Liquid are a British

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 dance

Dance music

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 act, formed by Eamon Downes (a.k.a. Ame) and Shane Heneghan (a.k.a. DJ Model).

"Sweet Harmony", Liquid's first and best known track, layered the house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 of CeCe Rogers

CeCe Rogers

CeCe Rogers, born Kenneth Jesse Rogers III, is an American singer, musician, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer from Cleveland, Ohio....

' "Someday" over rolling, breakneck beats. Initially released in 1991 on the self-pressed white label

White label

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 "Liquid EP" of 500 copies, it was re-released to a wider audience on XL Recordings in the following year.

The "Sweet Harmony" single was followed by the The Future Music EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 which included "Liquid is Liquid". Following Heneghan's departure from the band after the first two releases, Liquid's reputation for recording

Sound recording and reproduction

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 alternative dancefloor fillers was cemented with "Time To Get Up" and the flamenco

Flamenco

Flamenco is a genre of music and dance which has its foundation in Andalusian music and dance and in whose evolution Andalusian Gypsies played an important part....

 guitar

Guitar

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s of "One Love Family" - both of which were Mixmag

Mixmag

Mixmag is a British dance music and clubbing magazine. It styles itself as "the world's biggest selling dance music magazine", with an Audit Bureau of Circulations audited circulation of approximately 21,250...

'singles of the week'.

The first three EP's were recorded with producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 Jezz Wright at Blockhouse.

Liquid have achieved Top 40 singles

Single (music)

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 in the UK

United Kingdom

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, and several Europe

Europe

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an hits

Hit record

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. The NME

NME

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described the XL recordings

XL Recordings

XL Recordings is a British independent record label owned by Richard Russell. It originated as a 1989 offshoot of Beggars Banquet Records.Though only releasing an average of six albums a year, XL Recordings has worked with The Prodigy, Radiohead, The White Stripes, Dizzee Rascal, M.I.A., Vampire...

 album

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

Remix

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es by James Talk, Dave Spoon and Streetlife DJs

Disc jockey

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. A drum and bass

Drum and bass

Drum and bass is a type of electronic music which emerged in the late 1980s. The genre is characterized by fast breakbeats , with heavy bass and sub-bass lines...

 remix of "Sweet Harmony

Sweet Harmony (song)

"Sweet Harmony" is a song by drum and bass DJ, producer and musician Danny Byrd. It is the first single released from his third album Rave Digger. The song was released on 1 February 2010 by Digital download and 12"...

" by Danny Byrd

Danny Byrd

Danny Byrd is a drum and bass DJ, producer and musician from Bath in the South West of England. He is influenced by house, UK garage, R&B and the Old Skool Rave / Jungle Techno sound and releases his music primarily on Hospital Records, the UK based, independent dance music label.-History:Danny...

 was "getting primetime airplay all over Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

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" in early 2010.

Singles

• "Sweet Harmony
  Sweet Harmony (song)
  "Sweet Harmony" is a song by drum and bass DJ, producer and musician Danny Byrd. It is the first single released from his third album Rave Digger. The song was released on 1 February 2010 by Digital download and 12"...
  
  " (1995, remix) - UK #14
• "Strong" (1998) - UK #59
• "Orlando Dawn" (2000) - UK #53

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