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Coffin For Head Of State by Fela Kuti

Coffin For Head Of State by Fela Kuti runs at 90 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
90 BPM
Key
F minor
Length
13:25
Genre
afrobeats
Mood
triumphant
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A triumphant afrobeats track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 90 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a tight and dry snare and sizzling cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a smooth and melismatic performance. Vinyl crackle 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 chromatic and shifting 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
90
Chords
chromatic and shifting
Cymbals
sizzling cymbals
Energy
explosive
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
afrobeats
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
fingerpicked
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
triumphant
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
broken-beat
Snare
tight and dry
Sonic focus
vocal clarity
Secondary focus
low-end weight
Space
a dub-style tape delay
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
vinyl crackle
Vocal style
smooth and melismatic
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.

Planetary Records is not affiliated with Fela Kuti. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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