What is liquid drum & bass?

Liquid is the melodic, soulful side of drum & bass. Same speed as the rest of the genre, up around 170 BPM, but the focus shifts: real harmony, vocals, jazz and soul in the mix, room to breathe between the breaks.

The name came from Fabio’s radio show, where he used it for a dedicated half-hour section built around Calibre’s productions. He put it on a record afterwards, a compilation called Liquid Funk, released on his Creative Source label in 2000. It grew into its own through the mid-2000s, carried by labels like Hospital and artists like Calibre, LTJ Bukem, and London Elektricity.

Liquid is the warm end of the spectrum, and a core part of what Proper plays.