Калибре: Пионер Liquid Funk и его музыкальный путь

Dominick Martin, better known by his stage name Calibre, is a Northern Irish drum and bass music producer and DJ from Belfast. He is highly regarded for his influence on the liquid funk style of drum and bass, which was partially named after his distinct production style. but has also released on labels such as Hospital Records, V Recordings, and Soul:R.

According to UKF, none of Martin's productions have been officially remixed by other artists. Through Quadraphonic, he came to the attention of drum and bass DJ Fabio, who signed Martin to his record label, Creative Source, and released his debut album Musique Concrète (2001), named after the musique concrète compositions of John Cage whom he was influenced by while attending the University of Ulster in Belfast. Although 21 songs were chosen for the final release of the album, 300 songs in total were created by Martin for the album. Many of his productions–some of which were unreleased at the time–became synonymous with liquid funk due to Fabio playing most of Martin's productions on his BBC Radio 1 show, Liquid Funk, and at Swerve club nights co ran by LTJ Bukem in the early 2000s. Beginning in 2007, some of these unreleased productions would be released under the "Shelflife" series of albums alongside other works by Martin on his personal record label, Signature Recordings. In 2003, Martin was commissioned by Warner Music Group for a remix of "Put That Woman First" from Jaheim's Still Ghetto album (2002). Despite Jaheim's disapproval of the remix, 1000 limited edition white label vinyl records were pressed with permission from Warner due to the underground popularity garnered by the remix. In 2023, the remix was included on a compilation album for purchase on digital storefronts. In 2019, a remix by Martin was included in an extended play of "Swan Song" by Dua Lipa. Also in 2019, Martin was awarded Critics Choice in the Drum&BassArena Awards 2019.

In 2003, Martin decided to launch a self published record label, Signature Records, which became his vehicle for publishing his music. Martin states, "There won't be any other artists on the label for the foreseeable future". For a few years the label's website ran of the back of Soul:R, the record label he ran alongside Marcus Intalex. With the Soul:R website receiving very few updates since 2006, Calibre published most of his work and news through his own MySpace page however he deleted this in early July 2011.

Year Title Record label Release date 2001 Musique Concrète Creative Source 25 September 2001 2005 Second Sun Signature Records 24 October 2005 2007 Shelflife Signature Records 1 October 2007 2008 Overflow Signature Records 1 May 2008 2009 Shelf Life Vol. 2 Signature Records 18 May 2009 2009 Shine a Light Signature Records 16 November 2009 2010 Even If Signature Records 12 November 2010 2011 Condition Signature Records 3 October 2011 2013 Spill Signature Records 20 May 2013 2013 Valentia Signature Records 15 July 2013 2014 Shelflife 3 Signature Records 19 March 2014 2016 Shelflife 4 Signature Records 26 February 2016 2016 Grow The Nothing Special 23 December 2016 2017 The Deep Signature Records 31 March 2017 2018 Shelflife 5 Signature Records 29 June 2018 2018 4AM ThirtyOne Recordings 16 November 2018 2019 Planet Hearth Signature Records 29 November 2019 2020 Shelflife 6 Signature Records 1 May 2020 2021 Feeling Normal Signature Records 26 February 2021 2021 Shelflife 7 Signature Records 24 November 2021 2022 Double Bend The Nothing Special 02 April 2022 2023 Shelflife 8 Signature Records 19 April 2023 2023 Rudy Signature Records 10 October 2023

Year Title Record label Release date 2003 Just Fine Creative Source 2006 Late Night Squeeze Signature Records 24 April 2006 2006 Corner Dance Signature Records May 2006 2006 Deranged Soul:R 23 October 2006 2008 Roundhouse Signature Records 11 September 2008 2008 Don't Mind Signature Records 22 October 2008 2010 Judgement Day Samurai Red Seal 7 June 2010 2011 Hummer Samurai Red Seal 29 August 2011 2012 Renaissance EP Footprints 19 November 2012 2015 Strumpet EP EXIT Records 18 May 2015 2015 Fourfit EP Soul:R 31 July 2015 2015 Dreamz Dub EP C. I. A 18 September 2015 2015 Break That EP The Nothing Special 18 January 2019 2019 Cowper Street EP Signature Records 5 July 2019