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Funky Radio classic funk : you’ll hear only funk classics (1963-1982) and vinyl rarities. In between songs, your own voice messages and 1-minute info slots (radio newspaper and weather forecast)
#1 Classic Funk music station
our 2nd thematic channel with many disco funk, modern soul and boogie rarities (music selector Master Concertino). On weekends, programs mixed by DJs from the 70s and 80s
#1 Disco Funk music station
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Like Jazz, Be Bop, and Rock n’ Roll, Funk acquired its name from a slang expression with sexual connotations. In musical terms, it originally meant anything that was off the traditional path or something that was “funky”, especially in the sense of being syncopated. Some of the earliest forms of Funk began in the city that gave birth to Jazz, New Orleans.
James Brown the best showman and one of the most influential singers of the 20th century, who transformed R&B into funk with his tight, driving style.
George Clinton, indisputable funk legend behind Parliament and Funkadelic, and consequently a hip-hop godfather, sampled and featured on innumerable recordings. Member Of Funkadelic, Parliament and George Clinton & His Gangsters of Love
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George Edward Clinton (american singer, bandleader, songwriter and record producer) along with James Brown and Sly Stone. They were the main creators and innovators of funk music
both are genres of music that originated in the United States but Rock in the 1950s while Funk in the 1960s
Rock is characterized by its heavy use of electric guitars, drums, and bass, as well as its emphasis on lyrics and vocal.
Funk, on the other hand, is characterized by its use of syncopated rhythms, groovy basslines, and brass instruments, as well as its emphasis on the groove and the dance floor.
However, Rock and Funk also have some similarities: both genres are known for their high-energy performances, their passionate fan bases, and their ability to bring people together.
The first real funk number is ‘Think’ in 1960, recorded by James Brown with the U.S. music group The Famous Flames founded by Bobby Byrd in 1953.
James Brown joined the music group in 1954 and became its leader along with Byrd.
James Brown really invented funk with the drop on ‘the one’, which means the first beat of the four.
Funk is a subgenre of R&B, the heir and growth of soul music; it is unquestionably the most raw and aggressive form of rhythm and blues.
The funk music genre was born in the United States in the early 1960s by African American musicians. The intent was to create a rhythmic, danceable style of music that took its cues from soul, jazz, and rhythm ‘n blues. Principle musical instruments of funk are the electric bass and drums that characterize many Greatest Hits of the genre.
The term “funk” (and its adjective funky) in the slang of African Americans generally denotes a bad smell, such as the odor given off by the body in a state of arousal, so it could mean “sexy“, “dirty“, “attractive” but also “authentic” that is, original and free of inhibitions.
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