Bonky - Bonky

[Guest emmy22f[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Bonky - Bonky

 

 

Artist: Bonky

Title: Bonky

Label: Doof

Date: 2002

 

Track listing:

 

01. Flight

02. Spooky

03. Mandy

04. Bank

05. 1001

06. Lab

07. Bubble

08. Hong Kong

09. Tequilla

 

Review:

 

Before we get to the review, let me say that the cover to this album is the

ugliest fucking thing I've ever seen in my life. Jesus Christ! May all the

devils take me this second if the world has ever seen such a horrible

thing..... T1 Makes you think you're on a bad trip in outer space.

Distortion and subtle D&B influences throughout the track. A decent

start.... T2 Bizarre intro. Gives you the impression you're playing a

psychedelic video game(and someone should invent one). Develops into a bunch

of weird samples that are quite histerical. The track gets more twisted

after the first half. Cool sounds Onno uses.... T3 Yet another strange

intro. The track itself is quite simple with nothing that really stands out.

The thought behind it, however, is quite original.... T4 Starts with a

sample from a Western flick, accompanied by a sinister laugh that carries

on. The track itself is very dancefloor oriented, and is infested with

sapmles like most of the album.... T5 Dark. Bonky is starting to get into

his rhythm and this track is definately something you want to hear at a

forrest party at 3 in the morning. In fact, this track, unlike the earlier

ones, stays consistent in its sounds from beginning to end and progresses

very nicely.... T6 Less samples and more music. About as dark as T5 and

pretty much in the same style.... T7 Pretty much what you'd get if Vernunft

was on uppers.... T8 Back to the samples again. Starts with a chant that

really has nothing to do with the rest of the track. Onno is being weird and

showing us his unique style. The chant reappears after some major plug-in

work is done on it. I find this track very very cool because of the twisted

atmoshphere it brings. In fact, it's full on psychedelic and gets my vote

for best track of the whole album.... T9 Starts with a funny sample that

talk about the origins of Tequilla. This one you have to judge for yourself,

I find it pretty damn cool for me. One thing is for sure though, Onne is

definately from Amsterdam..... All in all, a very good release. Before you

buy this one, keep in mind that Bonky is really different from a lot of

other artists. The music is really rough around the edges(intentionally),

dark and demented at times, and hell of trippy. This album reminds me of the

Bonky and FOL release from a few years ago and the Zirkin album from last

year. Aside the hideous cover, the music really works on me.... 6/10 for

tracks 1-4; 9/10 for tracks 5-9

[Guest Defbydelta...]

This album is one good head trip, and its do work on dance floors, its a little

bit strange for me, but, i dont know track 4,6,7 & 8 is best here..

8/10 its recommended..

[Guest moander[at]media[dot]mit[dot]edu]

this is a tad better than the tracks on the FOL album, but not by much...

Imagine someone putting a kick and a bassline and then put samples randomly,

starting acid lines and ending them abruptly, and just plain being

unstructured... that's the key word here folks... no structure.

[Guest [Anonymous]]

Moander, that's exactly what Bonky does with his music. It's not by chance or

because he doesn't know what the hell he's doing, it's on purpose. I can see

you're point of view though, but Bonky is totally anti structure. For some

people that really works.....

[Guest psy2kaves[at]yahoo[dot]com]

nice sounds....very bad production...pitty....

[Guest bubunotsets]

kinda dark psy[but not all the way].the thing buged me the most is the fact

that they use more samples then space tribe...nevertheless i'll give it

8.5/10[4this good start 4the new year]

[Guest GoaGabba]

I LOVE BONKY. I dig the roughness of his sounds. All songs are brilliant on

this one. The cover, well the cover is a bit in your face, but people, take

the CD out of the cover. All them little B's under the CD tray work like one

of them 3D pictures. Just squint your eyes a bit and wahla, your cd cover

gains more depth. Very trippy, have fun.

[Guest combeferre]

This music reminds me of mexico not in a pistolero sort of way, but for it's

wacky and hectic contradictions. 2nd best thing I heard recently, after loopus

in fabula

[Guest kamisama30[at]hotmail[dot]com]

Getting a little tired of those people trying to make the "grunty"-minimal

sound. This doesnt work at all, if your trying to copy Deviant Species, fine

go ahead but for sure make a better job of it-not dance floor friendly

really-3/10

[Guest theorem]

Well, what can you say about this guy but: "Bonky will be Bonky," and God bless

him for that! This album really needed to be made, for all the

minimal-acid/psychedelic freaks out there.... Yeah, the cover sucks, or does

it? Yeah, it does, but hey, what'cha gonna do? Track two is fucking sick, and

track seven is every DJ's dream, a good beat, with some groovy ass electronic

bleep that kinda sounds like a cowbell. If you want whirling synthlines, deep

melodies, and actual musical structure, look somewhere else (Talamasca

perhaps), but if you want some fatass acid lunacy, check this one. I give it a

9/10 just because it was there. If you like the Bonky/FOL CD, or "Acid Test"

from Doof records, definitly check this out, and if you don't, well, don't get

this, 'cause you will probably post some lame-ass review saying how much it

sucks because you don't quite understand it.

[Guest Smarthowie]

One of the best cd`s I`ve heard actually!! I love his style, his unique sounds

& basslines, my favourites here are 4,6,5,7,2,1,8......... wELL, actually, I

like every track here, and I think this one is better than Bonky:Fungus Of

Light. The cover is cool, by the way, I saw many people in here wrote some

lame shit about your cover--It`s cOOl!! Suits the music... I haven`t heard

Zirkin:Dance Show, can anyone tell me if it`s good? I`m going to buy it

anyway... Great work Bonky, I am going crazy to yOur music !!!