aquacrunk

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

aqua- +‎ crunk

Noun[edit]

aquacrunk (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of wonky (electronic dance music genre)
    • 2008, The Wire, volumes 293-298:
      This Scottish wunderkind's bass-heavy 'aquacrunk' is the perfect beat for Glasgow's busy party scene.
    • 2013, Dylan Jones, The Biographical Dictionary of Popular Music:
      Anyone hearing for the first time the aquacrunk remix of LADY GAGA's “Paparazzi” – where the disparity between the djembe-like beats of the 0.2 version and the orthodoxy of the original couldn't have been writ any larger – might have wondered just how fractured dance music might eventually become.
    • 2015, Justin A. Williams, The Cambridge Companion to Hip-Hop, page 281:
      “Experimental” hip-hop
      People call it many things: aquacrunk, future blap, lazer bass, wonky, glitch hop. The music is often as vague and capacious as these terms, covering a broad range of electronic dance music styles […]
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