Liquid are a British
dance
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act, formed by Eamon Downes (a.k.a. Ame) and Shane Heneghan (a.k.a. DJ Model).
Biography
"
Sweet Harmony", Liquid's first and best-known track, layered the
house music
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of
CeCe Rogers
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He was given the nickname CeCe by James Brown, who watched him performing at 11 years of age, imitating Chub ...
' "Someday"
over rolling breakbeats. Initially released in 1991 on the self-pressed
white label White label may refer to:
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* White label record, records with plain white labels attached.
* White Label Music, an independent record label based in the United Kingdom
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''Liquid EP'' of 500 copies, it was re-released to a wider audience on XL Recordings in the following year.
[Old Skool Classic: Liquid - Sweet Harmony]
(Interview with Ame), Kmag 2010, accessed 19 February 2010
The "Sweet Harmony" single was followed by ''The Future Music''
EP which included "Liquid Is Liquid". Following Heneghan's departure from the group after the first two releases, Liquid's reputation for
recording
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alternative dancefloor fillers was cemented with "Time to Get Up" and the
flamenco
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guitar
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s of "One Love Family" - both of which were ''
Mixmag
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History
The first issue of ''Mixmag'' was printe ...
'' 'singles of the week'.
The first three EPs were recorded with
producer Jezz Wright at Blockhouse.
Liquid have achieved
top 40
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singles
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in the
UK,
and several
Europe
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an
hits
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. The ''
NME
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'' described the
XL Recordings
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It releases an average of six albums a year. T ...
album
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''Liquid Culture'' as "sophisticated, soulful techno." Liquid has performed live in many countries over many years. December 2007 saw the re-release of "Sweet Harmony" on XL Recordings with
remix
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es by James Talk, Dave Spoon and Streetlife
DJs. A
drum and bass
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remix of "
Sweet Harmony" by
Danny Byrd
Danny Byrd (born 4 May 1979) is an English DJ, record producer and musician from Bath, Somerset, Bath in the South West of England. He is influenced by genres such as house music, house, UK garage, contemporary R&B, R&B and the jungle music, j ...
was released in early 2010.
[
]
Discography
Albums
*''Culture'' (1995)
*''Energy Flows'' (2017)
*''Back to Rave 1'' (2018)
*''Spacemonkey'' (2019)
*''Lethal'' (2021)
*''Back to Rave 2'' (2023)
*''Atmospheric Rave'' (2023)
Singles and EPs
*''Liquid EP'' (1991)
*" Sweet Harmony" (1992) - UK #15,Danny Byrd
Danny Byrd (born 4 May 1979) is an English DJ, record producer and musician from Bath, Somerset, Bath in the South West of England. He is influenced by genres such as house music, house, UK garage, contemporary R&B, R&B and the jungle music, j ...
featuring Liquid) (2010) - UK #64
*"Toxic Drop" (2019)
*"Get Straight/Clout Chasing" (with Fast Eddie) (2020)
*"Dove Removal Machine" (2021)
References
External links
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Musical groups established in 1991
Breakbeat hardcore music groups
Hardcore techno music groups
English techno music groups
English house music duos
British trance music groups
English dance music groups
British electronic dance music duos
1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
XL Recordings artists