Psychedelic funk (also called P-funk or funkadelia, and sometimes conflated with psychedelic soul[) is a music genre that combines funk music with elements of psychedelic rock.]
History
Origins: Late 1960s
Inspired by Jimi Hendrix and psychedelic culture, the psychedelic soul group Sly and the Family Stone borrowed techniques from psychedelic rock music, including , , , and vocal distorters.
Development: 1970s and later
In 1970, Hendrix released the trio album Band of Gypsys, described as "ground zero" for psychedelic funk.
During the early 1970s, the main elements of psychedelic funk were adopted as signifiers of "urban blackness" and incorporated into blaxploitation films.[ The 1971 James Brown instrumental album Sho Is Funky Down Here, directed by bandleader David Matthews, explored "fuzzy" psychedelic funk.]
In the late 1970s, new wave band Talking Heads explored psychedelic funk, influenced by George Clinton and P-Funk, on a .
International artists
The West German band Can played psychedelic funk as part of that country's 1970s krautrock scene.
Examples of psychedelic funk from world music scenes have been collected on compilations issued on the World Psychedelic Funk Classics label,[All Music Various Artists, Psych-Funk Sa-Re-Ga! Seminar: Aesthetic Expressions of Psychedelic Funk Music in India 1970-1983, AllMusic Review by John Bush] including the 2009 compilation Psych-Funk 101: 1968-1975.
Influence and later developments
In the early 1970s, jazz artists such as Miles Davis and Herbie Hancock, influenced by Sly Stone, combined elements of psychedelic funk with urban jazz to pioneer jazz fusion.
The 1990s hip hop duo OutKast were also influenced by black psychedelic musicians such as Sly Stone and Clinton.
See also
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Funk
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Psychedelic music
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Psychedelic culture
