• Brit funk (or Britfunk) is a musical style that has its origins in the British music scene of the late 1970s and which remained popular into the 1980s...
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    the original on 2005-08-31. "A secret history of UK dance – how black Brit funk shaped the acid revolution". "The Story of Soul Music Radio in the U.K"...
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    Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through...
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  • Hi-Tension (category English funk musical groups)
    Hi-Tension are a British band based in North West London, and are pioneers of Brit funk. with the original line-up being Paul Philips (guitarist), Jeff Guishard...
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  • Cash (Money Talks)". Assembled by producer Steve Vincent (formerly of Brit-funk band Touchdown), the group consisted of Vincent, Mick Walsh and singer...
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    albums Live albums Compilation albums List of disco artists (S–Z) Brit funk Jazz-funk List of bands and artists from Merseyside List of artists who reached...
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  • the early 1980s. He had a major input into the creation of the British 'Brit Funk' music scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Hill's first residency...
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  • singer/songwriter who has been active since 1978. She has been featured vocalist with Brit funk bands Direct Drive and 7th Heaven. She has also been a session singer...
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  • Linx (band) (category British funk musical groups)
    Linx were a British soul/Brit funk band consisting of David Grant (lead vocals), Bob Carter (keyboards), Andy Duncan (drums), Canute Edwards (guitar)...
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  • went far beyond that of just Black Brits, as well as the musical influences. Much like how lovers rock and Brit funk have allowed for many genres to interact...
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  • June 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 70) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Genres Brit funk, soul, British pop music Occupation Music executive Years active 1970-2017...
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  • running a reggae sound system, he joined Hott Wax (which evolved into Brit funk pioneers Hi-Tension after he left). In the late 1970s was a mainstay of...
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    in 1983. Brandon and Stammers were then joined by Lascelles James of Brit funk band Body, Soul & Spirit on saxophone and Chris Bell on drums to form...
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    100 Origin Beckenham, London, England Genres New pop new wave jazz-funk Brit funk Years active 1980–1984 2004 2009–2013 2023–present Labels Polydor Arista...
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  • "Intuition" is a song by Brit funk band Linx, released in February 1981 as the third single from their debut album of the same name. It became their highest...
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    Incognito (band) (category English funk musical groups)
    anniversary, 106 track retrospective of their debut album, Jazz Funk. The Brit funk pioneers have released a music video for the track "You Are in My...
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    The Brit Award for Song of the Year is an award given by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), an organisation which represents record companies and...
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  • Warren G sampled the song for his "Do You See" single from his "Regulate... G Funk Era" album released in late 1994. The rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony sampled...
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    The BRIT Awards (often simply called the BRITs) are the British Phonographic Industry's annual popular music awards. The name was originally a shortened...
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  • Ji (album) (category Brit funk albums)
    Britfunk record, the album mixes styles of soul and funk, with expansive synthesised production and a funk backing group. Giscombe and Carter's lyrics were...
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    The brit milah (Hebrew: בְּרִית מִילָה‎, Modern Israeli: [bʁit miˈla], Ashkenazi: [bʁis ˈmilə]; "covenant of circumcision") or bris (Yiddish: ברית‎, Yiddish:...
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  • Atmosfear (band) (category English funk musical groups)
    Atmosfear are a jazz funk/Brit funk band who formed in the United Kingdom in 1978. The band was formed by two friends Lester J. Batchelor Jr. and Raymond...
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  • music developed in the Brill Building using Tin Pan Alley songwriting. Brit funkfunk performed by British musicians, often influenced by soul, jazz, and...
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  • "Uptown Funk" is a song by British record producer Mark Ronson featuring American singer Bruno Mars. It was released on 10 November 2014, as the lead single...
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  • of Eddy Grant and Change. "Of all the bands involved in the early 80s 'Brit Funk' revival, Central Line came closest to exporting the movement across the...
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  • Southern Freeez (song) (category Funk songs)
    30 January 1981 Recorded 1980 Studio Vineyard Studios, London Genre Brit funk funk post-disco sophisti-pop Length 5:40 (LP version) Label Beggars Banquet...
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  • series on his own label Z Records, including Soul of Disco, Back Street Brit Funk, Italo House and Go Go Get Down, all focusing on forgotten areas of dance...
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  • Negro Vol.2" 2009 "The Many Faces of Joey Negro Vol.2" 2010 "Backstreet Brit Funk" 2010 "20 Years of Joey Negro" (with Grant Nelson) 2011 "The Soul of Disco...
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  • Light of the World (band) (category Funk musicians)
    British jazz-funk band. The band was formed in London in 1978. They were originally a forerunner of the late 1970s/early 1980s British jazz-funk movement...
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    in the former Bay Country Club and the name became synonymous with the Brit funk movement with regular DJ Chris Hill. The community hall, The Paddocks...
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