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Donk (Music Genre)
'Donk' is a universal term, often used as a genre, which covers hard dance music produced at 145-155bpm traditionally sampling a pipe bass sample on the off-beat. The term 'donk' arises from the audible sound of the sample, however the genre has been known to incorporate flat bass synths, Spanish 'bamboo' samples, Russian 'pan' samples and British 'acid' bass samples.

Origin
The origin of the genre is arguable, as 150bpm dance music has been around since the 1990's with kick and bass 1/4 bar patterns being used in 135bpm techno right the way up to 170bpm happy hardcore. The Klubbheads (Koen Groeneveld & Addy van der Zwan), a DJ/Producer duo from the Netherlands, sampled the pipe bass 'donk' sound in many of their commercial tracks such as 'Kickin Hard' and 'Here We Go'. The term 'Klubb' was used to describe the genre used by European hard dance producers, such as the widely recognized 'Ozone Bounce' which is formally known as 'O-Zone - Dragostea Din Tei (L-Project 2.4 Klubb Remix)'.

Wigan Pier
Wigan Pier Nightspot, a nightclub on Pottery Road, Wigan, was host to many hard dance events and the venue is renown across the United Kingdom, with visitors travelling as far as Scotland. Resident DJ Ben T (Ben Tengrove) compiled Wigan Pier volumes, commonly 2 CD lives mixes, that were retailed in Power Records, Bishopgate, Wigan, alongside many other hard dance tracks sold on vinyl. A handful of other venue's cropped up around the North West, such as Maximes, Monroes and Cricketers.