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(Now Playing) Donk

Feb 16, 2009

VBS correspondent Jaimie Hodgson 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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ivanF

this is sorta like american hip hop from the south but ironically the northern UK version cause t...
rachelrapkin

The little kid in the blue and red adidas jacket blew Blackout Crew out of the water…totally jack...
staple

Blackout Crew not even blinking at the young donk starving crowds. What's wrong with the south? ...

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