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viktorvaughn

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Don't really see the problem here, I like using them, including half tongue-in-cheek, I think their range and breath of inspiration is wicked - funky , drum and bass, 8-bar, lovers rock, jungle, garage, niche - I think the best thing about them is how silly, tangential or abstract they are or can be. I think aquacrunk is a great, silly sub-genre name.

Obviously if people start militantly splitting up nights or partitioning record labels or whatever as a result that's stupid but a small amount of music nerds (dissensians included) messing around with some names in chatting to each other....don't really get the perceived harm? If you are interested in the music you will get involved and wade through the dreck to the good stuff. Music is rich, varied, inter-related enough to support some playful sub-genres that'll be gone in a year or two... And if they are not gone in a year or two and big then fair play.
 
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moolac

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mos dan said:
again, it's just the trivial fact that i like the aesthetics of the word 'aquacrunk' - it's the kind of word you'd make up if you were taking the piss :)
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Ive said elsewhere on here... we made aquacrunk up because we were taking the piss. It's not a scene or anything... just a funny word which seemed to make sense when we were describing Rustie's music for a press release for a Numbers party in London called 'Donna'.

the Guardian article removes the pisstake angle from the word and all of a sudden its some sorta scene... quite funny really... but still needs a pinch of salt.

this party:
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tom pr

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i think the whole name thing's funny. did an interview with zomby [albiet an email one; he doesn't do phone], and he came out with the line "i smoke a high-grade skunk spliff and get wonky".
 
One Louder

One Louder

Wild Horses
Just to add further to the confusion, Megasoid and Lunice, who Frere-Jones talks about in his New Yorker piece, use the term TurboCrunk.
I like a LOT of the music i've heard thats been associated with the term Wonky, I'm not sure it was the best choice of name, but hell, its not putting me off.
Did anyone mention Lazer Sword?
 
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Client Eastwood

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mms said:
would also say it's a scene that encourages mixing speed and styles rather than one style and speed in a set. Tracks old and new as well, so for me there is a bit of a renaissance to that time just before house/techno/hip hop became separate and there were enough good records out there to do whole nights of genres .
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hmm interesting, was it the lack of records or a crowd that didnt want to hear the tempo or style of music all night. a typical night might be soul-> hip hop-> house/techno->soul-> couple of slow jams at the end.
 
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Client Eastwood

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I dont have a problem with people using wonky as a description of the music. Im sure we've had wonky used in techno terms too. But wonky makes me think of bonkers which make me think of

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not good.
 
slackk

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happy hardcore is inherently wonky in the synth sounds it uses to be fair. that's it, I'm going to say Hixxy & Sharkey are a strong influence on Zomby from now on.
 
jambo

jambo

slip inside my schlafsack
Intelligent / sophisto / coffee-table wonky = wanky

Ironically detached wonky = winky

Mnml wonky = dinky

Scouse techno wonky = donky!

:)
 
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gumdrops

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is starkey wonky? not sure. but hes really good. even if a lot of what i like about his album is just cos it sounds like old grime but a bit techier. he even has a sound like terror danjahs cackle!
 
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synaptic

Global multinuum
what about this guys?

Flying Lotus Essential Mix 29/11/08

1. Alice Coltrane - Galaxy In Turiya
2. Charlie Hayden and Egberto Gisomonti and Gonjasufi - Testament
3. Flying Lotus - Massage Situation (Stripped)
4. Dimlite - Sun Sized Twinkles
5. Flying Lotus feat Dolly - Robertaflack
6. Flying Lotus - Robertaflack (Mike Slott Reflunk)
7. Ahu - I Know All The Bitches (Bullion mix)
8. Heralds Of Change - Amuse
9. Carlos Y Gaby - Happy Summer Solstice
10. Pudge - Yung Infamous
11. Dorothy Ashby - Myself When Young
12. Nosaj Thing - Bach
13. LL - Turf Day
14. Flying Lotus - Infinitum (Dimlite mix)
15. Clark - Springtime Epigram
16. Burial - Shutta
17. Blank Blue - Blank Blue (Flying Lotus mix)
18. Daedelus - Im String Struck
19. MHE - ?
20. Daedelus and Madvillain - Experience/Accordion (Flying Lotus live mix)
21. Hudson Mohawke - Zoo0000oom
22. Rustie - Black Block (remix)
23. Teebs and Jackhigh - Idea 1 (Clutch)
24. Matthewdavid - Tallahassee Tapes
25. Martyn and Flying Lotus - Vancouver/Pet Monster Shotglass
26. Fulgeance - Chico (Dorian Concept mix)
27. Joker - Solid State
28. Rusko - Moanerz
29. Daddy Kev - Invite8
30. Ras G - Star Messenger
31. Madlib - Unreleased Gem
32. SAMIYAM - Cheesecake Backslap
33. Knowledge - Dawn
34. Flyamsam - Princess Toadstool
35. Sa-Ra - Hollywood
36. Muhsinah and Flying Lotus - With Me/Melt
37. Flying Lotus - Dissecto
38. Flying Lotus - Breathe
39. Mike Slott - Home
40. Flying Lotus - Sangria Spin Cycles (ambient mix)
41. Danny Breaks - Cosmic Dust
42. Flying Lotus - Beginners Falafel (Free The Robots mix)
43. SAMIYAM - Falafel Cannon
44. Flying Lotus - Beginners Falafel
45. Slum Village - Players (instrumental mix)
46. Flying Lotus - Cackle
47. Flying Lotus - Raise It Up
48. Osborne - Definition Of A Breakdown
49. Baron Zen - Burn Rubber (Dam-Funk mix)
50. Mono/Poly - Needsdeodorantbitch
51. Chocolate Star and Nelly Furtado - Stay With Me/Promiscuous
52. Gonjasufi - Suzie Q
53. King Midas - Lost (Flying Lotus live mix)
54. Rusko and Flying Lotus - Terminal3 / Tea Leaf (Dancers live mix)
55. Daedelus - Hours Minutes Seconds (beat invitational version)
56. Kode9 and Flying Lotus - Kryon
57. Zomby - Spliff Dub (Rustie mix)
58. Busta Rhymes - What Up
59. SAMIYAM - Crystal Lake
60. Weather Report - River People
61. SAMIYAM - Flintstone Car
62. Flying Lotus - Backpack Caviar
63. Radiohead - Reckoner (Flying Lotus mix)
64. Bjork - All Is Full Of Love
65. Broadcast - Winter Now
66. Portishead - Elysium
67. Linda Perhacks - Hey Now Who Really Cares
68. Flying Lotus - Infinitum (Exile mix)
69. Flying Lotus - Live Set Practice Run

http://www.newmixes.com/flying_lotus-essential_mix-sat-11-29-2008.html
 
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