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Risingson by Massive Attack

Risingson by Massive Attack runs at 82 BPM in the key of F major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
82 BPM
Key
F major
Length
4:59
Genre
lo-fi hip hop
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Instrumental

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The prompt

A brooding lo-fi hip hop track blending ambient with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 82 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, stating the theme plainly. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay 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
82
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
lo-fi hip hop
Second genre
ambient
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Lead instrument
a lead synth
Lead style
stating the theme plainly
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 dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss

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

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