Style recipe for Suno v5
Liquid Drum and Bass
Liquid drum and bass from the 2000s: soft break loop, warm sub bass, lush string pad, dreamy and warm in feel. A name-free Suno recipe that reproduces the signature sound without tripping the artist-name filter.
History
Liquid drum and bass, also called liquid funk, keeps the basslines and bar structure of drum and bass but trades many of the hard, bar-oriented samples for instrumental layers, harmonies, melodies and atmosphere, so it works at home as well as in a club. Its roots are jazz and soul. The name comes from Fabio, who around the turn of the millennium released a compilation called Liquid Funk on his label Creative Source, a sound shaped by disco and house and full of vocals. It caught on slowly, then took off in 2003 and 2004, and by 2005 it was one of the best-selling branches of drum and bass, with Hospital Records among its key labels. LTJ Bukem and his label Good Looking Records sit close by, though that catalog leans toward atmospheric drum and bass. In October 2007 High Contrast released Tough Guys Don't Dance, and its single If We Ever, with Diane Charlemagne, made the Radio 1 dance chart and pulled liquid back toward the mainstream. Calibre, Netsky and London Elektricity are among its main names, and Liquicity, a YouTube channel started in 2008, grew into a label and event promoter in the Netherlands, Belgium and the UK.
The recipe
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Tag breakdown
Every descriptor in this style, listed one at a time.
| # | Tag |
|---|---|
| 1 | Liquid drum and bass |
| 2 | 2000s |
| 3 | dreamy |
| 4 | warm |
| 5 | euphoric |
| 6 | soft break loop |
| 7 | warm sub bass |
| 8 | lush string pad |
| 9 | electric piano chords |
| 10 | smooth reese bass |
| 11 | brushed hi hats |
| 12 | vocal harmony stack |
| 13 | chords held long |
| 14 | breaks roll underneath |
| 15 | female lead vocal |
| 16 | smoky and smooth |
| 17 | warm alto |
| 18 | soul singer |
| 19 | soulful sung lines |
| 20 | airy phrasing |
| 21 | layered harmonies |
| 22 | smooth reverb |
| 23 | sidechain roll |
| 24 | silky top end |
| 25 | gentle bus compression |
| 26 | velvet pad bloom |
| 27 | soft break edges |
| 28 | lush reverb bed |
| 29 | vocal floats above |
| 30 | break shuffles lightly |
| 31 | bass glides smoothly |
| 32 | intro vocal alone |
| 33 | warm full drop |
| 34 | last chorus stripped |
| 35 | polished professional master |
| 36 | wide dimensional stereo |
| 37 | 173 BPM |
| 38 | for clubs |
A 38-tag, 658-character recipe carrying a female vocal, set to 170–176 BPM.