Slow, heavy trip-hop at 90 BPM in E major built around a cello-dominant core with bassoon as the secondary voice. The cello carries long, low, sustained phrases with audible bow grain and muscular weight — no romantic sweep, no classical ornament. The bassoon moves in dry, slightly ironic counter-lines in the mid-low register, intimate and controlled.
After a brief atmospheric opening, drop into a thick, embodied trip-hop beat: deep kick, weighty snare, gritty hi-hat texture, audible vinyl crackle and deliberate record scratches woven rhythmically into the groove. The percussion is grounded and heavy, not flashy — it anchors the body.
The mood is surreal, gay leather masculine coded — a whisper in a cathedral. Cinematic, tense, controlled, sensual without softness. Space and decay matter; let tones hang against the beat rather than rush forward.