Onno Borgen (5 September 1962 – 4 January 2003) was born in

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, Canada. Borgen was widely known as Bonky, an active musician in the

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

scene, particularly from 1994 until his death in 2003. He lived and wrote most of his music in

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. He was killed in a diving accident in

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History

Bonky's music was first released as single tracks on various trance albums. In 1999 he released an album with Fungus of Light, ''Bonky & Fungus of Light'', which contained three of his tracks. 2001 saw the release of his first solo album (the only one produced before his death), which was self-titled. Bonky contributed a track, "Thanks Tim" to the 2003 Doof Records album ''Booo''."Honest, Doc, I can still dance"
''Japan Times'', Jeff Ogrisseg, 8 Apr 2005 In March 2003 another solo album was released in memory of Bonky, titled ''Bonky 2'' which contained some footage of the artist's funeral.

Discography

*''Fungus of Light/Bonky'' *''Bonky''

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References

Discogs entry on BonkyDoof Records' list of releases
1962 births 2003 deaths Musicians from Calgary Canadian trance musicians 20th-century Canadian male musicians {{Canada-musician-stub