# Deep funk

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{{Short description|Subgenre of funk music}}

{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Deep funk
| stylistic_origins = [Funk](/source/Funk)
| cultural_origins  = Late 1960s, United States
| instruments       = 
| derivatives       = [Hip hop](/source/Hip_hop_music), [rare groove](/source/rare_groove), [Northern soul](/source/Northern_soul)
| subgenrelist      =
| subgenres         =
| fusiongenres      =
| regional_scenes   =
| other_topics      = [List of funk musicians](/source/List_of_funk_musicians)
}}

'''Deep funk''' is a subgenre of [funk](/source/funk) music which features a "hard, lean" sound and emphasis on groove, [improvisation](/source/musical_improvisation), and musicianship over traditional songwriting.<ref name="allmusicguide">{{cite book |last1=Bush |first1=John |author2=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |author3=Chris Woodstra |author4=Vladimir Bogdanov |title=All Music Guide to Soul The Definitive Guide to R&B and Soul |date=2003 |publisher=Backbeat |page=ix}}</ref> The term is also used to describe rare funk recordings sought out by collectors and DJs.<ref name="allmusicguide"/> Artists such as [James Brown](/source/James_Brown) and [the Meters](/source/the_Meters) were basic reference points for the style.<ref name="allmusicguide"/>

Deep funk later saw increased popularity due to [hip hop](/source/hip_hop_music) producers seeking out new material to sample, as well as in the British [rare groove](/source/rare_groove) and [Northern soul](/source/Northern_soul) scenes.<ref name="allmusicguide"/> Though most deep funk was originally released on [45s](/source/45_(record)), modern releases by labels such as Goldmine, BBE, and [Stones Throw](/source/Stones_Throw_Records), as well as DJ [Keb Darge](/source/Keb_Darge)'s compilations of deep funk, have helped usher the style into the CD age.<ref name="allmusicguide"/>

==History==
{{Original research section|date=January 2022}}
It got its name after DJ [Keb Darge](/source/Keb_Darge)'s "Legendary Deep Funk" [DJ](/source/DJ) night,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Keb Darge presents The Best of Legendary Deep Funk (Deluxe), by Various Artists |url=https://bbemusic.bandcamp.com/album/keb-darge-presents-the-best-of-legendary-deep-funk-deluxe |access-date=2023-11-19 |website=BBE |language=en}}</ref> held at [Madame Jojo's](/source/Madame_Jojo's) nightclub in [London](/source/London)'s [Soho](/source/Soho) district. The night started originally with Snowboy, Keb Darge and Greg Belson as the DJs for the club session.

The focus of the scene is collecting and DJing rare [funk](/source/funk) 45s of the deep funk genre, most usually released originally by local funk groups and artists in the USA throughout the 1960s and 1970s that usually stayed in their local home bases, only playing nearby clubs and other venues, and releasing their music on small local and regional record labels at the time in the form of 7" 45 rpm singles in quite small quantities (usually about 1,000–5,000 copies or fewer), hence their extreme rarity and high collectible value.  Most of these records have quite high re-sale values due to their scarcity, with some selling for upwards of four to five figures.

==See also==
* [Northern soul](/source/Northern_soul)
* [Rare groove](/source/Rare_groove)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Funkmusic}}

Category:Funk genres

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