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Fallen Angel by King Crimson

Fallen Angel by King Crimson runs at 150 BPM in the key of E minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
150 BPM
Key
E minor
Length
6:03
Genre
hard rock
Mood
restless
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A restless hard rock track with high energy and a swung feel at 150 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a rimshot-forward snare and a ride-driven pattern. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and melodic lead, built on simple triad 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
150
Chords
simple triad
Cymbals
a ride-driven pattern
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
hard rock
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
restless
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
rimshot-forward
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
melodic lead
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a warm male vocal

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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 King Crimson. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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