Brit funk

Brit funk
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsLate 1970s, United Kingdom
Other topics
List of funk musicians

Brit funk (or Britfunk) is a musical style that has its origins in the British music scene of the late 1970s and which remained popular into the 1980s. It mixes elements from jazz, funk, soul, urban dance rhythms and pop hooks. The scene originated in southern England and spread with support from DJs including DJ Froggy, Greg Edwards, Robbie Vincent, Chris Hill[3] and Colin Curtis. Major funk acts included Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, Average White Band,[4] Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Carl Douglas, Hot Chocolate, the Delegation, Hi-Tension, Light of the World, Level 42, Central Line, the Pasadenas, Beggar and Co and Soul II Soul.[5] The genre also influenced 1980s new wave/pop groups such as Culture Club, Bow Wow Wow, Pigbag, Dexys Midnight Runners and Haircut 100.[6]

  1. ^ Strachan, Robert (2014). Britfunk: Black British Popular Music, Identity and the Recording Industry in the Early 1980s. Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 67.
  2. ^ Stanley, Bob (17 December 2015). "Forget 1966, because 1981 was pop's year of revolution". The Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  3. ^ Petridis, Alexis (2 April 2021). "'There were pitched battles, fist fights': how Britfunk overcame racism to reinvigorate UK pop". theguardian.com. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Average White Band". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  5. ^ Soul II Soul Retrieved 02 March 2022
  6. ^ cite magazine | last1=Ellen| first1=Mark| title= The Boy Wonder (interview with Nick Heyward)|magazine= Smash Hits|volume= 4|issue= 9|pages=28, 31|publisher= EMAP Metro| access-date=18 June 2022