Nunk (song)
"Nunk" | ||||
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Single by Warp 9 | ||||
from the album It's a Beat Wave | ||||
Released | 1982 | |||
Genre | Electro | |||
Length | 7:19 | |||
Label | Prism Records | |||
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Warp 9 singles chronology | ||||
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"Nunk" (also known as "Nunk (New Wave Funk)") the first single by the group
New York City radio station WKTU featured "Nunk" in a commercial to promote the station's signature sound of emerging hip hop. By 1982, the electronic (electro) sound had become the trend on the street and in dance clubs largely due to "extraordinary advances in electronic music technology in the late-1970s and early-1980s."[3] Drum machines, especially the Roland TR-808 lowered the cost of record production,[4] providing opportunities for producers to create and experiment with new sounds.
"Nunk" was code for NUNK= N-ew wave + f-UNK.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. Top R&B. Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 466.
- ^ "Warp 9 - It's A Beat Wave (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ Toop, David (2000). Rap Attack 3: African Rap To Global Hip Hop (expanded third ed.). London: Serpent's Tail. p. 134.
- ^ Toop, 2000, p.135
- ^ Toop, 2000, p.148
- ^ Toop, 2000, p.146
- ^ Cashbox Magazine, East Coastings. August 1984.p 12.