Gothic funk: Brilliant

At the forefront of the 80s gothic funk bands was Brilliant, the band formed by bassist Youth (Martin Glover) after leaving Killing Joke in 1982.  (And they weren't the only one, I can think of about two more.)  If Wikipedia is to be believed, the band lineup on the 1983 "Colours" 12" is Youth and Guy Pratt on bass, Marcus Myers on lead vocal and guitar, and Andy Anderson and Peter Ogi on drums; no word on who played the keyboards (probably Youth) or who supplied the sexy moans and groans (probably not Youth).

The sleeve design is by Mark Manning, who would later team up with Jimmy Cauty (of the final incarnation of Brilliant) , adopt the nom de musique Zodiac Mindwarp and spearhead the "grebo" fad.  (The art itself is not by Manning, but Gustave Doré.)  Brilliant became a Uriah Heep-like revolving door for musicians, which didn't stop them from putting out a string of great singles.  When their album deal was announced I was overjoyed, because that meant I'd be getting a whole bunch of new Brilliant songs all at once.  What a disaster that turned out to be.  I can demonstrate exactly what went wrong, but later; right now I'm grooving on what went right.