Flash Light by Parliament
Flash Light by Parliament runs at 105 BPM in the key of F major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 105 BPM
- Key
- F major
- Length
- 5:48
- Genre
- funk
- Mood
- restless
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A restless funk track with explosive energy and a syncopated feel at 105 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a warm and analog style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, 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
- 105
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- funk
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- warm and analog
- Mood
- restless
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- syncopated
- Snare
- tight and dry
- Sonic focus
- melodic lead
- Secondary focus
- vocal clarity
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
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 Parliament. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.