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Frame By Frame by King Crimson

Frame By Frame by King Crimson runs at 158 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
158 BPM
Key
E major
Length
5:08
Genre
post-rock
Mood
restless
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A restless post-rock track blending indie rock with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 158 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. An electric guitar leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush 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 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
158
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
a ride-driven pattern
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
post-rock
Second genre
indie rock
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Lead instrument
an electric guitar
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
restless
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
rimshot-forward
Sonic focus
melodic lead
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush

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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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