Panic in Babylon by Lee "Scratch" Perry
Panic in Babylon by Lee "Scratch" Perry runs at 146 BPM in the key of E major. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.
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Measured
- Tempo
- 146 BPM
- Key
- E major
- Length
- 7:37
- Genre
- reggae
- Mood
- triumphant
- Vocals
- Vocal
Suno prompt
A triumphant reggae track with explosive energy and a broken-beat feel at 146 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sizzling cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, fingerpicked. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Subtle bitcrush adds texture, with a dub-style tape delay on the vocal. Mixed in a open and dynamic 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
- 146
- Chords
- chromatic and shifting
- Cymbals
- sizzling cymbals
- Energy
- explosive
- Atmosphere
- tense and coiled
- Genre
- reggae
- Harmonic instrument
- clean electric guitar
- Harmonic style
- fingerpicked
- Mixing style
- open and dynamic
- Mood
- triumphant
- Percussion
- an acoustic drum kit
- Rhythmic style
- broken-beat
- Snare
- brushed
- Sonic focus
- vocal clarity
- Secondary focus
- low-end weight
- Space
- a dub-style tape delay
- Structure
- intro-verse-chorus-outro
- Textural detail
- subtle bitcrush
- Vocal style
- layered in close harmony
- Vocal
- a warm male vocal
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 Lee "Scratch" Perry. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.
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