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Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack

Inertia Creeps by Massive Attack runs at 83 BPM in the key of D# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
83 BPM
Key
D# major
Length
5:57
Genre
ambient
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A brooding ambient track blending lo-fi hip hop with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 83 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, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and melodic lead, 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
83
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
ambient
Second genre
lo-fi hip hop
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
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
melodic lead
Space
a wide stereo chorus
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush

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 Massive Attack. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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