Avant-funk

For other genres known as punk funk, see punk funk (disambiguation).
Avant-funk
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Stylistic origins
Cultural origins1960s, United Kingdom and United States
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Avant-funk (also called mutant disco in the early 1980s[2]) is a music style in which artists combine funk or disco rhythms with an avant-garde or art rock mentality.[4] Its most prominent era occurred in the late 1970s and 1980s among post-punk and no wave acts who embraced black dance music.[5]

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  3. ^ Murray, Charles Shaar (October 1991). Crosstown Traffic: Jimi Hendrix & The Post-War Rock 'N' Roll Revolution. Macmillan. p. 205. ISBN 9780312063245. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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