Neurofunk

Neuro Funk is an end of the 1990s arisen subgenre of drum and bass. Pioneers of this area are the drum -and- bass producer Ed Rush, Optical, Matrix, and MC / producer Ryme Tyme. This style, which has evolved from the drum -and- bass subgenre Techstep contains many influences from the genres Techno, Acid and jazz.

Was first used the term " Neuro Funk" in 1997 by arts journalists Simon Reynolds in an article in the music magazine The Wire.

Characteristic of the neurofunk are bass melodies, the vibrant from note to note ( in part an octave ) slide fast, hard sawtooth wave sounds, and notes be dead snare drums. The sound of the neurofunk a whole usually described as dark and cold.

Typical style tracks

• Ed Rush & Optical - Function
• Stakka & Skynet - Violent Extremes
• Psion - Reverse Engineering
• TeeBee - Meteron
• Black Sun Empire - Firing Squad
• Kraken - Illusions
• Wrisk - Diced Turkey
• Phace - Brainwave
• Ed Rush & Optical - Bacteria
• Matrix - Apache
• Noisia - The Distance
• Billain - Block Field
• Bad Company - The Nine
• Spor - Breath In, Scream out
• N.Phect & Dizplay - White Russian
• Krone & Strago - Evolution

Important representatives

• Mefjus
• Fourward
• L33
• B- Complex
• Bad Company
• Black Sun Empire
• Break
• Calyx
• Cause 4 Concern
• Corrupt Souls
• Gridlok
• Hive
• Matrix
• Noisia
• Silent Witness
• Spor
• TeeBee
• Phace
• The Upbeats
• Unknown Error
• Rockwell
• Malsum
• Computer Artist
• Survival
• Billain
• Misanthrope
• Xilent

Major labels

• Virus Recordings
• Citrus Recordings
• Lifted Music
• Bad Taste Recordings
• Subtitles Music
• Vision Recordings
• Neosignal audio
• Blackout Recordings
• Ammunition Recordings
• Overtech Recordings
• Eatbrain
• Rise audio