Wonky Artists
Lurching beats, detuned synth chords, and chopped vocal snippets make the groove feel playful and slightly off-balance.
30 Wonky artists · 66 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Warp Records, LuckyMe, Friends Of Friends
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About Wonky
Off-kilter programmed beats give wonky its shifting, lopsided motion within electronic dance music. The style draws its colour from hip-hop, electro-funk, 8-bit sounds, jazz fusion, glitch and crunk, so tracks can feel playful and sharply detailed even when the rhythm refuses a straight line. Artists including Joker, Rustie and Flying Lotus are associated with its development. Wonky differs from related electronic and dubstep styles through its deliberately skewed rhythmic feel and its broad mix of source sounds; it also overlaps with purple sound and includes the aquacrunk microgenre.
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What is Wonky?
Wonky is a music genre defined by unstable, syncopated beats, genre-blending electronic production, distorted synthesized basslines, glitchy melodic fragments, and hip-hop and electro-funk influences. Lurching beats, detuned synth chords, and chopped vocal snippets make the groove feel playful and slightly off-balance.
Where did Wonky come from?
Wonky originated in Glasgow, late 2000s.
What instruments are used in Wonky?
Wonky is built mainly from synthesizer, drum machine, sampler, and DAW.
Which Wonky artists are most popular?
Flume, TOKiMONSTA, Modeselektor, Jamie xx, and Lapalux are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 30 Wonky artists on this page.
Which labels release Wonky?
Warp Records, LuckyMe, Friends Of Friends, Young Art Records, and Ninja Tune have put out the most Wonky records in the Tracknack catalogue.
What genres are similar to Wonky?
Artists tagged Wonky are most often also tagged Electronic, Electronica, IDM, Future Garage, and Experimental.
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