# Lennie De Ice — We Are I.E.

Lennie De Ice’s We Are I.E. (1991) appears on 2 of our lists — Breakbeat Hardcore and The Waxonia Desk — 160, highest at No. 1 in Breakbeat Hardcore. Every verdict, in full.

- **Released:** 1991
- **On:** Breakbeat Hardcore and The Waxonia Desk — 160
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Lennie De Ice](https://waxonia.com/artist/lennie-de-ice/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/lennie-de-ice--we-are-i-e/

## What 2 lists say

### No. 1 in [Breakbeat Hardcore](https://waxonia.com/genre/breakbeat-hardcore/)

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.

### Picked by [The Waxonia Desk — 160](https://waxonia.com/selection/the-desk-160/)

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.

## Analysis

9 sections, the first drop at 0:07, 2% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 136 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** Eb minor
- **Dynamic range:** 5.9 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 4:58

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, bass
- `0:27` A · **steady** (bar 16), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `0:56` B · **peak** (bar 32), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `2:07` A · **build** (bar 72), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass
- `2:29` B · **steady** (bar 84), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `2:43` A · **breakdown** (bar 92), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums
- `2:57` B · **steady** (bar 100), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `4:07` A · **breakdown** (bar 140), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums, bass
- `4:20` A · **outro** (bar 147), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: bass

**Drop** at 0:07 (bar 4). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Lennie%20De%20Ice%20We%20Are%20I.E.) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=_gx7Uv3sl5A)

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