Liquid Funk Artists
Fast breakbeats race beneath warm basslines, jazzy chords, and soulful vocals that soften drum and bass into a melodic glide.
14 Liquid Funk artists · 54 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Hospital Records, Positiva, Day Ones
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About Liquid Funk
In the drum and bass scene, liquid funk takes the genre’s basslines and bar structures in a more melodic, atmospheric direction. Its roots lie in drum and bass, but jazz, soul and, at times, blues supply much of its harmonic language and emotional pull. The result can feel reflective without losing the pace and physical lift associated with breakbeats.
Rather than leaning heavily on short, bar-focused samples, liquid funk layers synthesizers with natural instrumental sounds, using chords, melodies and spacious ambience to fill the track. Bass remains central, while rolling drums keep it connected to jungle and other drum and bass styles. Compared with more stripped-back or aggressively dancefloor-focused DnB, it gives greater room to harmony and mood. That balance suits both close listening at home and the scale of a club or rave system.
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What is Liquid Funk?
Liquid Funk is a music genre defined by fast breakbeat rhythms, rolling basslines, layered synth and natural instrumentation, melodic harmonies and ambience, and jazz and soul influences. Fast breakbeats race beneath warm basslines, jazzy chords, and soulful vocals that soften drum and bass into a melodic glide.
What BPM is Liquid Funk?
Liquid Funk tracks typically run between 170 and 180 BPM.
Where did Liquid Funk come from?
Liquid Funk originated in United Kingdom, late 1990s.
What instruments are used in Liquid Funk?
Liquid Funk is built mainly from drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, bass guitar, piano, and vocal samples.
Which Liquid Funk artists are most popular?
Sub Focus, BCee, Calibre, Wilkinson, and Sigma are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 14 Liquid Funk artists on this page.
Which labels release Liquid Funk?
Hospital Records, Positiva, Day Ones, Spearhead Records, and Highly Contrasting have put out the most Liquid Funk records in the Tracknack catalogue.
What genres are similar to Liquid Funk?
Artists tagged Liquid Funk are most often also tagged Drum and Bass, Electronic, Jungle, Breakbeat, and Dubstep.
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