Rock the Boat by Roni Size
Rock the Boat by Roni Size runs at 171 BPM in the key of F minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.
Measured
- Tempo
- 171 BPM
- Key
- F minor
- Length
- 3:45
- Genre
- drum and bass
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Vocal
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The prompt
A brooding drum and bass track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 171 BPM. The low end is sub bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and washy crash-led cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A full-voiced female vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a open and dynamic style, foregrounding atmospheric space and percussive detail, built on chromatic and shifting chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- sub bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 171
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- washy crash-led cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- drum and bass
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Mixing style
- open and dynamic
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- atmospheric space
- Secondary focus
- percussive detail
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- Textural detail
- analog hiss
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a full-voiced female 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 Roni Size. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.