Puff Beaddy
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Reverse-engineering deliverable from 2026-05-29 (revised 2026-05-30 per Tee's 'more daft, less funk' note). 778-char production card with research-backed BPM (103) and key (E minor) from three cross-referenced sources. Vocoded vowel choir promoted to lead surface texture, brass stabs removed (hallucinated in v1), funk vocab reframed as automated. Source act, members, album, and visual signatures deliberately unnamed. Will serve as vibe spine for upcoming MoBead — Motherbead. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Motherboard — Production Analysis
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**Type:** Reverse-engineering / vibe spine
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**Date analyzed:** 2026-05-29 → revised 2026-05-30
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**Label:** BadBeadRecords
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## What this is
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Reverse-engineering of an instrumental 2013 robotic-disco track from a major French electronic act. The 778-char production card captures the sonic DNA — 103 BPM, E minor, vocoded vowel choir pad as the lead surface texture, machine-tight live percussion ensemble, processional electronic-orchestral build — without naming the act, its members, the album, or any of the act's visual/conceptual signatures.
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## Revision history
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- **v1 (2026-05-29):** First analysis. Hallucinated brass stabs, anchored BPM to 119–123 from a bad gut estimate.
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- **v2 (2026-05-30, "more daft, less funk"):** Tee flagged the vibe drift — too funk, not electronic enough. Producer did real research: BPM corrected to **103** (3 sources cross-referenced), key revised to **E minor**, brass deleted, **flute promoted to lead** (and then demoted in v3 to counter-line behind the vocoded vowel choir, the act's true signature surface texture). Funk vocabulary reframed as "automated funk, human warmth welded to a grid."
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## Downstream use
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Will serve as the vibe spine for **MoBead — Motherbead (built itself while you slept)** (see `tracks/motherbead-built-itself-while-you-slept/` once merged).
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## Files
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- [`production-notes.md`](./production-notes.md) — 778-char analysis card
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## Credits
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- **Creative direction:** Puff Beaddy
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- **Analyst:** BadBeadRecords production room
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- **Brief from:** Tee (2026-05-29, revised 2026-05-30)
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