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 Chambers Brothers
The Chambers Brothers are an American psychedelic soul band, best known for their eleven-minute 1967 hit "Time Has Come Today".
Sly and the Family Stone
American 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.
Soul music
Popular 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.
Norman Whitfield
American 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.
Psychedelic funk
Psychedelic funk (also called funkadelia or conflated with psychedelic soul ) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock.
Parliament (band)
American funk band formed in the late 1960s by George Clinton as part of his Parliament-Funkadelic collective.
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.
The Temptations
American 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 Undisputed Truth
The Undisputed Truth was an American Motown recording act, assembled by record producer Norman Whitfield as a means for being able to experiment with his psychedelic soul production techniques.
Dance to the Music (song)
1967 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".
Cloud Nine (The Temptations song)
1968 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.