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.
Analysis facts
- 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 use acoustic measurement; descriptor claims use the commercially cleared classifier recorded with this analysis. The source recording is deleted once the analysis finishes. This page does not reproduce its lyrics. This analysis has not been checked by a person. Tempo, key, and genre come straight from the software, so treat 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.