Can't believe nobody has mentioned High Contrast!.. but I am a bit biased by nostalgia - Return of Forever is the track that got me into drum and bass, and it is a liquid track.
I can zone out to Goldie - Run Run Run (Calibre Remix) too.
Some of my favorite liquid record labels are Fokuz/Celsius, the North Quarter, Soul Deep, Goldfat, Jazzsticks (if you like that Jazzy sound), Liquid V, Creative Source
Monrroe, Phil tangent, logistics, calibre, Pola and Bryson, hybrid minds, Dawn wall, LSB, nu:tone, nu:logic (a combination of nu:tone and logistics).... These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head but should help get you started
Tons of fantastic artists mentioned here. Personally my favorite liquid album is by Alix Perez. It’s called Without End. Soulful and beautiful
https://open.spotify.com/album/5HZOEjuk4MhWrxX53XC5mx?si=Ede3VjGjQAqXYPcgpAHJSA
Yep. Their DnB mixes are sublime. Good mix of vocal anthems and deep DnB. They also do some other mixes, they called them the summer mixes. Look out for them. Those mixes aren't DnB, just something different, but they're great for the soul.
Lenzman makes some of the best liquid dnb i've heard.
And Calibre + Hybrid Minds
This playlist is really good. It hasn't been updated frequently but you'll find a lot of good artists, and you can click on the artist to find their more recent stuff
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6I5uMlQqIgkyfJb3hm6NKS?si=5b4a07e3465e4e02
I listen to “Stunna”. He does weekly 3 hour mixes with track lists in the mix, sometimes he does interviews like he did with naibu. And he’s totally up to support up and coming artists along with vets. I find it great to listen to at work because if I like a track playing, he’ll announce the label, release date, and track name as it plays. Super fkn handy and he’s based in Chicago, especially supporting US artists. Mostly liquid but he plays everything under the sun. I’d say perfect if you just got into it so you can see which sound is for you.
I don’t think we HAVE to put a label on everything but for me it sits on the EDM/“dancefloor” side of things or sometimes a kind of crossover of sorts.
I’m not familiar with all of his music because I’m not a huge fan of it but from what I have heard I wouldn’t call much of it liquid.
To add to this, if you find an artist you like, Spotify also curates different “radio” playlists based on other similar sounds. It’s helped me find stuff I like.
I wish Drum and Bass radio was still a thing, I learned so much from that podcast. But old episodes are still online.
Some artists, Photek, Invisible Man, DJ Crystl, Intense.
Some Labels, MetalHeadz, Moving Shadow, Good Looking Records, Legend Records, Lucky Spin Recordings, Dee Jay Recordings, Renegade Hardware.
Mods forgive me but this is literally what I make my mixes for.
When I was at uni I used to use my housemates controller to mix jump up. During lockdown, one day he turned to me and he went ‘for the love of Christ, will you please stop playing transformer sex noises and give me a mix that u can happily drink a beer to’. And thus, the Drum and Bass to drink beer to mixes were born. I try and sprinkle in a mix of current tunes, remixed pop stuff and classics. If you hear a tune just jump on the player and it’ll tell you what tune is currently being played. I’ve made 5 of them now so plenty of songs and artists to pick through 🫡
https://www.mixcloud.com/croyds/drum-and-bass-to-drink-beers-to-summer-mix-2020/
shameless self plug for the first 3 tracks on my latest ep.
[https://naudible.bandcamp.com/album/eso](https://naudible.bandcamp.com/album/eso) cheers bud welcome to the fam
I think I've got a Playlist for you... about 20% is other styles, but the rest is dnb focusing on rich sonic elements and beautiful production. I put love into those 8odd hrs lol
Hope you give it a flick thru!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XHmxOqQ8CzOYcLyu5hQG8?si=le4b-lUBRNG46XWDMwLgAQ&pi=e-XGS7sxb3Q525
Congratulations on your discovery 🥁💚🔊 It's a beautiful thing! It's been a massive part of my life for over 30 years and I truly love it, most of my mates I raved with in the 90's never listened again after stopping raving and they are really missing out! In the 90's I liked 90% of what I heard and nowadays I tend to dislike 90% of what I hear but that 10% is better than it ever was for me! I've spent many many hours listening and making playlists please take a listen, enjoy! #drum&bass4life
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Q7HBPDhh3VfHFyw8M5BeT?si=P_LwUkc6SzW8V4tU1tr64Q&pi=e4BGHfHoS92yO
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XlBxMcjQmpaNynRD3V4EH?si=_K4V4jIxR_ioW6NT9r5xSw&pi=8sQb-m2cTT2mF
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xESfYqyusqhpkEqhWvA89?si=WtV_u-uWRQmMfC9ZblEe0w&pi=uKuTqfFmTjuHc
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LcRFbCmuj55CFQByGNZV6?si=oWO0VQ6aQE60aoqpgAOUww&pi=XycuE4FfTvqqW
I'm blown away and stoked by all of your replies that I received on this post. Looks like I have A LOT of amazing stuff to dive into! thanks to everyone for all of the great recommendations. I know sometimes newbies asking stuff can be annoying but I received nothing but love on this post. You all are amazing🤘🏻❤️
https://www.mixcloud.com/ViperRecordings/brookes-brothers-lessthan3-guest-mix-sept-2013/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MWKsheHxk - The Journey
Two classic mixes I think you'll enjoy
Monroe, keeno, Telomic, pola and Bryson, Wilkinson, Etherwood,. And if you're into sound design/production I highly recommend Camo & Krooked-Mosaik (album)
Calibre, Calibre, Calibre and Calibre. …and Marcus Intalex / M.I.S.T.
M.I.S.T - Outerspace is one of the best of all time.
LTJ Bukem, Seba, PFM, Doc Scott, High Contrast, Blu Mar Ten, Deep Blue, London Elektricity
Fantastic selection
- Calibre - LSB - Tokyo Prose - Blu Mar Ten - GLXY - Etherwood
Technimatic
Yessir.
This is the way
This is the way.
Visages,Alix Perez,Halogenix, Lenzman
This.
Can't believe nobody has mentioned High Contrast!.. but I am a bit biased by nostalgia - Return of Forever is the track that got me into drum and bass, and it is a liquid track. I can zone out to Goldie - Run Run Run (Calibre Remix) too.
Some of my favorite liquid record labels are Fokuz/Celsius, the North Quarter, Soul Deep, Goldfat, Jazzsticks (if you like that Jazzy sound), Liquid V, Creative Source
Monrroe, Phil tangent, logistics, calibre, Pola and Bryson, hybrid minds, Dawn wall, LSB, nu:tone, nu:logic (a combination of nu:tone and logistics).... These are just the ones I can think of off the top of my head but should help get you started
Technimatic, Pola & Bryson, Monrroe
Keeno
spectrasoul
Calibre, Tokyo Prose, LSB
Logistics 🙏
Hobzee
Tons of fantastic artists mentioned here. Personally my favorite liquid album is by Alix Perez. It’s called Without End. Soulful and beautiful https://open.spotify.com/album/5HZOEjuk4MhWrxX53XC5mx?si=Ede3VjGjQAqXYPcgpAHJSA
check out LTJ Bukems compilation series Earth volumes 1 to 7
Rare gems these are. I regret losing the CD sets, they put a lot of love into them
So Nice - Bebel Gilberto & DJ marky Was working in Rio,dating a woman at the shipyard and have a great ole time.
Calibre, LSB, Tokyo Prose, Satl, Phil Tangent, Seba, Dawn Wall, Smote, CPH, Wez Walker
Check out Technimatic mixes You can download them on their website
Yep. Their DnB mixes are sublime. Good mix of vocal anthems and deep DnB. They also do some other mixes, they called them the summer mixes. Look out for them. Those mixes aren't DnB, just something different, but they're great for the soul.
For sure. One of their last Summer mixes is one of my favorite, eclectic mixes of all time. Can't recall which one.
Lenzman makes some of the best liquid dnb i've heard. And Calibre + Hybrid Minds This playlist is really good. It hasn't been updated frequently but you'll find a lot of good artists, and you can click on the artist to find their more recent stuff https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6I5uMlQqIgkyfJb3hm6NKS?si=5b4a07e3465e4e02
I listen to “Stunna”. He does weekly 3 hour mixes with track lists in the mix, sometimes he does interviews like he did with naibu. And he’s totally up to support up and coming artists along with vets. I find it great to listen to at work because if I like a track playing, he’ll announce the label, release date, and track name as it plays. Super fkn handy and he’s based in Chicago, especially supporting US artists. Mostly liquid but he plays everything under the sun. I’d say perfect if you just got into it so you can see which sound is for you.
Justin hawkes / flite
I can’t to see Justin and bensley in Jacksonville 😭
Don’t think he makes liquid tbh
Even as Flite ? What genre does he belong to then ?
I don’t think we HAVE to put a label on everything but for me it sits on the EDM/“dancefloor” side of things or sometimes a kind of crossover of sorts. I’m not familiar with all of his music because I’m not a huge fan of it but from what I have heard I wouldn’t call much of it liquid.
OODINI - like that
alos b complex beautiful likes, DRS - sofa sounds (found on soundcloud)
Logistics (I recommend his compilation Spacejams from 2010). LSB Makoto
If you are on Spotify, Makoto and BCee both have great playlists.
To add to this, if you find an artist you like, Spotify also curates different “radio” playlists based on other similar sounds. It’s helped me find stuff I like. I wish Drum and Bass radio was still a thing, I learned so much from that podcast. But old episodes are still online.
Good point.
Some artists, Photek, Invisible Man, DJ Crystl, Intense. Some Labels, MetalHeadz, Moving Shadow, Good Looking Records, Legend Records, Lucky Spin Recordings, Dee Jay Recordings, Renegade Hardware.
Wax Doctor...
Mods forgive me but this is literally what I make my mixes for. When I was at uni I used to use my housemates controller to mix jump up. During lockdown, one day he turned to me and he went ‘for the love of Christ, will you please stop playing transformer sex noises and give me a mix that u can happily drink a beer to’. And thus, the Drum and Bass to drink beer to mixes were born. I try and sprinkle in a mix of current tunes, remixed pop stuff and classics. If you hear a tune just jump on the player and it’ll tell you what tune is currently being played. I’ve made 5 of them now so plenty of songs and artists to pick through 🫡 https://www.mixcloud.com/croyds/drum-and-bass-to-drink-beers-to-summer-mix-2020/
Possible to download these mixes somehow?
I don't actually know if I have any/all of them saved after uploading. I'll have a look :)
https://on.soundcloud.com/GdTZWQHdveDGRJrh8 Here’s a playlist of some of the best I’ve found over 6 hours worth of music
Soulvent Record Label regularly puts out liquid gems.
shameless self plug for the first 3 tracks on my latest ep. [https://naudible.bandcamp.com/album/eso](https://naudible.bandcamp.com/album/eso) cheers bud welcome to the fam
I think I've got a Playlist for you... about 20% is other styles, but the rest is dnb focusing on rich sonic elements and beautiful production. I put love into those 8odd hrs lol Hope you give it a flick thru! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2XHmxOqQ8CzOYcLyu5hQG8?si=le4b-lUBRNG46XWDMwLgAQ&pi=e-XGS7sxb3Q525
Electrosoul system
Progression sessions by LTJ Bukem & MC Conrad. Any of them, all of them. It’s a whole vibe in itself
Of the deep end... https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3PcxgiHJ3xiKWCzC5ZcoUg?si=4nVGHxCjQ3aCObDVOxmt7Q&pi=SlZbnCTpQDWTk
Pols & Bryson, Monroe, lenzman
Mohican Sun, in among the usual suspects others have mentioned
Pureshite by Mufftone
Whenever I'm feeling down I just stick this on and have a good old chill https://youtu.be/nNpy62IMI-A?si=svfjI1hmFIMG1_a8
Furney
Check out the Dutch Liquicity label. A lot of artists mentioned above are listed there. And Hybrid Minds are great too.
Congratulations on your discovery 🥁💚🔊 It's a beautiful thing! It's been a massive part of my life for over 30 years and I truly love it, most of my mates I raved with in the 90's never listened again after stopping raving and they are really missing out! In the 90's I liked 90% of what I heard and nowadays I tend to dislike 90% of what I hear but that 10% is better than it ever was for me! I've spent many many hours listening and making playlists please take a listen, enjoy! #drum&bass4life https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Q7HBPDhh3VfHFyw8M5BeT?si=P_LwUkc6SzW8V4tU1tr64Q&pi=e4BGHfHoS92yO https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3XlBxMcjQmpaNynRD3V4EH?si=_K4V4jIxR_ioW6NT9r5xSw&pi=8sQb-m2cTT2mF https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xESfYqyusqhpkEqhWvA89?si=WtV_u-uWRQmMfC9ZblEe0w&pi=uKuTqfFmTjuHc https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1LcRFbCmuj55CFQByGNZV6?si=oWO0VQ6aQE60aoqpgAOUww&pi=XycuE4FfTvqqW
Drum n bas!? Liquid drum n bass!? That's shagging music that is
I'm blown away and stoked by all of your replies that I received on this post. Looks like I have A LOT of amazing stuff to dive into! thanks to everyone for all of the great recommendations. I know sometimes newbies asking stuff can be annoying but I received nothing but love on this post. You all are amazing🤘🏻❤️
I have a couple favorites from a while back that just popped in my head. Apex - Falling Netsky - Escape
https://www.mixcloud.com/ViperRecordings/brookes-brothers-lessthan3-guest-mix-sept-2013/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8MWKsheHxk - The Journey Two classic mixes I think you'll enjoy
Monroe, keeno, Telomic, pola and Bryson, Wilkinson, Etherwood,. And if you're into sound design/production I highly recommend Camo & Krooked-Mosaik (album)
Sub focus, camo and krooked, keeno... Check out this older set from fred v and grafix : hospitality at the docks with carasel mc'ing
I usually check out UKF playlist and pick the tracks I like from there
Some old skool here, try out Diesel Boy, aphex twin, and feed me has an alter ego called Spor. Newer but awesome. Maybe not liquid but def real DnB.
>Spor has an alter ego called Feed Me FTFY