WTF is 'Donk'?

djadonis206 · Post by **djadonis206** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 11:33 pm

Honestly, if you have to ask...

ashley_k · Post by **ashley_k** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:54 am

3dot... wrote:

this is what google says donk is....

I think the above is a box, rather than a donk ...

fixed_up · Post by **fixed_up** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 2:28 pm

It's called donk as thats what the bassline on the tunes sounds like. Hence 'Put a donk on it'. Its the one thing that all donk tunes/scouse house have in common.

Like the previous poster said it originates from Liverpool, for which I must truly apologise.

Lo-Fi Massahkah · Post by **Lo-Fi Massahkah** » Thu Jan 01, 2009 4:36 pm

Homebelly wrote:
Tone Deft wrote:what is a donk?

http://tinyurl.com/9zpkcc
Wow!!
That was kind of unnerving for a second or two

.m

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:23 pm

There is an article about Donk in the latest Vice magazine. It describes Donk as "happy hardcore on a crippling steroid comedown" and cites Ultrabeat as being pioneers.

It is called donk because the rythm goes "donk donk donk donk".

vicz · Post by **vicz** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:54 pm

chav rock - it has a certain je ne sais quoi....

from The Guardian

If you are someone who is au fait with the most recent happenings in the worlds of happy hardcore, gabba and hard house, you will know all about donk. If you don't do speed and aren't too keen on taking your shirt off in clubs, you probably won't.

Donk is the latest incarnation of bouncy techno (you know, that cheesy banging garbage with staccato riffs and off-beat stabs from the early 90s that brain-dead idiots love), which was regrettably given a new lease of life recently.

The genre gets its name from the onomatopoeic goofy-sounding mid-beat stabs that are littered throughout tracks. The poster boys of the scene are a Bolton collective called Blackout Crew - an amalgam of bad hair gel, really amateur MCing that is reminiscent of kids that have been starved of oxygen at birth and sportswear. Lots of sportswear.....these guys do seem genuinely popular with teenagers in places like Wigan and Liverpool. Also, despite not being blessed in the looks department, they have young girls gushing all over pictures of them on their MySpace page. One particularly disturbing comment I came across read: "omg fworr fings i would do 2 u hahahaha".
For the good of humanity I would encourage you to actively prevent people from buying it.

Not a fan I guess

arkoenig · Post by **arkoenig** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:30 pm

I've seen the term used to describe one of these:

brightonalex · Post by **brightonalex** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:35 pm

I'm going to find a donkbeat sample and we can have a donk remix competition.

vicz · Post by **vicz** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:02 pm

Oh no I found this lots of donks in it

http://www.serious-sounds.net/downloads ... -pack.html

Emissary · Post by **Emissary** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:03 pm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

its actually quite good in a laughing at it kind of way.

eisnein · Post by **eisnein** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:56 pm

abrrv for danke schien??

supamonsta · Post by **supamonsta** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:00 pm

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ckMvj1piK58

The comments on this video are much more funny, did you saw them ?????

jonny72 · Post by **jonny72** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:37 pm

Scouse house sounds just like hard house to me, not sure what the big fuss is about.

Nick the Zombie · Post by **Nick the Zombie** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:46 pm

I feel really out of touch with some of the genres I hear about these days. Hard to keep up with this shit.

andydes · Post by **andydes** » Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:52 pm

vicz wrote:chav rock - it has a certain je ne sais quoi....

from The Guardian
If you are someone who is au fait with the most recent happenings in the worlds of happy hardcore, gabba and hard house, you will know all about donk. If you don't do speed and aren't too keen on taking your shirt off in clubs, you probably won't.

Donk is the latest incarnation of bouncy techno (you know, that cheesy banging garbage with staccato riffs and off-beat stabs from the early 90s that brain-dead idiots love), which was regrettably given a new lease of life recently.

The genre gets its name from the onomatopoeic goofy-sounding mid-beat stabs that are littered throughout tracks. The poster boys of the scene are a Bolton collective called Blackout Crew - an amalgam of bad hair gel, really amateur MCing that is reminiscent of kids that have been starved of oxygen at birth and sportswear. Lots of sportswear.....these guys do seem genuinely popular with teenagers in places like Wigan and Liverpool. Also, despite not being blessed in the looks department, they have young girls gushing all over pictures of them on their MySpace page. One particularly disturbing comment I came across read: "omg fworr fings i would do 2 u hahahaha".
For the good of humanity I would encourage you to actively prevent people from buying it.
Not a fan I guess

This is why I buy the Guardian.