![]() It wasn’t just a plain copy of the heyday sound – many bands mixed the trippy ’60s heritage with more contemporary sound of indie rock. Without touching the surface of mainstream, new psych-influenced scenes emerged in Europe and the US throughout the ’80s and the ’90s. Albums, such as Beauty and the Beat by Edan, Further Adventures of Lord Quas by Quasimoto, Paul White and the Purple Brain by Paul White, and The Trip by Dexter, proved that hip hop can be just as way-out, as the records by Jimi Hendrix, Ultimate Spinach, Gong and Can.A new kind of psych collector has emerged – folks that dig for psychedelic breaks.Īlthough most people relate to the psychedelic music strictly as the late ’60s/early ’70s genre, in fact, it never really disappeared. On the one hand, producers like Nobody, Mumbles or El-P used psych and prog as the main source of their sound, and on the other, DJs like Cut Chemist, Egon, DJ Format and Andy Votel filled their sets with more fuzz guitars, head-swirling sitar and buzzing analog synthesizers, rather than horns and Hammond organ. DJ Shadow not only grabbed nice funky breaks from psych records, but he also created music largely influenced by these genres.įor many crate diggers the interest in psychedelic grooves became the sort of “next level” following deep funk 45s and obscure jazz and soul. ![]() Fast forward to the ’90s, and hip-hop producers like Diamond D, Prince Paul, Dan the Automator and DJ Shadow, took their inspiration from sampling psychedelic and progressive music of the ’60s and ’70s. As long as the tune had the right groove, it worked perfectly with MC’s and B-boys. Not so long ago he brought out that incredible crate of leftfield funk, this time around he picks out 10 curious psychedelic-driven breaks and grooves of the last 20 years.īack in the mid-1970s, Afrika Bambaataa became one of the first DJs to drive hip hop fans’ attention to the music genres outside of traditional funk, soul and RnB. Musician, DJ, digger and music archivist Markey Funk is a staple of the Israeli groove scene.
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