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  "slug": "origin-unknown",
  "name": "Origin Unknown",
  "description": "Origin Unknown appears 2 times in our Breakbeat Hardcore and The Waxonia Desk — 160 lists, placing as high as No. 8. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-29",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/origin-unknown/",
  "appearanceCount": 2,
  "distinctRecordings": 1,
  "years": {
    "first": 1993,
    "last": 1993
  },
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  },
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      "slug": "breakbeat-hardcore",
      "name": "Breakbeat Hardcore",
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    },
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      "slug": "the-desk-160",
      "name": "The Waxonia Desk — 160",
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    {
      "trackKey": "origin-unknown--valley-of-the-shadows",
      "trackUrl": "https://waxonia.com/track/origin-unknown--valley-of-the-shadows/",
      "title": "Valley of the Shadows",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "RAM",
      "isrc": null,
      "whyItMatters": "Two spoken words about a long dark tunnel, an Amen break and a sub-bass. The point at which hardcore has clearly become jungle and everybody involved knows it.",
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          "exact": false
        },
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      },
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    },
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      "trackKey": "origin-unknown--valley-of-the-shadows",
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      "title": "Valley of the Shadows",
      "year": 1993,
      "label": "RAM",
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      "whyItMatters": "Two spoken words and an Amen break. The moment hardcore is unmistakably jungle, and a record old enough now that playing it is a reference rather than a rediscovery.",
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