aquacrunk

English

Etymology

From aqua- +‎ crunk.

Noun

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 […]