electrofunk
Robotic dance music
Electrofunk is a style of funk music that emphasizes electronic instruments—synthesizers, drum machines, and vocoders—over traditional live instrumentation.
Emerging in the late 1970s and 1980s, it blends funk's rhythmic groove with the robotic, futuristic sounds of electronic production.
Artists like Zapp, Afrika Bambaataa, and early Prince exemplify the style.
That bassline is pure electrofunk.
Electronic sound-generating instrument
- vocoderSpeech analysis synthesizer
- 808Legendary drum machine model
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- samplingExtracting subset for study
beatbox · turntablism · scratching · drum machine · breakbeat · talkbox · synth bass · sequencer
Acrobatic street-style movement
- poppingShort explosive sound
- lockingFixing firmly in position
- robotProgrammable automated machine
- bboyMale breakdance performer
bgirl · moonwalk · tutting · whacking · waving · freestyle · battle · cypher
Low-register musical foundation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- bounceSpring back after impact
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
pulse · swing · feel · tight · pocket · slap bass · backbeat · polyrhythm
Years from eighty-nine backward
- cassetteMagnetic audio cartridge
- boomboxPortable stereo with speakers
- vinylSynthetic resin plastic
- turntableRotating music player
neon · keytar · legwarmers · rollerskates · ghettoblaster · mixtape · arcade · Atari
Stiff and unemotional
- futuristicSuggestive of times ahead
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- vocodedDigitally manipulated voice
- processedSubjected to operations
filtered · analog · digital · computerized · mechanical · space-age · otherworldly · glitchy
synthesizer
Electronic sound-generating instrument
sampling · beatbox · turntablism · scratching · drum machine · breakbeat · talkbox · synth bass · sequencer · Kraftwerk
breakdance
Acrobatic street-style movement
bboy · bgirl · moonwalk · tutting · whacking · waving · freestyle · battle · cypher · footwork
bassline
Low-register musical foundation
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
- bounceSpring back after impact
- swaggerConfident, boastful manner
rhythm · pulse · swing · feel · tight · pocket · slap bass · backbeat · polyrhythm · downbeat
eighties
Years from eighty-nine backward
turntable · neon · keytar · legwarmers · rollerskates · ghettoblaster · mixtape · arcade · Atari · VHS
robotic
Stiff and unemotional
- futuristicSuggestive of times ahead
- syntheticProduced artificially, not natural
- vocodedDigitally manipulated voice
processed · filtered · analog · digital · computerized · mechanical · space-age · otherworldly · glitchy · compressed
electrofunkunplugged
Disconnected from power
acoustic music · folk music · acoustic blues · chamber music · Motown
electrofunksinger-songwriter
Self-composing musical performer
folk ballad · coffeehouse music · quiet storm · ambient · classical music
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