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Peacock Tail by Boards of Canada

Peacock Tail by Boards of Canada runs at 86 BPM in the key of F minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
86 BPM
Key
F minor
Length
5:25
Genre
ambient
Mood
serene
Vocals
Instrumental

Suno prompt

A serene ambient track with high energy and a broken-beat feel at 86 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed 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. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding harmonic warmth and atmospheric space, built on suspended chords, leaving a calm and settled atmosphere.

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What the analysis found

Bass instrument
electric bass
Bassline style
root-note anchored
Tempo
86
Chords
suspended
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
calm and settled
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
serene
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
harmonic warmth
Secondary focus
atmospheric space
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
a slow linear build
Textural detail
analog hiss

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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