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Souvlaki Space Station by Slowdive

Souvlaki Space Station by Slowdive runs at 140 BPM in the key of A minor. The prompt below describes those musical characteristics for Suno without naming the record.

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Measured

Tempo
140 BPM
Key
A minor
Length
5:57
Genre
shoegaze
Mood
tender
Vocals
Vocal

Suno prompt

A tender shoegaze track blending ambient with high energy and a swung feel at 140 BPM. The low end is electric bass playing root-note anchored, under an acoustic drum kit with a brushed snare and sparse dark cymbals. Clean electric guitar carries the harmony, sustained and washy. The arrangement follows intro-verse-chorus-outro. A warm male vocal delivers a layered in close harmony performance. Analog hiss adds texture, with a wide stereo chorus on the vocal. Mixed in a lo-fi and saturated style, foregrounding melodic lead and vocal clarity, built on suspended 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
140
Chords
suspended
Cymbals
sparse dark cymbals
Energy
high
Atmosphere
tense and coiled
Genre
shoegaze
Second genre
ambient
Harmonic instrument
clean electric guitar
Harmonic style
sustained and washy
Mixing style
lo-fi and saturated
Mood
tender
Percussion
an acoustic drum kit
Rhythmic style
swung
Snare
brushed
Sonic focus
melodic lead
Secondary focus
vocal clarity
Space
a wide stereo chorus
Structure
intro-verse-chorus-outro
Textural detail
analog hiss
Vocal style
layered in close harmony
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 Slowdive. The prompt describes musical characteristics and does not reproduce the recording.

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