A report on Funk and Psychedelic soul
It came to prominence in the late 1960s and continued into the 1970s, playing a major role in the development of funk and disco.
- Psychedelic soulThe Temptations, who had previously helped to define the "Motown Sound" – a distinct blend of pop-soul – adopted this new psychedelic sound towards the end of the 1960s as well.
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Sly and the Family Stone
4 linksAmerican band from San Francisco.
American band from San Francisco.
Active from 1966 to 1983, it was pivotal in the development of funk, soul, rock, and psychedelic music.
Formed in 1966, the group's music synthesized a variety of disparate musical genres to help pioneer the emerging "psychedelic soul" sound.
The Temptations
4 linksAmerican vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
American vocal group from Detroit, Michigan, who released a series of successful singles and albums with Motown Records during the 1960s and 1970s.
The group's work with producer Norman Whitfield, beginning with the Top 10 hit single "Cloud Nine" in October 1968, pioneered psychedelic soul, and was significant in the evolution of R&B and soul music.
The addition of Dennis Edwards to the Temptations coincided with the adoption of a new sound for the group by producer Norman Whitfield, and in the fall of 1968, Whitfield began producing psychedelic-based material for the Temptations, derived primarily from the sound of funk bands Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic.
Soul music
3 linksPopular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Popular music genre that originated in the African American community throughout the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying".
By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic and progressive rock, among other genres, leading to psychedelic and progressive soul.
Disco
3 linksGenre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene.
Unlike the simpler, four-piece-band sound of funk, soul music of the late 1960s, or the small jazz organ trios, disco music often included a large band, with several chordal instruments (guitar, keyboards, synthesizer), several drum or percussion instruments (drumkit, Latin percussion, electronic drums), a horn section, a string orchestra, and a variety of "classical" solo instruments (for example, flute, piccolo, and so on).
Partly through the success of Jimi Hendrix, psychedelic elements that were popular in rock music of the late 1960s found their way into soul and early funk music and formed the subgenre psychedelic soul.
Norman Whitfield
3 linksAmerican songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.
American songwriter and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s.
He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul.
After Temptations lead singer David Ruffin was replaced by Dennis Edwards in 1968, Whitfield moved the group into a harder, darker sound that featured a blend of psychedelic rock and funk heavily inspired by the work of Sly & the Family Stone and Funkadelic.
Psychedelic rock
1 linksRock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
Rock music genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs.
This psychedelic soul was influenced by the civil rights movement, giving it a darker and more political edge than much psychedelic rock.
Building on the funk sound of James Brown, it was pioneered from about 1968 by Sly and the Family Stone and The Temptations.
Parliament (band)
0 linksParliament was an American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective.
Osmium featured a mostly psychedelic soul sound that was more similar to the Funkadelic albums of the period, than to the later Parliament albums.
Janelle Monáe
0 linksAmerican singer, songwriter, rapper, science-fiction author and actress.
American singer, songwriter, rapper, science-fiction author and actress.
Thematically, The Electric Lady continues the utopian cyborg concepts of its predecessors, while presenting itself in more plainspoken, introspective territory in addition to experimenting with genres beyond conventional funk and soul such as jazz ("Dorothy Dandridge Eyes"), pop-punk ("Dance Apocalyptic"), gospel ("Victory") and woozy, sensual vocal ballads ("PrimeTime", featuring Miguel).
Chris Champion of The Observer described Metropolis and The ArchAndroid as "psychedelic soul with a sci-fi twist".