Origin Unknown - Valley Of The Shadows ᴴᴰ

* Drum & Bass classic * Being played since 1992 *
Origin Unknown - "Valley Of The Shadows"
Label RAMM004, RAM Records 1993 UK, Jungle
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* Written-By, Producer Andy C, Ant Miles
* The phrase "Noticed that I was in this long dark tunnel", sampled from an episode of the BBC documentary series Q.E.D., first shown in 1989, concerning out-of-body experiences.
* The phrase "Thirty-one seconds", from the Apollo 11 countdown to the Lunar Module landing on the moon in 1969 (as voiced by then-Kennedy Space Center Chief of Public Information Jack King).

[harryluckcock]

If anyone is interested, the ‘long dark tunnel’ sample is from a late 80s QED documentary about near death experiences. Super interesting!

[lucyflowerpot]

I found it. I heard this song waaay back in the mid 90s when the adults turned my sisters 8th birthday party into a rave at our house in France. We had french people walking in from across the fields to see what the hell was going on.

[nathanday]

Im only 10yo and my 48 yo dad is an oldskool raver and this music is just the best

[theeffectiveplasteringtuto]

Without doubt. The absolute club shaker. This was the biggest tune ever in my eyes and one that will always get me shuffling (aged 48)

[paulmitchelson]

one of the greatest tunes ever created in the drum n bass industry. hands down

[siryizzur]

used to listen to this while grinding in everquest back in '99. now i'm an old man with a son in college. good god where does the time go

[owenpacker]

I’m 18 and get goosebumps every time I listen to this. So glad my dad introduced me to jungle as a kid...

[robadlr]

The single best hardcore, jungle, drum & base tune ever.
That beat, still nothing like it today or since.

[lestweforget]

Peak to this in the mix in the 90's and it will change your life

[skeet]

I'm 55 and STILL LISTENS TO DRUM N Heard drum n bass the first time when AMP was still on and my local college radio station was playing back in the day .

[phatheffer]

I had this on tape when i was a kid back in 1994. It was super rare and quite difficult to get a copy of without it being mixed. Bu for a 10 pack of Embassy No.1 i would copy it onto a fresh tape using my Dad's dual-casette recorder and sling them in the school playground! 😆

[-MLE]

Literally one of the best pieces of Jungle ever made EVER !!!!
Also just one of the best pieces of muisc ever made

[alistaironthemend]

I was having a sesh about 20 years ago with my mates all out of our nuts with 3rd degree gurns with the telly on. From what I can remember, it was a disabled woman in a wheelchair, and she dropped the long dark tunnel line that they made as a sample and put it in the tune. We all jumped out our chairs gobsmacked. Ashtrays and beers went everywhere. Bong went over the lot. If only we had rewind and decent phones back then. Good times. 🎉😂❤

[LilithFilth]

I was a 14 YO kid when this track came out. I was glued to community radio every Friday night to hear the freshest beats, with no idea of any scene, or how these tracks would change the world of music & endure the test of time.
I love reading people’s warm memories & the feelings music brings them.

[jamesrudland]

I can't believe Andy C was 16 when he made this track, in a time when sequence programs were tedious and took a lot of work to produce. Now any moron can make a bit of noise. Hype mixing and scratching it into his set at Helter Skelter with GQ and MC MC is still one of the best sets any DJ has ever mixed on three decks and vinyl.

[mondoz]

Dj Hype @ Helter-skelter scratching this up has to be one of the best intros in this era

[Corbellscat]

Andy c 16 years old what a tune what a legend!!

[munnazmunnaz]

Way ahead of its time this tune and yet still it doesn’t age!!! Big up ANDY C

[scodabass]

26 YEARS LATER AND STILL A TOP KILLER TUNE.raved to this in the 90`s and still love it

[mrj]

man what a time to be alive when this dropped stood in front of a wall of speakers truly feeling the bass in ya bones and ya soul damn I'm 43 this year but a few Mitsubishi's and the boys back for one night would be a killer...R.I.P the mans who not here now but this for you and junglists for 31 seconds