Music Is Math by Boards of Canada
Music Is Math by Boards of Canada runs at 100 BPM in the key of D minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 100 BPM
- Key
- D minor
- Length
- 5:21
- Genre
- ambient
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Instrumental
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The prompt
A brooding ambient track blending ambient with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 100 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 intro-verse-chorus-outro. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a tense and coiled atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 100
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- ambient
- Second genre
- ambient
- 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
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- 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.