It’s early summer, the perfect time of year for melodic drum & bass!

As always, there’s a bit of a history lesson. Liquid funk came of age around 2004, but the birth cries could be heard as far back as the early ’90s, with the dawn of drum & bass itself.

Sure, it went by different monikers throughout the decade: jungle jazz, atmospheric, drum & space. But the biggest stars of liquid funk owe everything to these pioneers of mid / late ’90s melodic D&B, and there’s no better place to start than Jonny L.’s absolutely devastating 2 Of Us.

Welcome to part one of Hardcore Math User’s Birth Of Liquid mixtape series!

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Track list:

1. Jonny L. – 2 Of Us
2. DJ Pulse – Planet Funk
3. Alex Reece – Candles (dj Pulse Mix)
4. Jonny L. – Sam
5. Odyssey – Artificial Life
6. Jazz Cartel – Expand
7. Kudos – East Coast Fusion
8. The Ballistic Brothers – Come On (Simon Templar Mix)
9. Wax Doctor – Atmospheric Funk
10. Alex Reece – U R
11. Wax Doctor – Offshore Drift
12. Jonny L. – Tychonic Cycle
13. Ken Ishii – Stretch (Shogun Remix)
14. Art Of Noise – Art Of Love (ILS Remix)

Click here for Faze Two.