So, today I saw this link over at HardcoreProducer.org that basi­cally was a half-hour run­down of what the north­ern Donk-scene is like. Thought you guys might find this entertaining/funny/educational/interesting. If you don’t know what Donk is, it’s basi­cally a UK-based genre made famous for its off­beat bass sound. The kids up north love this stuff, whereas the south­ern­ers have never heard of it.

Since I’m liv­ing in Swe­den, I don’t get the priv­i­lege of expe­ri­enc­ing the scene like they do over there. Say what you will about the music from a tech­ni­cal point-of-view, but what this scene doesn’t deliver in musi­cal com­plex­ity, it makes up for in community.

Here’s a quick sum­mary of the documentary:

VBS cor­re­spon­dent Jamie Hedge­son goes to the des­o­late fac­tory town of Bolton in the UK (think Detroit) to report on the music phe­nom­e­non called Donk.

Since the advent of acid house in the late 80s, British techno music has been in a long, baf­fling search for some sort of uni­ver­sal low­est com­mon denom­i­na­tor. Break­beat, dig­i­tal hard­core, and gab­ber all made strong efforts in the race for the bot­tom, but none of them holds a can­dle to Donk.

Com­bin­ing the 150bpm mad­ness of happy hard­core with inde­ci­pher­able North Eng­lish rap and then over­lay­ing the whole mess with a sin­gle, infu­ri­at­ing “donk” sound, Donk may well be the apoth­e­o­sis of all ridicu­lous dance music to date. It is also the only local thing going for an entire pop­u­la­tion of working-class kids with dwin­dling out­side prospects.

We meet up with Black Out Crew, com­monly referred to as the Bea­t­les of the Donk scene. Their video “Put a Donk On It!” has almost 4 mil­lion views on YouTube. So come along for ecstasy fueled all nighters into the bizarre scene that is Donk.

Here’s the link: http://www.vbs.tv/watch/music-world/donk.

Hope you guys enjoy :D

Let me know what you thought of it!

VBS cor­re­spon­dent Jamie Hedge­son goes to the des­o­late fac­tory town of Bolton in the UK (think Detroit) to report on the music phe­nom­e­non called Donk.

Since the advent of acid house in the late 80s, British techno music has been in a long, baf­fling search for some sort of uni­ver­sal low­est com­mon denom­i­na­tor. Break­beat, dig­i­tal hard­core, and gab­ber all made strong efforts in the race for the bot­tom, but none of them holds a can­dle to Donk.

Com­bin­ing the 150bpm mad­ness of happy hard­core with inde­ci­pher­able North Eng­lish rap and then over­lay­ing the whole mess with a sin­gle, infu­ri­at­ing “donk” sound, Donk may well be the apoth­e­o­sis of all ridicu­lous dance music to date. It is also the only local thing going for an entire pop­u­la­tion of working-class kids with dwin­dling out­side prospects.

We meet up with Black Out Crew, com­monly referred to as the Bea­t­les of the Donk scene. Their video “Put a Donk On It!” has almost 4 mil­lion views on YouTube. So come along for ecstasy fueled all nighters into the bizarre scene that is Donk.

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