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Neurofunk
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The first <a href="/facts/Sound_effect/1M0EMu6b">sounds</a> of neurofunk emerged from <a href="/facts/Techstep/FctHPaxM">techstep</a> within the larger musical genre of <a href="/facts/Drum_and_bass/cbDj6Q3R">drum and bass</a> and <a href="/facts/Jungle_music/Lepkt4cp">jungle</a> during the late nineties. Neurofunk's early evolution – when diverging from techstep – can be heard on <a href="/facts/Ed_Rush/uh5oQ8Mm">Ed Rush</a> and <a href="/facts/Optical_(artist)/63U5DoLy">Optical</a>'s <i>Funktion</i> (1997) single for <a href="/facts/V_Recordings/MHq5eNdQ">V Recordings</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> as well as on their first album <i><a href="/facts/Wormhole_(album)/XX90GKyT">Wormhole</a></i> (1998) for Virus Recordings.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p><p> The first known mention of the term was in the book <i>Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture</i> (1998) by <a href="/facts/Simon_Reynolds/Xu4gkpjX">Simon Reynolds</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> This is where the <a href="/facts/English_(ethnic_group)/IeI9c7BK">English</a> music critic coined the name as a result of his personal perception of stylistic shifts in techstep – <a href="/facts/Backbeat/xJrxPJfS">backbeats</a> replacing <a href="/facts/Breakbeat/CRdWhUpY">breakbeats</a>, funk <a href="/facts/Harmonies/Uwagvon2">harmonies</a> replacing <a href="/facts/Industrial_music/Ua77gRPB">industrial</a> <a href="/facts/Timbre/lVXB949E">timbres</a>, and lack of emphasis on the <a href="/facts/Drop_(music)/SUlKnJt4">drop</a>: </p><blockquote><p>"(Neurofunk) is the fun-free culmination of jungle's strategy of cultural resistance: the eroticization of anxiety."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></p></blockquote> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Ed Rush & Optical - Funktion / Naked Lunch". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021. <a href="https://www.discogs.com/master/50655-Ed-Rush-Optical-Funktion-Naked-Lunch" target="_blank">https://www.discogs.com/master/50655-Ed-Rush-Optical-Funktion-Naked-Lunch</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Virus Recordings". Discogs.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021. <a href="https://www.discogs.com/label/275-Virus-Recordings" target="_blank">https://www.discogs.com/label/275-Virus-Recordings</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. (Picador, ISBN 0-330-35056-0) ("excerpt". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2021.) <a href="/wiki/Simon_Reynolds" target="_blank">/wiki/Simon_Reynolds</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Reynolds, Simon (1998). Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. (Picador, ISBN 0-330-35056-0) ("excerpt". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 22 May 2021.) <a href="/wiki/Simon_Reynolds" target="_blank">/wiki/Simon_Reynolds</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>