Syntax - Detritus (2018)

> within the sonic construct of Syntax, Laurian Bardoș [Bucharest, RO] draws strong influence from his study in medical psychology. From this perspective the evolution of his music has been greatly influenced by the study of perception and the Gestalt theory which connects the spatial (geometric) form with the temporal form (sound).

Conceptually, further inspiration is drawn from studying the synesthetic aspects of perception, including: a preoccupation with finding a multidimensional artistic language; trans-visual; non-alphabetic languages; and methods of decoding-transcoding beyond the limitations of natural language.

In a musical context, it was in 2007 when syntax first started working with sounds and those generated by various computer signal errors, while trying to articulate them in compositions based on algorithms. This period of experimentation marked his transition towards expression via electronic music which we can experience today.

Detritus album is inspired by the art of Wabi Sabi, which is centered on accepting imperfection, syntax has picked up a database, a collection of sounds from various errors that have been recontextualized in a controlled environment, in compositions intuitively communicating nostalgia, a nostalgia that speaks of the beauty of imperfection, asymmetry, impermanence, simplicity, and absence.