# Alex Reece — Pulp Fiction

Alex Reece’s Pulp Fiction (1995) is No. 7 in our Drum and Bass ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1995
- **Label:** Metalheadz
- **On one list:** Drum and Bass
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28
- **Artist:** [Alex Reece](https://waxonia.com/artist/alex-reece/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/alex-reece--pulp-fiction/

## What we say

### No. 7 in [Drum and Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/drum-and-bass/)

The moment the two-step beat arrived and the genre stopped running. Half the tempo in feel, all of it in fact — a rhythmic trick that reshaped everything that followed.

## Analysis

8 sections, the first drop of 3 at 0:24, 7% of the way in, 11% of it spent climbing.

- **Tempo:** 161.5 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** B minor
- **Dynamic range:** 4.1 dB — compressed hard — very little between the quiet and the loud
- **Length:** 6:12

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy
- `0:25` B · **peak** (bar 17), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `1:55` B · **peak** (bar 78), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `3:31` B · **peak** (bar 142), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `3:55` C · **build** (bar 158), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass
- `4:37` C · **peak** (bar 187), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `5:07` B · **breakdown** (bar 207), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: bass
- `5:19` C · **peak** (bar 215), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass

**Drops** at 0:24 (bar 17), 3:13 (bar 130), 4:01 (bar 162). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Alex%20Reece%20Pulp%20Fiction) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZERy52yX6rg)

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