Sandstorms by Carl Craig
Sandstorms by Carl Craig runs at 120 BPM in the key of F 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
- 120 BPM
- Key
- F minor
- Length
- 9:40
- Genre
- techno
- Mood
- brooding
- Vocals
- Instrumental
Suno prompt
A brooding techno track blending house with explosive energy and a straight four-on-the-floor feel at 120 BPM. The low end is analog synth bass playing root-note anchored, under a programmed drum machine with a clap-layered snare and shimmering open hats. Warm analog pads carry the harmony, rhythmic stabs. The arrangement follows loop-based with dynamic drops. A lead synth leads, building through repetition. Analog hiss adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the lead. Mixed in a warm and analog style, foregrounding rhythmic drive and harmonic warmth, built on chromatic and shifting 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
- 120
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- shimmering open hats
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- euphoric and open
- Genre
- techno
- Second genre
- house
- Harmonic instrument
- warm analog pads
- Harmonic style
- rhythmic stabs
- Lead instrument
- a lead synth
- Lead style
- building through repetition
- Mixing style
- warm and analog
- Mood
- brooding
- Percussion
- a programmed drum machine
- Rhythmic style
- straight four-on-the-floor
- Snare
- clap-layered
- Sonic focus
- rhythmic drive
- Secondary focus
- harmonic warmth
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- loop-based with dynamic drops
- 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 Carl Craig. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.