Editing Brit funk (section)

{{Short description|Music genre}}
{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Brit funk
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[Funk]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[soul music|soul]]|[[reggae]]|[[Jazz|jazz<ref>{{cite book |last1=Strachan |first1=Robert |title=Britfunk: Black British Popular Music, Identity and the Recording Industry in the Early 1980s |date=2014 |publisher=Aldershot: Ashgate |page=67}}</ref>]]|[[post-disco]]<ref name="Stanley">{{cite web |last1=Stanley |first1=Bob |title=Forget 1966, because 1981 was pop's year of revolution |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/dec/17/1981-pop-year-of-revolution |website=The Guardian |access-date=9 February 2020 |date=17 December 2015}}</ref>}}
| cultural_origins  = Late 1970s, United Kingdom
| other_topics      = [[List of funk musicians]]
}}
'''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. It mixes elements from [[jazz]], [[funk]], [[Soul music|soul]], [[urban dance]] rhythms and pop hooks. The scene originated in southern England and spread with support from DJs including [[DJ Froggy]], [[Greg Edwards (DJ)|Greg Edwards]], [[Robbie Vincent]], [[Chris Hill (DJ)|Chris Hill]]<ref name=petridis>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/apr/02/how-britfunk-overcame-racism-to-reinvigorate-uk-pop |title='There were pitched battles, fist fights': how Britfunk overcame racism to reinvigorate UK pop |last=Petridis |first=Alexis|date=2 April 2021|website=[[theguardian.com]]|access-date=2 April 2021}}</ref> and [[Colin Curtis (DJ)|Colin Curtis]]. Major funk acts included Jimmy James and the Vagabonds, [[Average White Band]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-average-white-band-mn0000064454/biography|title=Average White Band|author=Ankeny, Jason |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=31 January 2020}}</ref> [[Ian Dury]] & [[the Blockheads]], Carl Douglas, Hot Chocolate, the Delegation, [[Hi-Tension]], [[Light of the World (band)|Light of the World]], [[Level 42]], [[Central Line (band)|Central Line]], the Pasadenas, [[Beggar and Co]] and [[Soul II Soul]].<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/artist/soul-ii-soul-mn0000035076/credits Soul II Soul] Retrieved 02 March 2022</ref> The genre also influenced 1980s [[New wave music|new wave]]/pop groups such as [[Culture Club]], [[Bow Wow Wow]], [[Pigbag]], [[Dexys Midnight Runners]] and [[Haircut 100]].<ref>cite magazine | last1=Ellen| first1=Mark| title= The Boy Wonder (interview with Nick Heyward)|magazine= Smash Hits|volume= 4|issue= 9|pages=28, 31|publisher= EMAP Metro| access-date=18 June 2022</ref>