Recording
LFO
LFO
Independently chosen for2 of our lists. Here is what each of them said.
- Released
- 1990
- Label
- Warp
- On
- Bleep Techno and Warp
- Updated
- 2026-08-31
Analysis
7 sections, the first drop of 3 at 0:18, 8% of the way in.
- Tempo
- 123 BPM
- holds throughout
- Dynamic range
- 7.6 dB
- moderate range, typical of a modern master
- Length
- 3:59
- measured from the YouTube master
The record, end to end
Click the track to jump · ← → move between sections
- 0:00Aintrobar -1
- 0:19Bsteadybar 9
- 0:34Bbuildbar 17
- 0:53Csteadybar 26
- 1:47Bliftbar 54
- 2:03Csteadybar 62
- 2:22Dpeakbar 72
Drops at 0:18 (bar 8), 2:45 (bar 83), 3:37 (bar 110). A drop is a moment, not a stretch — marked on the track above rather than shaded across it.
0:00 · A · intro
opens the record below its own average energy · instrumental
- Lasts
- 0:19
- Energy
- 0
- Brightness
- 0
- Density
- 0
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 0:15
- Energy
- 73
- Brightness
- 96
- Density
- 51
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
energy and brightness climbing without a break · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 0:19
- Energy
- 73
- Brightness
- 29
- Density
- 78
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · instrumental · one of 2 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:54
- Energy
- 83
- Brightness
- 56
- Density
- 78
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build · instrumental · one of 3 stretches of the same music (B)
- Lasts
- 0:15
- Energy
- 77
- Brightness
- 100
- Density
- 100
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling · instrumental · one of 2 stretches of the same music (C)
- Lasts
- 0:19
- Energy
- 72
- Brightness
- 89
- Density
- 86
- drums
- bass
- vocals
- other
sits at the top of this record's range · instrumental
- Lasts
- 1:37
- Energy
- 100
- Brightness
- 46
- Density
- 61
- 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.
- 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
Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.
- intro
- opens the record below its own average energy
- steady
- holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling
- build
- energy and brightness climbing without a break
- lift
- a short rise that does not resolve — a fill or a transition, not a build
- peak
- sits at the top of this record's range
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.
Ranked No. 1 in Bleep Techno
A test tone, a bassline and their own name spoken over it, and it reached number twelve in the national chart. Nothing else on the radio that year was remotely this austere.
Picked by Warp
A top-twenty hit made of almost nothing but sub-bass and a voice saying the title. The commercial proof that the room was right, and the record that gave the label enough money to take the risks below.