# Pendulum — Tarantula

Pendulum’s Tarantula (2005) is No. 13 in our Drum and Bass ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 2005
- **Label:** Breakbeat Kaos
- **On one list:** Drum and Bass
- **ISRC:** GBKBH0502208
- **Updated:** 2026-08-28
- **Artist:** [Pendulum](https://waxonia.com/artist/pendulum/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/pendulum--tarantula/

## What we say

### No. 13 in [Drum and Bass](https://waxonia.com/genre/drum-and-bass/)

The pivot to stadium drum and bass, for better and worse. Purists winced, but the production ambition here pulled a generation of new listeners into the genre.

## Analysis

10 sections, the first drop of 4 at 0:22, 7% of the way in.

- **Tempo:** 172.3 BPM — holds throughout
- **Dynamic range:** 8.7 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 5:31

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: other
- `0:21` A · **steady** (bar 15), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass, vocals, other
- `0:45` B · **peak** (bar 32), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `1:32` B · **peak** (bar 66), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `1:56` B · **peak** (bar 84), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `2:38` C · **breakdown** (bar 113), instrumental — energy falling away mid-record, percussion thinning — playing: drums
- `3:25` B · **peak** (bar 147), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `4:03` B · **peak** (bar 175), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `4:26` B · **peak** (bar 191), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass, vocals
- `4:50` A · **outro** (bar 208), instrumental — the closing fall

**Drops** at 0:22 (bar 16), 0:46 (bar 33), 1:34 (bar 68), 4:09 (bar 179). 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/Pendulum%20Tarantula) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=oCxcIROTabw)

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