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In 1993, Andy C & 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".
An 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.
Experimenting 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.
Utilising 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.
The 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 & Ant
and their label Ram Records within the scene.
Tracklist
A1) The Touch
A2) The Touch Part 2
B1) Valley of the Shadows
B2) Valley of the Shadows (Long Dark Remix)