A report on Psychedelic soul
Music genre that emerged in the late 1960s and saw Black soul musicians embrace elements of psychedelic rock, including its production techniques, instrumentation, effects units (wah-wah pedal, phaser, etc.) and drug influences.
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The Temptations
9 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.
Funk
8 linksMusic genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues .
Music genre that originated in African American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul, jazz and rhythm and blues .
The 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.
Sly and the Family Stone
6 linksAmerican band from San Francisco.
American band from San Francisco.
Formed in 1966, the group's music synthesized a variety of disparate musical genres to help pioneer the emerging "psychedelic soul" sound.
Norman Whitfield
7 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.
Soul music
4 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.
By the early 1970s, soul music had been influenced by psychedelic and progressive rock, among other genres, leading to psychedelic and progressive soul.
Disco
5 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.
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.
Psychedelic funk
1 linksPsychedelic funk (also called funkadelia or conflated with psychedelic soul ) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock.
Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)
3 links1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label.
1968 hit single recorded by The Temptations for the Motown label.
It was the first of their singles to feature Dennis Edwards instead of David Ruffin in the lineup, was the first of producer Norman Whitfield's psychedelic soul tracks, and won Motown its first Grammy Award.
The Chambers Brothers
1 linksThe Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1967 hit "Time Has Come Today".
Dance to the Music (song)
2 links1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label.
1967 hit single by soul/funk/rock band Sly and the Family Stone for the Epic/CBS Records label.
It was the first single by the band to reach the Billboard Pop Singles Top 10, peaking at #8 and the first to popularize the band's sound, which would be emulated throughout the black music industry and dubbed "psychedelic soul".