Complex sentence: The term "avant-funk" has been used to describe acts who combined funk with art rock's concerns, exploring issues such as alienation, repression and technocracy of Western modernity.
Split into simpler sentences: The term "avant-funk" has been used to describe acts who combined funk with art rock's concerns. He noted avant-funk artists' preoccupations with issues such as alienation, repression and technocracy of Western modernity.