L.T.J. Bukem* - Horizon / Rain Fall

This was released in 1995, epitomising that "intelligent Drum n Bass" sound of the time: lush melodies and trancey moods, underpinned by breakbeat rhythms. However, rewind a year earlier to 1994 and take a listen to "Sunflash", the first track on Lemon Sol's album "Environmental Architecture". You'll very likely spot a not-insignificant resemblance to those sweeping, lush melody structures on "Horizons"; as in: they're exactly the same!

Ah yes; clever (and uncredited) pillaging by Mr Bukem, for sure.

One of the all time classics and IMO Bukem's best tune. Crafted at a time when Jungle was very quickly evolving away from its Rave roots, tunes like this opened DnB to a much wider audience. The sample at the beginning says it all

"Each new hour holds new chances for new beginnings,
The Horizon leans forward offering you space to place new steps of change ..."