| Edo Funk | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | dance music,traditional edo music |
| Cultural origins | 1970sNigeria |
| Typical instruments | Varies |
| Regional scenes | |
| Nigeria | |
| Local scenes | |
| Edo State | |
Edo funk is a musical style fromBenin City,Edo State, created in the early 1970s.[1] The Edo Funk music genre is a cosmopolitan popular dance music with integrating elements from the nativeEdo culture and fusing them with new sound effects coming fromNigerian night-clubs.[1] Nick Roseblade describes Edo Funk as "[a] hybrid music that mixed traditional rhythms, jazz horns, driving drums, day-glo keyboards, and wonky guitars. It reduced everything down to the bare minimum."[2]
Edo Funk's pioneers and best known exponent isVictor Uwaifo, who has released a series of Edo Funk album recordings starting in the 1970s with other Edo musicians such asAkaba Man,Osayomore Joseph, Ukodo,Fabomo andCollins Oke.Ekassa andAkwete were also the sub genres of Edo Funk, to interpret the traditional Benin sound.[1]
In 2021, German Record labelAnalog Africa released Edo Funk Explosion Vol. 1, a compilation of song by Victor Uwaifo, Osayomore Joseph and Akaba Man.[2]
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