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Olson by Boards of Canada

Olson by Boards of Canada runs at 61 BPM in the key of G# major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
61 BPM
Key
G# major
Length
1:32
Genre
ambient
Mood
brooding
Vocals
Instrumental

Suno prompt

A brooding ambient track with steady energy and a half-time feel at 61 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sparse dark cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows a slow linear build. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Reversed swells add texture, with a short room reverb on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended chords, leaving a warm and enveloping atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
61
Chords
suspended
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
steady
Atmosphere
warm and enveloping
Genre
ambient
Harmonic instrument
warm analog pads
Harmonic style
sustained and washy
Lead instrument
a lead synth
Lead style
building through repetition
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
brooding
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
half-time
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a short room reverb
Structure
a slow linear build
Textural detail
reversed swells

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.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Boards of Canada. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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