NORTHERN SOUL IN THE 80'S AND LATER
'SHAPERS OF THE 80'S' was a known name for the people into the northern soul trend but changed it slightly so they 'shaped' it in the 80's.
Wigan Casino closed in 1981 and many believed that the Northern soul scene was on the verge of disappearing. However, the 1970s mod revive, the thriving scooterboy subculture and the acid jazz movement produced a new wave of fans. The popularity of the music was further produced in the 1980s by a wave of albums from small British independent record labels. Many of these labels were set up by DJs who had been part of the original Northern soul scene.
The 1980s — often dismissed as a low period for Northern soul by those who had left the scene in the 1970s, featured almost 100 new venues in places as diverse as Bradford, London, Peterborough, Leighton Buzzard, Whitchurch, Coventry and Leicester.
People who were involved in northern soul in the 1970's but had moved away from this, have now in today's culture brought themselves in and get involved/attend northern soul events that happen all over the country currently.
The music of Yorkshire singer John Newman has been described as 'Northern soul', including his No. 1 hit 'Love Me Again'. One version of the video for the song features stereotypical Northern soul dancing. Additionally, the track samples the famous soul drum break from James Brown's 'Funky Drummer', performed by Clyde Stubblefield.
The hostility towards any contemporary music style from Northern soul traditionalists at Wigan Casino led to the creation of the spin-off modern soul movement in the early 1980s.
Wigan Casino closed in 1981 and many believed that the Northern soul scene was on the verge of disappearing. However, the 1970s mod revive, the thriving scooterboy subculture and the acid jazz movement produced a new wave of fans. The popularity of the music was further produced in the 1980s by a wave of albums from small British independent record labels. Many of these labels were set up by DJs who had been part of the original Northern soul scene.
The 1980s — often dismissed as a low period for Northern soul by those who had left the scene in the 1970s, featured almost 100 new venues in places as diverse as Bradford, London, Peterborough, Leighton Buzzard, Whitchurch, Coventry and Leicester.
People who were involved in northern soul in the 1970's but had moved away from this, have now in today's culture brought themselves in and get involved/attend northern soul events that happen all over the country currently.
The music of Yorkshire singer John Newman has been described as 'Northern soul', including his No. 1 hit 'Love Me Again'. One version of the video for the song features stereotypical Northern soul dancing. Additionally, the track samples the famous soul drum break from James Brown's 'Funky Drummer', performed by Clyde Stubblefield.
The hostility towards any contemporary music style from Northern soul traditionalists at Wigan Casino led to the creation of the spin-off modern soul movement in the early 1980s.
The Northern soul movement inspired the film 'Soulboy' (2010), directed by Shimmy Marcus, and at least one novel: Do I Love You? (2008) by Paul McDonald. In June 2010, theatre director Fiona Laird wrote and directed Keeping the Faith, a musical based on the Wigan Casino scene and featuring Northern soul music. It was staged at the Central School of Speech and Drama's Webber Douglas Studio, with a revival at the same venue in September 2010.
In today's modern culture, northern soul is obviously still around as there is music, clothes, people and events that are constantly happening, however, it is no where near as big as it used to be. It used to be the big thing that most people were involved in or at least interested in, it was those day's 'trend' where as the 'techno' and rave scene is today's trend.
References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul
References:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_soul
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