The Melody by Carl Craig
The Melody by Carl Craig runs at 122 BPM in the key of F# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Analysis facts
- Tempo
- 122 BPM
- Key
- F# minor
- Length
- 7:42
- Genre
- techno
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Instrumental
The prompt
A brooding techno track with explosive energy and a straight four-on-the-floor feel at 122 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a brushed snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. 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 melodic lead and low-end weight, built on suspended 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
- 122
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- techno
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- 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
- straight four-on-the-floor
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
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Planetary Records is not affiliated with Carl Craig. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.