{"product_id":"the-touch-valley-of-the-shadows","title":"The Touch \/ Valley of the Shadows","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1993, Andy C \u0026amp; Ant Miles set out about creating a fourth release for the newly established Ram Records, now just a year old. With Hardcore still prominent in the  clubs around the world, The Touch features rollercoaster bass swoops against  energetic breaks flowing around the main sung vocal \"c'mon and touch me\".\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn early sign of the precision arrangements that became synonymous of Ram's early  sound that followed over for many years. Whilst going through the remaining  samples in the sampler that had not been used on the A side, the pair suddenly went  on a tangent with one of the drum breaks. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExperimenting with the new time stretch function in the Akai sampler, they soon had  a shuffle groove layered and moving. With Ant Miles' sculpted and edited arpeggio  bell line sample, a new overall sound and vibe was beginning to emerge out of their  studio Atari ST computer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUtilising an original organic analogue string pad, the haunting sinister vibe became  complete. With the vocal from the BBC QED documentary 'Glimpses of Death' - \"I  felt, like I was in a long dark tunnel\" all that remained was one of the most  memorable pounding bass lines to sit underneath it all. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result was an instant impact on the scene, heralded as one of the first anthems  of the Jungle genre. Multi award winning and the track that cemented Andy \u0026amp; Ant  and their label Ram Records within the scene. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liftin Spirit Records \/ Ram Records","offers":[{"title":"12\"","offer_id":50442128392523,"sku":"2051393","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/305331-1_55fee499_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726992784","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/the-touch-valley-of-the-shadows","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}