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Syntax 9

by bonkoloid

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WILDWORLD'! 03:15
Derick: When you look at the whole big picture as one big thing, it's gonna be like, it looks super scary, but you take it like piece-by-piece, you can get through it. Derick: Having the same advisor for four years, they get a relationship with someone that's not just a teacher, a real person. Being able to be an important part of their lives. And you can see the maturity level that they take, and you see them change. You see the growth in them. Derick: It's stressful, lot of stuff going on, it happens. But you got it girl, you got it, you're smart! Gary: Advisory is a small group of students, fifteen typically with an Advisor. They stay with that advisor for four years. The Advisor speaks a lot on the behalf of the student to community members or internships. The Advisor's in constant communication with the parents. Anything that happens with that student, it's like it happens with you. Alex: I'm doing poetry, songwriting, a short story. That's another thing that I'm pretty iffy about when it comes to these things. Gary: So in that, just think about what gives you the best case scenario to be successful. Alex: Advisory gives a chance to work on all of our schoolwork from the day. And our Advisor, he will sit down with us and actually take the time to work one-on-one with us and make sure that we have what we need. Laura: The most important thing in ninth grade Advisory from Day One is setting what the culture will be like. Teaching them how to manage their time, their projects, due dates, syllabuses. Reflecting, journaling, we do that every day. That happens at the very beginning, so whatever I'm doing that I want them to kind of take with them all four years, it's something I model every day. Laura: Don't forget your Reflection's due Friday. Student: Yeah, Mr. Brown was just talking about that today. Laura: He talked about that today? Chae: Because of the relationships that you build within the Advisory, people feel comfortable saying, "Hey, this is what you've done well in. And these are some things that you should work on, because they will help you be better." When a student can relate and they know that you care, that makes a big difference. Laura: Just make sure you do the tracking for these two weeks. And if it were me, I might pick somebody in here who will hold you accountable, and make sure that they check in with you every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Dexter: Advisory's important, because you could have people that will always help you. People that'll always support you. But if you fail, then there'll be there to pick up the pieces, and help me. Laura: Advisory is so fundamental because as they move forward they see it as a family, they see it as people they can trust. Gary: Everything good? Zetty: Yeah, everything's fine. Gary: Okay, mom's good? Has anybody called home and said, "Zetty is killing it. Zetty is doing so much better?" No. Okay, I need to do that. We have a very open and honest relationship. And really, there's nothing off-limits, and I like to take that approach, because I know at the end of the day that I know the real student. Okay, y'all, let's get it started, let's get it jumping. Every first Friday, we pick a menu, and every person has a responsibility. They bring in their food and we eat together and we hang together and we laugh together. Robert, the lasagna's good! Robert: Thank you! Gary: Did your mom make it? Robert: I made it. Gary: What?! Gary: That's just my way of bringing them all back to this space, and refocusing our energy and hitting home the idea that we're a unit, and we're moving forward. Robert: We've grown so close from freshman year. And whenever we have a personal issue, or school-related issue, we talk together as a class, and we try to help each other out all the time. Gary: Make sure that you look at your exhibition date and time and put that in your phone and tell your parents about it. Damon: He has given me the foundation to go out on my own and be able to succeed in everyday life. He's given me tools and wisdom that nobody else has given me. Derick: You don't really realize the impact you have on students until you really spend a lot of time with them, you know, and you see the growth in them. Gary: And what about, how do you feel? Zetty: I'm happier that my grades are better. Gary: I have this fulfillment at the end of the line, and you see this finished work, you understand the growth that was achieved, and they understand that, and that's what makes the journey worth doing. Gary: You feel like you've got it now? Alex: Yes, I think. Gary: Excellent! Alex: Really? [laughter]
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severe 05:52
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Busking 03:35
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Hospital 05:58
the feds knew
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about

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.

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released August 29, 2021

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