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Sound Experience
Sound Experience was an American funk ensemble, founded at Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1970. The group played locally and recorded with producer Stan Watson, recording with him in Philadelphia. They recorded several singles, two full-length albums and live album. A live album entitled ''Live At The Glen Mills Reform School For Boys'' was their debut full-length. It was released on GSF Records in 1973. ''Don't Fight the Feeling'' was released in 1974 on Philly Groove Records, Philly Soulville Records and reached #57 on the ''Billboard'' R&B Albums chart. The title track was released as a single and reached #61 on the United States, US ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, R&B record chart, chart.[ "Artist Search for "sound experience" AllMusic"], AllMusic Their subsequent album, Boogie Woogie, was released on Buddah Records in 1975 to less success. The ensemble recorded little thereafter, but have been sampling (music), sampled by hip hop g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funk
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 a mixture of various music genres that were popular among African-Americans in the mid-20th century. It deemphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bassline played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a percussionist, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Funk typically consists of a complex percussive groove with rhythm instruments playing interlocking grooves that create a "hypnotic" and "danceable" feel. It uses the same richly colored extended chords found in bebop jazz, such as minor chords with added sevenths and elevenths, and dominant seventh chords with altered ninths and thirteenths. Funk originated in the mid-1960s, with James Brown's development of a signature groove that emphasized the downbeat—with a heavy emphasis on the first be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
