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What donk sounds like

characteristics of donk are things like uh sped up Chipmunk style sort of vocals it has an offbeat donk sound which is best described as like a a flip hop flop hitting a drain p...

Course: Behind stage and screenSection: The rise of donk musicSubtitles: en

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the

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characteristics of donk are things like

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uh sped up Chipmunk style sort of vocals

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it has an offbeat donk sound which is

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best described as like a a flip hop flop

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hitting a drain pipe like a th sort of

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noise characteristically 150 bpm which

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is quite fast it's probably faster than

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say house or trance or technique what

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makes donk music different from other

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dance music genres is that there's

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definitely a sense of humor it's kind of

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tongue and cheek there's no pressure to

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go to these events and dress all the

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same like some techno parties people can

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be uninhibited and be themselves and

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just have a good time it's just fun

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where did this genre of dance music come

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from donk music came from the

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Netherlands the first track was by Club

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heads in the early

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[Music]

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2000s it was popularized in the UK by

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the blackout crew who made put a donk on

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it in

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2009 that became huge that got into the

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UK charts and everyone knew donk from

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that track

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