After Image

[Intro – 8 bars | wide analog pads, tape hiss, distant mono pitch-bend tone | breathy female vocal texture stretched into granular haze, heavily filtered, no intelligible words]

[Beat tease – 4 bars | ghosted four-on-the-floor kick, muted click percussion, low-pass filter opening slowly]

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[Section A – 16 bars | steady progressive house groove, clean sub-saw bass, minimal hypnotic synth motif | single-note female vocal stab, low-passed and used sparingly as rhythmic accent]

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[Pre-Build – 8 bars | detuned mid-bass layer phasing slowly, filtered noise rhythm | whispered breath noise gated to kick, purely textural]

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[Drop 1 – 16 bars | full harmonic reveal, open chord progression, saturated bass layers, punchy kick/clap | short noise-based vocal stabs, heavily sidechained and distorted]

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[Post-Drop Groove – 8 bars | bass harmonics reduced, groove continues steady | elongated vocal pads created from time-stretched samples]

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[Section B – 16 bars | stripped-back groove, darker bass variation with syncopation | sparse filtered vocal/noise hits responding to snare accents]

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[Build 2 – 8 bars | drum fills, white-noise risers, filter automation fully opening | layered breath textures with slow stereo movement, no pitch center]

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[Drop 2 – 32 bars | heavier bass design, added counter-melody lead, maximum groove clarity | rapid rhythmic synth stabs inspired by vocal formants, pitched and modulated]

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[Breakdown – 8 bars | pads only, sub muted, long reverb tails freezing into drones | clean airy vocal ambience acting as harmonic glue]

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[Final Drop – 16 bars | maximal energy, open hats, saturated bass, simplified lead | minimal percussive noise hits replacing vocal presence]

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[Outro – 8 bars | kick removed, low pad drone, tape stop / vinyl slowdown on mix bus | fading vocal texture dissolving into filtered noise]

126 BPM
Key: Minor mode (Dm / Fm typical), strong modal consistency
Subtle evolution > brute force; harmony, reverb