Everything You Do Is A Balloon by Boards of Canada
Everything You Do Is A Balloon by Boards of Canada runs at 91 BPM in the key of C major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 91 BPM
- Key
- C major
- Length
- 7:00
- Genre
- ambient
- Mood
- serene
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A serene ambient track blending lo-fi hip hop with high energy and a half-time feel at 91 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 91
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- high
- Atmosphere
- calm and settled
- Genre
- ambient
- Second genre
- lo-fi hip hop
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- sustained and washy
- Lead instrument
- a lead synth
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- lo-fi and saturated
- Mood
- serene
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- half-time
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a short room reverb
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Boards of Canada. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.