Nu-funk

Nu-funk
Nu-funk
Stylistic origins Funk, electronica, acid jazz, funky breaks, big beat, hip hop
Cultural origins Early 1990s, United States and United Kingdom
Typical instruments Turntables (DJ), synthesizer, saxophone, flute, trumpet, trombone, clarinet, piano, guitar, double bass, drums, Strings
Mainstream popularity Underground

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Nu funk, sometimes known as 'Ghetto Funk' is a contemporary form of the 1970s musical genre funk.[1]

Since mid-1990s and further into 2000s, a number of new bands have emerged that played original compositions intended to imitate the sound of 1970's deep funk bands. The concept usually includes using vintage musical instruments and recording equipment, as well as distribution via analogue record discs. However, an updated tighter sound is not uncommon as well. Stylistically, nu funk is somewhat close to jam bands.

Nu-funk originated in Brooklyn in the 1980s[citation needed]. The music was slow[citation needed], riff-oriented and danceable. Listeners would often dance and "jive" during the riffs.

Unlike original funk that was primarily US-based, nu funk is a worldwide phenomenon. Most notable bands such as The Quantic Soul Orchestra and The New Mastersounds come from the UK. Other countries are also well represented with bands like The Poets of Rhythm from Germany and The Bamboos from Australia. Since the late 2000s however, the Nu-Funk sound has adapted influences from Hip-Hop, Funky Breaks, Dubstep and Big Beat and became a more diverse sample-based form of music but keeping with the funk motif. This style of Nu-Funk has been popularised by the likes of Featurecast and A Skillz, and is usually played around 100-120 BPM. A notable label of this kind of Nu-Funk is the GoodGroove Records label in Bath, UK.

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Nu funk artists

In addition to the new wave of funk revivalists, music critics had cited other artists as having nu-funk sound (most of whom are usually classified as acid jazz):

  • Tom Tom Club[2]
  • Groove Armada[3]
  • Brainticket[4]
  • Artists on the compilation album Free the Funk Vol. 3[5]
  • Urban Divide[6]
  • Cantaloop[7]
  • Kraak & Smaak
  • Rory Hoy
  • Diazpora
  • Matty Blades
  • A-Skillz
  • Featurecast
  • FunkMoguls
  • Audited Beats
  • StickyBuds
  • Qdup Foundation
  • Mick & Marc
  • Hayz
  • DJ Kid Stretch
  • DJ Wood
  • Basement Freaks
  • Quasamodo
  • Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
  • Marc Hype & Jim Dunloop
  • All Good Funk Alliance
  • Smoove & Turrell
  • Warson
  • Badboe
  • BMD
  • Pimpsoul
  • MustBeat Crew

Notable Labels

  • Tru:Funk
  • Boogie Boutique Records
  • GoodGroove Records
  • Bombstrikes
  • Jalapeño Records
  • Wack Records
  • The Brotherhood of Beats
  • BigM
  • Pig Balls Records
  • Yo Mama's Big Fat Booty Band
  • Bombastic Jam
  • Funk Weapons

See also

References

  1. ^ Brown, Jonathan. "Everything you ever wanted to know about pop (but were too old to ask)", The Independent, 6 September 2007.
  2. ^ Walters, Barry. "Tom Tom Club:The Good, The Bad & The Funky", Rolling Stone, 28 September 2000.
  3. ^ Gold, Kerry. "Groove Armada", The Vancouver Sun. 17 February 2000, p. C15.
  4. ^ Davis, Lindsay. "Chicken Lips: DJ Kicks", The Dominion Post, 5 December 2003, p. B13.
  5. ^ Osborne, Ben. "Get on up Ben Osborne grooves to the newest dance compilations", The Guardian, 27 November 1998. p. T022.
  6. ^ Nikolaychuk, Kathryn. "Jazz is Like Baseball--No, Really", Calgary Herald, 2 September 2005, p. SW07.
  7. ^ "Funk for Wyeside", Western Mail, 3 November 2001, p. 14.

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