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Released
2002
Label
Hospital
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Drum and Bass
Updated
2026-08-28
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Analysis

11 sections, the first drop at 5:14, 63% of the way in, 21% of it spent climbing.

Tempo
172.2 BPM
the pulse reads at half this too — counted the way the genre counts it
Key
F# minor
estimated from the pitch content
Dynamic range
10.4 dB
wide open — the quiet parts are genuinely quiet
Phrase
8 bars
the length the arrangement is built on
Length
8:20
measured from the YouTube master

The record, end to end

energy
drums
bass
vocals
other
  1. 0:00Aintro0
  2. 0:23Bbuildbar 8*
  3. 0:59Csteadybar 21*
  4. 1:43Dbuildbar 37*
  5. 2:15Dbuildbar 48*
  6. 2:38Dpeakbar 57
  7. 5:11Dliftbar 112*
  8. 5:57Dbreakdownbar 128*
  9. 6:20Bbuildbar 136*
  10. 6:36Dpeakbar 142*
  11. 7:48Doutrobar 168*

Drop at 5:14 (bar 113). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.

* starts between phrase lines rather than on one.

0:00 · A · intro

opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental

Lasts
0:23
Energy
0
Brightness
52
Density
5
  • drums
  • bass
  • vocals
  • other

Brightness and density are scored against this record's own sections, not against music in general — they say how its parts differ from each other, and nothing about how it compares to anything else.

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
intro
opens the record below its own average energy
build
energy and brightness climbing without a break
steady
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling
peak
sits at the top of this record's range
lift
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build
breakdown
energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning
outro
the closing fall
Every moment against every other. Squares on the diagonal are sections; a bright patch off it is the record recognising itself — the second chorus meeting the first.

Against Drum and Bass

Drum and Bass usually drops 16% in; this one waits until 63%.

11 sections here; 9 is typical.

Drawn from the 13 records on our Drum and Bass list we have measured. The line over the energy curve above is that median.

Measured from the YouTube master on . Section labels describe how the energy of the recording moves, not its musical form — a machine can see loudness climb and jump, it cannot hear a chorus arrive. Anything we were not confident enough to state is left out rather than shown with a caveat.

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