放克电子Electro (Electro-Funk)

Electro音乐混入了70年代的funk、80年代早期的合成器技术，它是种很纯的靠电子合成器来制造的音乐。90年代中期成熟了得electro音乐正是闯入了底特律和英国，非常独立的一个音乐类型，却有很多其它音乐的元素

将70年代的放克音乐与80年代初期出现的嘻哈文化和合成器技术融合在一起，产生了一种被称为Electro的风格。但是，对于公众来说，这似乎只是一时的流行-包括Afrikaa Bambaataa的“ Planet Rock”和Grandmaster Flash的“ The Message”（最多都不超过流行音乐前40名）的两三首歌，实际上是一次富有成效的测试为后来进入根本不同领域的创新者奠定了基础，其中包括Dre博士（曾与世界级“毁灭战士”一起工作）和Techno教父Juan Atkins（与Cybotron一起）。

Electro还为该风格的主要影响力之一提供了一个有趣的新方向：Herbie Hancock（其1973年的Headhunters专辑被证明很受融合）在1983年以电子单曲“ Rockit”席卷而来。尽管取得了成功（在Rhino的四碟Electric Funk装置中有完整记录），但这种风格很快就被80年代中期兴起的嘻哈音乐（通常来自摇滚唱片）而非音乐合成器所掩盖。然而，许多技术和舞蹈艺术家继续回想起声音，在90年代中期，底特律和英国出现了全面的电子复兴。

Blending '70s funk with the emerging hip-hop culture and synthesizer technology of the early '80s produced the style known alternately as Electro. But what seemed to be a brief fad for the public -- no more than two or three hits, including Afrikaa Bambaataa's "Planet Rock" and Grandmaster Flash's "The Message," neither of which made the pop Top 40 -- was in fact a fertile testing ground for innovators who later diverged into radically different territory, including Dr. Dre (who worked with the World Class Wreckin' Cru) and techno godfather Juan Atkins (with Cybotron).

Electro also provided an intriguing new direction for one of the style's prime influences: Herbie Hancock, whose 1973 Headhunters album proved a large fusion hit, came storming back in 1983 with the electro single "Rockit." Despite its successes (documented in full on Rhino's four-disc Electric Funk set), the style was quickly eclipsed by the mid-'80s rise of hip-hop music built around samples (often from rock records) rather than musical synthesizers. Nevertheless, many techno and dance artists continued harking back to the sound, and a full-fledged electro revival emerged in Detroit and Britain during the mid-'90s.