The Word Becomes Flesh by Boards of Canada
The Word Becomes Flesh by Boards of Canada runs at 109 BPM in the key of A# minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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.
Measured
- Tempo
- 109 BPM
- Key
- A# minor
- Length
- 5:20
- Genre
- ambient
- Mood
- serene
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A serene ambient track blending ambient with explosive energy and a loping feel at 109 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding atmospheric space and harmonic warmth, built on suspended chords, leaving a euphoric and open atmosphere.
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What the analysis found
- Bass instrument
- analog synth bass
- Bassline style
- root-note anchored
- Tempo
- 109
- Chords
- suspended
- Cymbals
- sparse dark cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- ambient
- Second 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
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- loping
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- atmospheric space
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
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.