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Instrumentality

A mad musical adventure

Instrumentality
  • Labwerks
  • Instrumming
  • Sparks
  • Alchemy

Analysis

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Takes well-known songs and instrumental pieces and analyses them in order to find out just what it is that makes them special.

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Analysed: Kate Bush’s Running Up That Hill

  • June 20, 2022
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Kate Bush's classic Running up that Hill has made number one in the UK singles chart, 37 years after its release, aided by its inclusion in Netflix's Stranger Things. So why is this track still such a hit after all these years? We take a look ...
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Analysed: David Bowie’s Absolute Beginners

  • June 6, 2022
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David Bowie's Absolute Beginners is many people's favourite song, but why should that be? What is it in the songwriting that creates such warm feelings? I check it out.
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Analysed: Baby Shark – why sometimes less is more

  • May 16, 2022
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Baby Shark is the most viewed video ever on YouTube with more than 10 billion views. If you lreave aside the key change, it's about as simple as a song can get. As musicians, can we learn anything from it?
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Analysed: George Michael’s Careless Whisper

  • May 5, 2022
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Listeners to Smooth Radio voted George Michael's Careless Whisper as the best song ever. So what's so special about this particular piece? Let's take a look.
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Analysed: Wichita Lineman – is this the greatest song ever?

  • April 2, 2022
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A number of people have told me how they regard Wichita Lineman to be the greatest song ever. That sparked my attention - what is so special about this song? Why does it have such a strong effect on people?
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Analysed: Ed Sheeran’s Shivers

  • February 7, 2022
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Ed Sheeran writes some of the most popular songs in the world. Shivers is the latest example - but why is it so good?
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Analysed: Radiohead’s Exit Music For a Film

  • January 18, 2022
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Exit Music is a classic track from Radiohead's 1997 album OK Computer. It's also a fabulous song. But why is it such a classic and why does it sound so much like Chopin's Prelude in E minor?
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Analysed: Cold Heart by Elton John and Dua Lipa

  • November 2, 2021
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Cold Heart, the hit single from Elton John and Dua Lipa, takes classic songs and places them in a very different context. What's going on and how does it work?
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Analysed: I’m Sticking With You

  • October 22, 2021
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Takes a look at Lou Reed's 1970 song with the Velvet Underground. Sounds so simple yet somehow it charms us. Why is that?
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