Boogie (genre)

Boogie (sometimes called post-disco and

Characteristics#

Boogie, following the example of post-disco, generally lacks the four-on-the-floor beat, the “traditional” rhythm of disco music; instead, the genre has a strong accent on the second and fourth beats, and tempo generally in the 110 to 116 beats-per-minute range. and predominantly draws from funk music. Other influences from a completely different music landscape include jazz. The term, coined by British DJs Norman Jay and Dez Parkes, had been used on eBay to refer a specific form of early-1980s dance music of African-American origin.

1920s–1930s: etymology#

The first documented use of the word boogie is dated back to 1929. Boogie, as defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is an occasion for dancing to the strongly rhythmic rock music that encourages people to dance. Earliest association of the word boogie was with blues and later rock and roll and rockabilly genres.

1970s–1980s: current meaning#

In the 1970s, the term was revitalized for disco and later post-disco subcultures. The term “boogie” was used in London to describe a form of African-American dance/funk music from the 1980s. The name boogie tended to be used as, although essentially used to describe disco records, the word disco had gained bad connotations by the early 1980s. Originally the word boogie could be found in 1970s funk, soul, R&B and disco records, most notably: * “Boogie Down” (1974) by Eddie Kendricks * “Jungle Boogie” (1974) and “Spirit of the Boogie” (1975) by Kool and the Gang * “The Bertha Butt Boogie” (1975) by The Jimmy Castor Bunch * “Boogie Fever” (1976) by The Silvers * “Boogie Nights” (1977) by Heatwave * “Yes Sir, I Can Boogie” (1977) by Baccara * “I’m Your Boogie Man” (1977) and “Boogie Shoes” (1978) by KC and the Sunshine Band * “Boogie Oogie Oogie” (1978) by A Taste of Honey * “Aqua Boogie” (1978) by Parliament * “Blame It on the Boogie” (1978) by The Jacksons * “Boogie Wonderland” (1979) by Earth, Wind & Fire His single “I Just Gotta Have You (Lover Turn Me On)” from the 1983 debut album Kashif helped to define the early 1980s boogie sound. D. Train, and Sharon Redd. While some record producers, such as François Kevorkian and Larry Levan, were polishing and extending the limits of urban-oriented boogie, others like Arthur Baker and John “Jellybean” Benitez drew their influences from European and Japanese technopop music. The latter approach paved the way for electro, and subsequently, freestyle music. Boogie had a popular following within London’s underground scene, often based around nightclubs and club DJs due to a lack of mainstream radio support. Boogie records were mostly imported from the U.S. and were sometimes labeled as “electro-funk” or “disco-funk.” A pioneer in this style of production was the Cameroonian-born (but Lagos-based) Nkono Teles, credited on over 100 Nigerian boogie records. Today, these recordings are characterized by their rawer or even lo-fi sound. In South Africa, afro-boogie significantly influenced the emergence of the popular bubblegum (or township) style of pop music.

2010s: revitalization#

Much later in the 2000s and early 2010s, indietronica groups and artists such as James Pants, Juice Aleem, Sa-Ra Creative Partners had been influenced by the sounds of boogie and 1980s electronic music in general. Chromeo, a Canadian duo, published a boogie-oriented album called She’s in Control in 2004. Dâm-Funk, another boogie-influenced artist hailing from Los Angeles, California, published an album Toeachizown in 2009. During the mid to late 2010s, boogie was part of the nu-disco and future funk renaissance, the former a primarily European artists-led EDM phenomenon, fusing French house with American 1970s disco and 1980s boogie, and 1980s European electronic dance music styles,

Electro#

Among electro-boogie (later shortened to electro) pioneers include Zapp, D. Train, Sinnamon and other post-disco/boogie musicians; especially those influenced by new wave and synthpop acts like Human League or Gary Numan, combined with the R&B sound of Herbie Hancock and George Clinton. About electro origins, Greg Wilson argues:

Genre family: 1980s in music, 2000s in music, 2010s in music, 20th-century music genres, American styles of music, Rhythm and blues genres