Recording

Valley of the Shadows
Origin Unknown

Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.

Released

1993

Label

RAM

On

Breakbeat Hardcore and The Waxonia Desk — 160

Updated

2026-08-29

1. 08

   Ranked No. 8 in Breakbeat Hardcore

   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.

2. ·

   Picked by The Waxonia Desk — 160

   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.