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carmen by Stromae

carmen by Stromae runs at 75 BPM in the key of C minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics without naming the record.

Measured

Tempo
75 BPM
Key
C minor
Length
3:09
Genre
synth-pop
Mood
restless
Vocals
Vocal

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The prompt

A restless synth-pop track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 75 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a gated and roomy snare and tight closed hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows verse-chorus. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding vocal clarity and low-end weight, built on extended seventh 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
75
Chords
extended seventh
Cymbals
tight closed hats
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
synth-pop
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
rhythmic stabs
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
restless
Percussion
a programmed drum machine
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
gated and roomy
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
verse-chorus
Textural detail
subtle bitcrush
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
Vocal
a warm male vocal

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

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