1980s Japan lives on in Hong Kong as ‘future funk’ music finds a home. We meet a fan of vintage pop culture who’s helped the genre thrive

1980s Japan lives on in Hong Kong as ‘future funk’ music finds a home. We meet a fan of vintage pop culture who’s helped the genre thrive

It is the centre of a growing genre of electronic music that remixes the sights and sounds of 1980s Japan into an energetic, dance-floor-ready style called “future funk”. Law looks at a vinyl record of Sailorwave, by Macross 82-99. Photo: Jonathan Vit “Nostalgia is a really big part of the whole future funk community,” says … Read more