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  "slug": "lennie-de-ice",
  "name": "Lennie De Ice",
  "description": "Lennie De Ice appears 2 times in our Breakbeat Hardcore and The Waxonia Desk — 160 lists, placing as high as No. 1. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/lennie-de-ice/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1991,
    "last": 1991
  },
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  },
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      "slug": "breakbeat-hardcore",
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      "url": "https://waxonia.com/genre/breakbeat-hardcore/",
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      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — 160",
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      "trackKey": "lennie-de-ice--we-are-i-e",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lennie-de-ice--we-are-i-e/",
      "title": "We Are I.E.",
      "year": 1991,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Routinely named as the first jungle record, made two years before anyone used the word. A reggae bassline under a hardcore break, and the entire future of British bass music in four minutes.",
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          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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    },
    {
      "trackKey": "lennie-de-ice--we-are-i-e",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/lennie-de-ice--we-are-i-e/",
      "title": "We Are I.E.",
      "year": 1991,
      "label": null,
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Usually named as the first jungle record, two years before the word existed. Origin records are generally more use to writers than to DJs, and this one is the exception because it still works.",
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        },
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