Versions
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Touch / Valley Of The Shadows (12") | RAM Records | RAMM 004 | UK | 1993 | |
| The Touch / Shadows (12", W/Lbl, Promo, Sta) | RAM Records | RAMM 004 | UK | 1993 |
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Reviews & Discussion
referencing The Touch / Valley Of The Shadows, 12", RAMM 004
The drumbeat, bell-synth and "31 Seconds" sample used for Valley of the Shadows all originated from a sample CD that came free with September 1993's Future Music Magazine, cat# FMCD 01.
referencing The Touch / Valley Of The Shadows, 12", RAMM 004
Possibly the most famous Jungle / Drum n Bass tune of all time? Better known as '31 Seconds', the scene was not ready for this in 1993! I heard it for the first time at Delirious when Mickey Finn spun it on dubplate, when the bass dropped the place erupted. There was nothing else that sounded like it at the time, the sinister 'felt that i was in this long dark tunnel' vocal (sampled from a QED documentary about near death experiences) along with the way the track twists and turns through darkness and light so smoothly set new standards for Jungle production.
This was the tune that put Origin Unknown and RAM Records on the map, I remember being in the infamous Record Basement in Reading when they took delivery of their copies, I think they all flew out there and then!
An absolutely timeless track, one that still sounds as fresh today as it did all those years ago and should be a part of every Junglists collection.
This was the tune that put Origin Unknown and RAM Records on the map, I remember being in the infamous Record Basement in Reading when they took delivery of their copies, I think they all flew out there and then!
An absolutely timeless track, one that still sounds as fresh today as it did all those years ago and should be a part of every Junglists collection.