Hi,
About Northern Soul:
During the latter part of the 60’s and into the 70’s
British dancers were letting their hair down to
Northern Soul, a peculiarly British phenomenon. It was
basically a collection of uptempo soul songs (usually
over 125 bpm), a popular example of which was Edwin
Starr’s “Agent Double O Soul” and Skull Snaps “My Hang
up Is You ” This developed out of the clubs in the
North of England (hence the name Northern Soul) and
caught on in a big way across the country. The lack of
availability of new material inevitably spelt an end
to the popularity of Northern Soul (although there is
a bit of an underground revival today) and soon the
clubbers were looking for a substitute frenetic dance
sound. Although this was available as early disco
music the fact that this had spread from the gay clubs
prejudiced many British DJs from playing this type of
music in their clubs for fear of getting a
“reputation”, and another alternative was found. This
was to come from the jazz scene but was to be more
latin influenced and more uptempo.
See also:
http://www.geocities.com/~solidhit/soulintro.html
http://www.geocities.com/jahsonic/NorthernSoul.html
Yours
Jan
--- Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com> wrote:
> At 04:55 AM 5/18/00 -0700, jahsonic wrote:
>
> >Other musical genres invented by British music
> >journalists: Northern Soul, Acid Jazz, Acid House,
> >Techno, Balearic, Speed Garage, Jazz-Funk.
>
> What about...2-Step Garage, Tech Step, Trip-Hop, Big
> Beat, Funky Breaks,
> Jazz Step, aw heck...
>
> What is "Northern Soul" by the way? I kind of have a
> general sense of what
> it is (it's mod-related, right?) but no real
> definition...
>
>
>
> - 30 -
> : . elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
> : . elson@westworld.com : www.westworld.com/~elson
> : . groove to the futurethnic beats of e:trinity at
> www.e-trinity.org and
> www.mp3.com.etrinity
>
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