Funk

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Audio: Funk

Funk is an African-American genre of the 1960s–70s with a powerful dance rhythm “on the one,” rich bass lines, and deep groove. The foundation for disco, hip-hop, and R&B.

Funk is a celebration of rhythm. Born with James Brown in the 1960s, it shifted the accent onto the first beat of the bar (“on the one”), made the bass the chief melodic instrument, and created the signature groove — a state in which the music moves the body on its own.

Funk classics: James Brown — “The Godfather of Soul”; Sly & The Family Stone; Parliament-Funkadelic (George Clinton); Prince; Red Hot Chili Peppers. Funk underpins 1970s disco and the entire modern dance world. In Ukraine the funk scene is represented by Vivienne Mort, Pianoboy, and Tik Tu, who integrate funk elements into their sound.

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Funk

Sub-category:: blues-soul

Funk is an African-American genre of the 1960s–70s with a powerful dance rhythm “on the one,” rich bass lines, and deep groove. The foundation for disco, hip-hop, and R&B.

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Expressionism

Sub-category:: classical

Expressionism (1900–1930s) is the music of extreme inner states — anxiety, terror, ecstasy. Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern — the “Second Viennese School” — abandoned tonality as the basis of musical language.