up, man. I felt bad, i gave em 50. Going outside more is a blessing and a curse. This definitely inspired the album heavy. I hope they are okay, they shouldn't be in that situation."

"Syntax 9" is an album with a mood of surrendering and apathy. Using grim sounds and pensive atmosphere, bonkoloid creates a story over public dystopia.

-ntix

Tracklist

1.	WILDWORLD'!	3:15

2.	Simple Minds meet Simple Things	3:35

3.	severe	5:53

4.	Busking	3:36

5.	Hospital	5:58

6.	wing illusion	14:23

7.	Johnny Get Your Gun (Over There)	6:24

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released August 29, 2021

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