2/1 by Brian Eno
2/1 by Brian Eno runs at 123 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 123 BPM
- Key
- G# major
- Length
- 8:54
- Genre
- ambient
- Mood
- serene
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A serene ambient track with driving energy and a syncopated feel at 123 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a clap-layered snare and sparse dark cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, swelling and cinematic, with flute. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance, joined by a choral group vocal soaring and sustained. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a clean and spacious style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on lush ninth and eleventh chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- electric bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 123
- Chords
- lush ninth and eleventh
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- driving
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- ambient
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- swelling and cinematic
- Mixing style
- clean and spacious
- Mood
- serene
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Secondary instrument
- flute
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- harmonic warmth
- Secondary focus
- atmospheric space
- Space
- a wide stereo chorus
- Structure
- a slow linear build
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- smooth and melismatic
- Second vocal style
- soaring and sustained
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female vocal
- Second vocal
- a choral group vocal
About this page
This is an independent acoustic analysis. Tempo and key are measured from the audio; instrumentation and production characteristics are classified against a fixed vocabulary. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes, and no lyrics from it are stored. The measurements and classifications are automated estimates, so use them as a starting point and trust your ears.
Planetary Records is not affiliated with Brian Eno. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.