Christian Br¸dsj¸ (who had great taste in soul music!) left the scene some years ago.
As Chalky said we (Scandinavia at least) don't have the baggage that the UK scene has, so reading this tread (now 11 pages!) is kinda strange for us. There is only one word for the music we love (here I only speak for Oslo Soul Experience!) and that is soul. I have no problem understanding what you are talking about cos we need terms to describe the «different» sound of soul, but for us that makes no boarders within soul music.