| Liquid funk | |
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| Stylistic origins | Oldschool Jungle Intelligent drum and bass Funk Disco Ambient Oldskool rave Trance music Soca Latin music Acid jazz Jazz music Trip hop |
| Cultural origins | Early 2000s, UK |
| Typical instruments | Sequencer - Turntables - Samplers - Drum machines - Personal computer - Vocals |
Liquid funk (alternatively, Liquid Drum & Bass, Liquid DNB or Liquid) is a sub-genre of drum and bass. While it uses similar basslines and bar layouts to other styles, it contains fewer bar-oriented samples and more instrumental layers (both synthesized and natural), harmonies, and ambience, producing a calmer atmosphere directed at both home listeners and nightclub audiences.
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In 2000, Fabio began championing a new form of drum and bass he called "Liquid funk", with a compilation release of the same name on his Creative Source label.[1] This was characterised by influences from disco and house music, and widespread use of vocals. Although slow to catch on at first, the style grew massively in popularity around 2003-2004, and by 2005 it was established as one of the biggest-selling subgenres in drum and bass, with labels like Good Looking Records (although this label is strongly cross-genred with atmospheric drum and bass), Hospital Records, Liquid V, Shogun Limited, Fokuz Recordings, and artists like Calibre, Netsky, High Contrast, Logistics, London Elektricity, Nu:Tone, and Solid State among its main proponents.[2]
Liquid funk is very similar to intelligent drum and bass, but has subtle differences.[3] Liquid funk has stronger influences from soca, latin, disco, jazz, and funk music, while IDB creates a calmer yet more synthetic sound, using smooth synth lines and samples in place of the organic element achieved by use of real instruments.
A second wave of Liquid music started from 2006-09 with a rise of artists such as Eveson, Alix Perez, Zero T, Lenzman and Spectrasoul to name a few. Like the Liquid preceding it, it came predominately from the UK. Although more of it was coming internationally. These innovative artists tended to steer away from the Amens and 808's and brought new sounds to the drum and bass scene.
On the 1st October 2007 High Contrast brought Liquid Funk back to the mainstream with his album, Tough Guys Don't Dance, releasing tracks such as If We Ever (Featuring Diane Charlemagne) which made Radio 1's Dance singles chart, Kiss Kiss bang Bang and Tread Softly. This ended up "crossing over" and becoming one of the most listened to Drum and Bass album's of 2007. The success of Liquid Funk never left the mainstream, and was followed by Mistabishi's 'No Matter What' being played on daytime radio, Chase & Status' "More Than Alot"' album charting and the Brookes Brother's single 'Tear You Down' hitting Dance charts. YouTube channels such as Liquicity, Pandadnb, SKANKANDBASS and many more have caused a worldwide viral for Liquid Funk through promoting the work of the respected artists.
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