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| Neurofunk | |
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| Stylistic origins | |
| Cultural origins | Late 1990s, United Kingdom |
| Derivative forms | Glitch hop |
| Fusion genres | |
| Neurohop | |
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Neurofunk (also known informally as neuro) is a subgenre of drum and bass which emerged from England in the mid-to-late 1990s as a stylistic diversion from techstep.
Music critic Simon Reynolds coined the term Neurofunk in his 1998 book Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture. [1] He described it as a stylistic shift from techstep and as "the fun-free culmination of jungle's strategy of cultural resistance: the eroticization of anxiety". [1]
Early examples of such music diverging from Techstep, leading to Reynold coining the term Neurofunk, include Ed Rush and Optical's Funktion (1997) single for V Recordings, [2] as well as on their first album Wormhole (1998) for Virus Recordings. [3] . As with any musical subgenre, there is no clearly defined and agreed explanation as to how Neurofunk might have evolved since Reynolds first coined the term.