Liquid Liquid

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Liquid Liquid

Along with labelmates ESG, Liquid Liquid exemplified the minimalist funk movement that swept New York's music underground in 1981. The band's impressive five-song debut (one side recorded live) fuses metalphones with congas, marimba and other percussive gadgetry to create hypnotic urban-tribal funk. Except for the vocals, that goal is realized. Successive Reflexes also works, although full-scale production values alter the previously skeletal sound.

Optimo--four more songs on another 12-inch--continues the rhythmic intensity, and is specially notable for "Cavern," an insidious and lengthy bass/drums groove that was later adopted as the musical basis for Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel's "White Lines (Don't Don't Do It)."
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Fri, 6 Oct 1995Somebody on the Detroit techno list asks:
I know this ain't exactly 313, but what exactly is Liquid Liquid?? I have some of their tracks which are on the "Ultimate Breaks and Beats" albums which I'm sure we all have.. for those even more clueless than me, these guys have been sampled in probably dozens of tracks, especially their cut "UFO"..

BMG (bmg@freenet.grfn.org) answers

Liquid Liquid are one of my all time favorite groups. They are the nexus between No Wave and Funk, a distinct NYC brand of neurotic funk. They existed in 1980-83. More on them later.

You are confusing Liquid Liquid with ESG. ESG, 3 sisters from the Bronx and their cousin Tito. Their classic EP that gets sampled all the time is produced by Martin Hannet c. 1981. It has the Paradise Garage classic "Moody" (The basis of Chip E's "Like This") and "UFO" (that Hip Hop artists sample at 33 like PE).

It was a brilliant era of underground music with some great bands like Konk, James Chance, A Certain Ratio, Medium Medium, Gang of Four. That whole abject funk groove with post punk production. I just love it.

The bassline for (I can't remember) was the basis of "White Lines" Cavern was basis for the music of white lines and is sweet on it own, but the prefered track off that EP is "Optimo", heard most recently in DJ Sneak and Carl Craigs "remake uno".
BMG

Liquid Liquid "Liquid Liquid" (1981)
Scott Hartley- Drums, Percussion
Richard McGuire-Bass, Percussion, Guitar, Melodica
Salvatore Pricipato- Vocals, Percussion (& Bass on Rubbermiro)
Dennis Young- Mirimba, Roto Toms, Percussion
Al Diaz- Metalphones
R. Edson- Trumpet
Bill Kleinsmith- Congas
Master Engineer- Howie Weinberg
Sound Advice- Bruce Tovsky
Cover Design-Richard McGuire
Special Thanks to-Ken Man, Ken Sitz, Ed Bahlman
http://www.rmcguire.com/music/about6.html Richard McGuire

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